LIFE@OSU

Susie Brubaker-Cole is Associate Provost for Academic Success & Engagement.

The OSU Meat Center is a place of learning, and a shop for staff and faculty.

Oregon State University is a leader among Oregon campuses in its use of electric and hybrid vehicles.

The annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Breakfast was held Monday, Jan. 19.

Faculty and staff have unique opportunities to serve as allies.  Although our respective spheres of influence may vary, we each have the ability to advocate for students, staff and faculty from underrepresented backgrounds.
Higher education is no different than other major social institutions in facing the murky challenges of correcting historical trends of discrimination and bias [...]

How does pre-med student Nicolette O’Donnell manage school, obligations to the Kappa Delta sorority and the University Honors College, plus elite dance team practice?
“I have a color-coded planner,” she jokes. “I am content with my life. I know that I do the best I can.”
With the support of family, friends and her adviser, Kevin [...]

For too long, mental illness and depression remained hidden in the darkness. But the Oregon State University center for Counseling and Psychological Services and the Office of Student Affairs wants to shed light on the topic.
Larry Roper, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, said broaching the topic was important to the campus community
“We’re trying to normalize [...]

During the week, Elizabeth Gire is a post-doctoral physics education researcher at Oregon State University. But come the weekend, Gire can be found on the dance floor, perfecting one of the world’s most sensuous and elegant dances.

When she was 11-years-old, Holly Swisher decided that getting a PhD in math would be the most fun, challenging career she could imagine. And although she wasn’t fully aware of gender issues at the time, she had a sense that girls didn’t usually pursue careers in math.
“I felt very fierce competitiveness with guys at anything [...]

In February 2007, my research was highlighted in OSU’s Terra Magazine. Of course, I made sure that my mom had a copy. As she looked over the article, she read the caption for the Edward Curtis photograph gracing the cover of the magazine. “Nuktaya?”, she asked, “There wasn’t anyone on the island named Nuktaya. I wonder if they meant, ‘Muktoyuk’, my father?”