OSU Admissions Blog » NASA http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog The blog of Oregon State University's Office of Admissions Thu, 23 May 2013 23:40:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 OSU Alum, Don Pettit, To Make Second Trip to Outer Space http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2008/10/13/osu-alum-don-pettit-to-make-second-trip-to-outer-space/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2008/10/13/osu-alum-don-pettit-to-make-second-trip-to-outer-space/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:01:55 +0000 Blake http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=882

Quick hitter from KGW News about OSU Alumnus, Don Pettit. Don has already been to space once. He represents the second OSU alumnus in three years to make the journey out of Earth’s atmosphere.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An astronaut from Oregon has been scheduled to make his second trip into space.

Don Pettit, a native of Silverton, will be aboard the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

The shuttle Endeavour is set to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14.

Pettit is one of seven astronauts who will fly on the shuttle mission to deliver equipment and supplies needed to double the station crew size from three to six in May 2009.

Pettit graduated from Silverton Union High School and earned a degree in chemical engineering at Oregon State University.

-jm

]]> http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2008/10/13/osu-alum-don-pettit-to-make-second-trip-to-outer-space/feed/ 3 Native American Student Orgs prepare for Salmon Bake & Pow Wow http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2008/05/12/native-american-student-orgs-prepare-for-salmon-bake-pow-wow/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2008/05/12/native-american-student-orgs-prepare-for-salmon-bake-pow-wow/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 16:42:36 +0000 Blake http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=538 This is going to be a busy week of events sponsored by the various Native American student orgs on campus. This Wednesday, the annual Salmon Bake will take place in the MU Quad starting at 12:30 pm. There is a cool article in the GT that features some of our Native American students collecting camas, a bulb that serves as a traditional staple of the Native Peoples in the Pacific Northwest.

After a moment more of working the ground, she pulled out a bulb of camas, a staple of American Indian diets in Oregon before pioneers arrived.

“I think it tastes like a cross between a sweet potato and an onion,� said Lycett, 22, the internal coordinator of Oregon State University’s Native American Longhouse. “It’s different, but I love it.�

Camas Bulbs being collected for the OSU Salmon Bake

This Saturday and Sunday (the 17th and 18th) the OSU Pow Wow will be taking place. The event will be held at McAlexander Field House.

If you are interested in more information about OSU’s Native American Programs, click here.

-jm

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