Earth Week

April 25th, 2012
Earth Week Community Fair, MU Quad 2012

Earth Week Community Fair held in the MU Quad

This week is Earth Week at OSU! The Student Sustainability Initiative and Campus Recycling are the primary sponsors and organizers of this year’s event. There was an Earth Week Community Fair held on Tuesday where over 50 campus and community groups were present. There are still many events that will be held this week such as a Film Festival and Vegan Resource Fair and a worm compost bin workshop.

Earth Week is a great way to showcase the university’s commitment to raising environmental awareness and engagement. You can view a list of this week’s events at http://recycle.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/resources/earth_week_poster_final.pdf.

Go Beavs!

kg

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May 1st Deadline to Accept Financial Aid and Scholarship Packages

April 18th, 2012

It is that time of year where hopefully students have received their financial aid packages and scholarship awards. The next step for students is to accept their financial aid and scholarships by the May 1st deadline. In regards to accepting these packages, there are separate processes to accept either financial aid packages or scholarship awards.

You can accept your Financial Aid award through Student Online Services. By accepting your award, you are stating that you have read, understand, and accept the Terms and Conditions of your award. You may accept all or a portion of aid awarded to you. For step by step instructions through this process click here.

Scholarship award offers were mailed separately from a financial aid award letter. Scholarship offers must be signed and returned to the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships. They cannot be accepted online.

If you have additional questions regarding this process please contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships at 541-737-2241 or financial.aid@oregonstate.edu.

-KT

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Princeton Review Named Oregon State a Green College

April 17th, 2012

 

The Princeton Review partnered with the U.S. Green Building Council and released their third annual edition of a guidebook showcasing North America’s most environmentally responsible “green colleges.” The list profiles 322 different schools in the United States and Canada “that demonstrate notable commitments to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation.”

Schools were chosen based on a survey that was conducted in 2011 to hundreds of colleges across the U.S. and Canada. The survey asked more than fifty questions about the institution’s sustainability-related policies, practices, and programs. Of the 768 institutions that received a Green Rating, only 322 of the schools received a score of 83 or above.

College applicants using this free, 232 page, guide will be able to view each school’s most impressive environmental and sustainable initiatives, view facts and statistics, and identify schools with LEED-certified buildings. Of course the applicants will also be able to view each school’s admission, financial aid, and student enrollment information.

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OSU Hosts 11th African American Youth Leadership Conference

April 13th, 2012

Oregon State University hosted the 11th Annual African American Youth Leadership Conference – and what a successful day it was! High school students from the Salem-Keizer School District were in attendance and heard from speakers, attended a variety of workshops and got to enjoy special entertainment during lunch from members of OSU’s African American Greek Life organizations. The theme of the conference was P.R.I.D.E.: Proud Responsible Individuals Dedicated to Excellence (Connect with Your Future: Dream, Focus, Plan, and Achieve Your Goals)

11th Annual African American Youth Leadership Conference

11th Annual African American Youth Leadership Conference

The goals of this conference are to promote positive youth development in African/African American youth and multicultural youth of African descent by:

  • Raising awareness on how to achieve personal goals
  • Emphasizing the value of education
  • Empowering future leadership (responsibility)
  • Establishing a sense of community
  •  Increasing personal self-esteem and affirm cultural awareness

Always a pleasure to participate and host such a program.

Go Beavs!

-AG

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Si Se Puede!

April 12th, 2012

OSU will be hosting the Si Se Puede event at Forrest Grove High School on April 12th beginning at 6:30pm.  This event is a great opportunity for Latino students and their families to speak with OSU staff members.  There will be a presentations given in spanish on OSU Admission, Financial Aid, Housing and more.  Before the main presentation begins there will be an information fair.  Several departments and student organizations will have booths.  Students can see what extracurricular groups and clubs there are at OSU that can help make them successful students.

To attend the event no pre registration is required and the event is free.  There will be a child  care facility and food will also be provided. Si Se Puede is open to High School students 9-12 grade.  There will be something for everyone.

Si Se Puede Info

-GG

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Best Student Produced Newspaper in the Northwest

April 6th, 2012

The Daily Barometer: Best Student Newspaper in Northwest Region

The newsroom at Oregon State University’s daily newspaper, The Barometer is celebrating numerous accolades from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).  The society’s Northwest region awarded OSU’s Barometer with the top award during the annual conference in Tacoma, WA on March 31st.  The Barometer was award with the highest honor, best student newspaper in the five-state area.  The awards didn’t stop there.  The newspaper also received the following Mark of Excellence awards:

First place, “Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper” 4-year college/university
First place, “Sports Column Writing”, 4-year college/university, Jesse Severson writer
First place, “Breaking News Reporting” 4-year college/university, Kristin Pugmire writer
Second place, “General News Photography” 4 year college/university, Vinay Bikkina photographer
Second place, “Sports Column Writing” 4-year college/university, Grady Garrett writer
Second place, “Sports Writing” 4-year college/university, Grady Garrett writer

This is not the first time The Daily Barometer has been recognized by the Society.  SPJ honored The Barometer as the best daily student newspaper in the nation in 2001, and tied for second place in 2002.  The 2012 first place region award winners will go on to the national Society of Professional Journalists competition on September 20-22, 2012 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  We wish them luck during the upcoming competitions!

To learn more about OSU’s student media: KBVR-TV, KBVR-FM, Prism Magazine, Beaver Yearbook and The Daily Barometer newspaper click here.

 

Thanks for reading…CYN

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NACAC National Spring College Fairs!

April 4th, 2012

Happy Spring! Spring marks a time of seniors in high school making their final college decisions and juniors just beginning their college search process as the move to head into their last year of high school. While OSU has many events happening on campus for students to visit, many of us in the Office of Admissions will also be on the road spreading the good word of Beaver Nation. The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) has a series of Spring National College Fairs all throughout the nation.

 

Before attending, be sure to pre-register  for the college fair. These are “scanner” fairs, meaning instead of filling out all those cards to get more information, you simply register, print out a barcode and let us scan away!

NACAC Spring College Fairs

Below are ones that OSU will be attending – so if we are in your neighborhood, be sure to stop by and say hi!

 

Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX – Monday, April 9th

Austin, TX – Tuesday, April 10th

Houston, TX – Thursday, April 12th

Honolulu, HI – Thursday, April 12th

San Francisco – Saturday, April 21st

Orange County – Sunday, April 22nd

Island Empire – Tuesday, April 24th

San Diego – Thursday, April 26th

Greater Las Angeles – Monday, April 30th

Ventura/Tri-County – Tuesday, May 1st

 

Also, be sure to check out our recruit map for other upcoming visits in your area.

 

Go Beavs!

-AG

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‘Relentless’ movie to debut in Portland April 18th at OMSI

April 2nd, 2012

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will host the Portland debut of ‘RELENTLESS: The Global Formula Racing Pursuit of Perfection’ movie on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012. Admission is free.

Hosted at the OMNIMAX Theater, ‘RELENTLESS’ is a documentary chronicling a year in the life of Global Formula Racing Team. Made up of students in a multinational partnership who design and build formula cars for an extremely competitive international racing circuit, the GFR team hails from Oregon State University and DHBW Ravensburg, Germany. They devote every waking moment to the relentless pursuit of an international championship bid.

The world-winning car and members of the GFR Team will be at a pre-screening reception, so come by and see the machine and the students who created and raced it. The GFR Team are back-to-back world champions.


-bv

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The First Lady to Speak at Commencement

March 29th, 2012

First Lady, Michelle Obama, will provide the commencement address at Oregon State’s 143rd annual ceremony on June 17th.

OSU President Ed Ray invited Michelle Obama to give the address. In the invitation, he cited her work on behalf of youth health and the university’s commitment to fighting hunger and obesity. The first lady’s “Let’s Move!” campaign focus is to better childhood nutrition and improve community health.

Oregon State University researchers have been examining rural childhood obesity issues with a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Additionally, in 2010, members of the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team from the College of Business earned first place in the national “Let’s Can Hunger Challenge.” The team traveled through Oregon and the United States to develop a greater understanding of efforts made to reduce hunger and help build awareness about food insecurity.

The first lady will also be delivering commencement speeches at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (North Carolina A&T). We are very fortunate and excited to have the first lady take time out of her busy schedule and we welcome her to Beaver Nation.

To read more: http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/osu-s-grad-speaker-the-first-lady/article_6e9c7594-78e4-11e1-97c0-0019bb2963f4.html

http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2012/mar/first-lady-michelle-obama-deliver-commencement-address-oregon-state-university

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OSU Neuroscientist receives National Science Foundation Award

March 28th, 2012

Sarina Saturn who is a neuropsychologist and an assistant professor of psychology at Oregon State University has earned The Career Award, which is the most prestigious award from NSF for new faculty members.  Sarina is going to be creating a partnership between the Cross-Cultural Mentorship Program and the College Assistance Migrant Program at OSU to expose first generation and underrepresented students to research opportunities at OSU.

The students will be able to be a part of Sarina’s research on

 how naturally occurring variations in the oxytocin hormone (also known as the “love hormone”) influence the experience and expression of uplifting emotional states and altruism in young children, young adults and older adults

For more information on Sarina’s research click on the link below:

Articles on Psychology Research

-GG

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