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Rodgers Brothers to Keynote Kaleidoscope

Blake — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:51:54 +0000

James and Jacquizz Rodgers are scheduled to open the annual Kaleidoscope of Colleges and Cultures (KCC) on Saturday, April 18th with a keynote address.

Rodgers duo to discuss what college has done for them

KCC is an annual event designed to assist students, especially those in underrepresented groups including first-generation and low-income, to better understand what college, college academics and the college search process is all about. KCC aims for students to seriously consider college as an option after high school, regardless of where they may choose to attend. Carl Thomas, associate director of admissions for campus visits and programs, sees the altruistic nature of the program,

“We are about promoting higher education. If they come to OSU, great. If they attend a different school, great. We have achieved our goal.”

Thanks to Paul Buker, Oregonian beat writer for noticing.

Finally, the brothers Rodgers, who haven’t been around that long but are already achieving legendary status in these parts, are scheduled to be keynote speakers Saturday at OSU’s annual “Kaleidoscope of Colleges and Cultures” program that celebrates the academic and cultural atmosphere at the school. … James and little brother Quizz are true multi-taskers.

-bv

Corvallis is America’s Safest Small City…Again

James — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:07:11 +0000

Farmers Insurance has once again release its safest places to live report. Once again, Corvallis is listed as the safest small city in America:

Corvallis is the safest small city in the nation, according to a report released Monday by Farmers Insurance.

The company looked into crime statistics; the risk of various natural disasters; the threat of a terrorist attack; the quality of the local air as well as several other measures.

Farmers spokesman, Jerry Davis, says after 9/11 the industry wanted to reward cities for preparing themselves and this annual ranking has proved successful.

We love Corvallis and we think you will too. The winter break is a great time to visit us here on the OSU campus. You can set up a personalized visit by visiting our personalized visit page. If you are interested in checking out Corvallis while you’re in town for a tour, be sure to let us know. If you are extra nice, we’ll even give up the top local spots to grab a bite!

-jm

Budding Journalists Cover Corvallis, Oregon State

James — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:36:39 +0000

Happy Monday, dear readers!

Over the last week and a half or so the Oregon State Media Department has been hosting 18 high school students in conjunction with the Oregonian Newspaper for the Minority Journalism Camp.

From the Oregonian Teen Blog:

The Oregonian and Oregon State University have been conducting the Minority Journalism Camp on the college campus this week. The camp involves weeklong instruction as well as an opportunity to publish as working journalists.

The 18 students this year will create the usual newspaper, but this year they also went digital, creating this blog including posts, video and photos to chronicle their experiences.

I have been keeping up to date with the happenings at the camp through the Journalism Camp 2008 Blog. If you haven’t had a chance to, read through it. There are some touching, humorous and personal stories that the students and counselors have posted; also, wonderful multimedia stories about the Corvallis and OSU Community. My personal favorite is the coverage of the Corvallis music scene by Kerina Blanchard and Annika Wolters.

Great work, team! I hope to be reading you all very soon!! If we here at the blog can get a PDF copy of the PRIDE (the newspaper the students produced) we will be happy to post it here.

-jm

Chelsea Clinton Makes Stop at OSU

Matt — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:30:48 +0000

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, made a stop at Oregon State University and spoke in the Memorial Union Main Lounge on Saturday. To a large crowd of mostly OSU students, faculty, staff and members of the Corvallis and various other communities, Chelsea answered a number of questions from the audience and expressed her mother’s views.

I found it funny the right outside the MU, the OSU Beavers baseball team were in the middle of a game in Goss Stadium against the Stanford Cardinals. Chelsea Clinton is a Standford alum. “I’m very sorry but I’m hoping for a different outcome,” she admitted to the audience of mostly Beaver fans during her speech, some of whom left the game to hear her. “I hope that you won’t hold that against me,” she continued, with a loud laugh from the attendees. Her presence on the campus of the two time defending national champions seemed to have worked: the Cardinals won 6-4

I think it’s great that political campaigns are beginning to make stops at Beaver Nation. Chelsea Clinton is the first official representative from the three major presidential candidates this year to visit the OSU campus as part of the stump. Sen. Hillary Clinton last visited the university in November 1996 as the nation’s First Lady and spoke in front of the Women’s Building to a crowd of about 4,000 supporters. Below are some photos and footage of Chelsea Clinton’s event. You can check out the Gazette Times website and see a better quality video of the Chelsea Clinton event. You’ll also see her give a shout out to the Beaver-Cardinal game and how she also humorously confused the OSU fight song that plays every day at 5:00pm for an ice cream truck passing by. I can’t blame her. It was hot out.

From the Democrat Herald website:

From the Daily Barometer website:

That’s all for now. I’ll add more photos later if I can dig some up.
–mko

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Barack Obama Visits Corvallis

James — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:46:09 +0000

I got a text message from Alex Beck who works in the Admissions Office last Friday night…”Barack Obama is at American Dream Downtown right now!” Not wanting to miss the opportunity to see a presidential candidate in town I jumped into the car and raced down to “The Dream”. Sure enough…I was greeted by a caravan of buses and police cars blocking off 2nd street.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes Senator Obama emerged from American Dream to applause and cheers. After shaking hands around the entrance he pushed his way towards the group I was standing in a little further down the street. I had the opportunity to take a couple great shots.

Pretty cool of the Obama Campaign to make a stop in Corvallis! That’s all for now, don’t forget to comment.

-jm

More Accolades for Corvallis

James — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:20:02 +0000

It isn’t enough that Corvallis was recently ranked as one of the smartest cities in America. Now, more high praise for Corvallis. Country Home Magazine has named Corvallis as the “Best Green Place to Live in America”.

NEW YORK -Country Home magazine announced today its second annual Best Green Places, the results of a nationwide study on green living. The study, administered in conjunction with Sperling’s BestPlaces, reveals that Corvallis, Oregon is the 2008 Best Green Place to live in America. The report is in the April green issue of Country Home which hits newsstands March 18th.

You can see a visual breakdown of the report by region here.

That’s all for now! Make sure to leave your questions and comments below.

-jm

Corvallis Ranked 5th Smartest by Forbes

James — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:00:28 +0000

Corvallis has been getting a lot of well deserved attention in the media in the past months. The most recent accolade has us feeling pretty proud. Forbes Magazine just ranked Corvallis as the 5th smartest city in America!

It isn’t a secret, we love living in Corvallis and we don’t care who knows it. Nobody has to write about our town to convince us how great it is. Between beautiful green spaces, a great downtown, the laid-back atmosphere and of course OSU we are happy to be here! However, it is always nice to get some national recognition. Of course, if you are faithful reader of the Admissions Blog, you know that Corvallis was ranked #1 in its size category in the list of safest towns in America.

Don’t believe us? Visit us! We’ll prove it to ya.

That’s all for now!

-jm