Once again a big congratulations to the class of 2012!  This last Sunday marked OSU’s  143rd commencement  ceremony and we had the great opportunity to have Michelle Obama as the commencement speaker.   We started out the morning with beautiful sunshine and a light breeze.  Over 30,000 friends and family members filled the seats of Reser Stadium all waiting for the ceremony to begin and the students to begin the march into Reser Stadium.

 check out our full profile of Oregon State’s graduates this year:

• Of this number, 2,498 are men, 2,481 are women.
• All total they will be receiving 5,236 degrees.
• 4,130 will be receiving the baccalaureate degree.
• 231 will receive two degrees today.
• 12 will receive three degrees today.
• 1 will receive four (4) degrees today.
• 766 will receive Masters Degrees.
• 86 will receive the Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
• 197 will receive the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
• 57 awarded the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in an earlier ceremony.
• 303 graduates earned degrees via distance education in 23 different degree programs.
• 164 of the graduating class are veterans.

 

The First Lady Michelle Obama received a honorary doctorate in public health for all of her efforts in improving the health of children in the United States.  She began by praising OSU for the positive impact is has on the state of Oregon.

You have built one of the most sustainable campuses in America, conducting groundbreaking research from technology to childhood obesity, you are serving others in so many ways

She gave the class of 2012 a 3 things to take away from here speech. “focus on what you have not what your missing, lead a rich life and that is to define success on your own terms, and don’t leave behind any unfinished business with the people you love.”

To watch the video of the First Lady’s entire speech click below:

Michelle Obama Commencement 2012

Enjoy your summer!

-GG

Oregon State won, 84-74.

Check out the first family in their orange and black:

Obama's at Beavers Game

–mko

First of all, the entire OSU Admissions Office would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all Veterans, especially our OSU students, faculty and staff who served. Thanks so much for all you do!

Veterans Day also happens to be one of our busiest regular visit days of the year as students have the day off from school. If you are coming down for a visit, we can’t wait to meet you! Just to show you how busy we are going to be today, check out this picture of our Visitor Center Cool Board:

The cool board is a Visitor Center tradition that dates back to before my time as a TOUR student. Which was, *ahem* some time ago. We always post the names of our student visitors on the Cool Board as a first welcome to our campus. As you can see, our Veterans Day crowd completely filled up the Cool Board. So, we used our overflow cool space, otherwise known as our life sized cutout of men’s basketball coach Craig Robinson.

If you weren’t able to make it down for a visit today, please check out our Visit OSU homepage and set up a personalized visit!

-JM

From the Huffington Post:

President Obama attended today’s Oregon State-George Washington University basketball game to cheer on his brother-in-law, Beavers coach Craig Robinson. The first lady, Malia and Sasha Obama, and President Obama’s mother-in-law Marian Robinson were in attendance as well. According to the AP, the family was “intensely interested in the outcome.” All of the cheering paid off, as Oregon State won, 64-57. Below, see photos of the Obamas rooting for the Beavers.

Click the pictures for access to more photos on the Huffington Post website.

–mko

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Go Beavs!
-jm

UTEP and Oregon State, finalists in this second annual College Basketball Invitational best-of-three championship series, will go at it in Game 2 on Wednesday night in the Don Haskins Center. Oregon State took Game 1, 75-69, in the great atmosphere at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore.

“Seemed like Cameron Indoor (at Duke) or something,” UTEP sophomore Gabe McCulley said of the 8,029 fans in Gill. “It was a great atmosphere. Everybody was jumping up and down and you couldn’t hear anything.”

A group from the Admissions Office made it to Gill Monday night and we all agreed that this is the loudest we have heard Gill in a long, long time. Admittedly, the OSU basketball program has struggled over the last decade or so and this has greatly affected the game day atmosphere at Legendary Gill Coliseum. I think you’d have to admit that the echoes have re-awoken at Gill!

A gentleman who was sitting in front of my colleague, Danté Holloway and I turned around and exclaimed “you guys don’t understand! It used to be like this every night!!

Here’s a picture from right after the game ended courtesy of Alicia Ortega:

GO BEAVERS!

There are some more great shots of the game at oregonlive.com.

You can catch the game tonight on HD Net (if you happen to have it). Or, you can follow the call of five time Oregon Sportscaster of the Year, Mike Parker on KPAM 860 online anywhere in the world.

It has been so great to witness this basketball rebirth on campus. Here’s to many more years of success under Coach Robinson!

GO BEAVS!
-jm

To the Oregon State Community,

My sincere apology. Whatever you have called me over the past few days can’t be any worse than my own anger over my mistake. I made an inexcusable error when I confused the great OSU coach Craig Robinson with a friend of mine, the personal assistant to President Obama, Reggie Love. I am sending personal apologies to both men, and this is my apology to all members of Beaver Nation. It was a mistake committed during 9 hours of live programming – I was distracted and watching many incoming video feeds, but that’s no excuse for the error, which was no one’s fault but mine. I have felt awful about it since I forced myself to read the coverage of it on OregonLive.com, and I hope that someday you can find it in your hearts to forgive my error.

Brian Williams

(photo from msnbc.com)

Respectfully,
Brian Williams
Anchor and Managing Editor
NBC Nightly News

Apology accepted, B-Dub. Still waiting for you, Mr. Brokaw.

-mko

OSU men's basketball coach Craig Robinson

Obama Brother-In-Law Balances Coaching, Politics
by Tom Goldman

I heard this on NPR on the way home last night (podcast at the site). I think it really encompasses the crazy swirl of media that surrounds the program right now. We certainly hope it doesn’t distract from the rebuilding of the program. By the sounds of this interview, Coach Rob has his focus and that of his team on the right things.

Good luck, Coach Rob and the Beavers!
GO BEAVS!
-bv

Updated story from the Oregonian.

Other related blog items (from the Oregonian):
Fresh cut in Oxon Hill

Hello from Howard

Reporting from inside McDonough Gym in D.C.

Live, from Washington, D.C., it’s… Craig Robinson!

ESPN’s Andy Katz

New York Times

–mko

The Oregon State University Admissions Blog is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people, events and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items/events on campus and in the Corvallis community.

Here’s some photos of OSU Head Basketball Coach Craig Robinson introducing his sister, Michele Obama, at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver. Check out that Beaver-Orange tie! Good call, Coach! Check out the video clip of Michele’s shout to the Beavers on The View (BV’s favorite show).

UPDATE: Video footage of Craig Robinson introducing his sister, Michele Obama, and giving a “Go Beavers” shout-out.

–mko

The Oregon State University Admissions Blog is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people, events and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items/events on campus and in the Corvallis community.