After years and years of students meeting, lobbying, blogging, discussing, proposing and campaigning for the Student Experience Center, the SEC officially passed late Thursday, May 27th. The Student Experience Center was approved with a total of 2,056 “yes†votes which represents 69 percent of the total. There has been much excitement bubbling around campus about [...]
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The Students Have Spoken…Student Experience Center Approved!
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Sustainability efforts recognized
Thursday, February 18th, 2010An OSU student and a staffer have been recognized by 1000 Friends of Oregon as part of their “35 Innovators under 35“. Andrea Norris Corvallis As a student at Oregon State University, Andrea served as director of the ASOSU Environmental Task Force and successfully initiated efforts to enact a student-funded Green Energy Fee. The fee, [...]
Transparent Transistor to be Used in New Solar Panel Technology
Monday, June 23rd, 2008I try to stay away from straight reporting of the news here because you all have The Google and are more than capable of browsing the happenings related to OSU. I just couldn’t resist this one, though. We have talked about the transparent transistor technology that was developed at OSU by College of Engineering researchers [...]
OSU 4th in EPA College & University Green Power Challenge
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008In the recurring sustainability theme here at OSU, the EPA just released its College and University Green Power Challenge results. OSU came in fourth in the nation overall and first in the Pac-10. This last year, OSU purchased 66,680,400 kilowatt hours (kWh) of green/sustainable energy, good for 74% of our total power usage. OSU student [...]
Oregon State a leader in campus sustainability
Thursday, October 25th, 2007The College Sustainability Report Card for 2008 has Oregon State University listed as one of the Top 25 leaders in campus sustainability. This annual report is published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. From their Executive Summary: The College Sustainability Report Card is the only comparative evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability activities at colleges and [...]
OSU signs ‘Climate Neutral’ pledge
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Oregon State University has taken yet another step towards campus sustainability. From OSU News: Oregon State University has joined a growing number of universities around the United States in an initiative to make its campus “climate neutral� by establishing policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions and reduce its energy usage. From Salem-news.com: OSU is engaged [...]
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