LIFE@OSU

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, [...]

Is there anything Staci Brigham can’t do?
According to her mentor, Wendy Baltzer, the answer is “no.”
A wife, mother of two and a fourth-year veterinary student, Brigham hopes to send a powerful message to her children — anything is possible.

Early in Peter Kurahashi’s academic career, Un-Ku Moon recognized something special in the electrical engineering major.

Atypical student finds mentor to help find a new career “that will engage me, where I could make a contribution.”

As a transfer student, Carmen Halstead had yet to define her academic direction, but her passion for literature was evident. Halstead was particularly inspired by the female characters invented by D.H. Lawrence and the applicability of Lawrence’s themes to current discussions on the differences and similarities between genders.

Seven years after being told her unborn daughter was going to die because of complications during pregnancy, Elizabeth Cuno found herself majoring in health management and policy at OSU and taking Stephanie Bernell’s class in health economics in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

Jesse Narog does not back down from a challenge. It just makes him more determined.

Dixon Recreation Center hires about 300 students every year. And one of the first connections they make is with Nita Phillips. OSU senior Hayden Murphy met Phillips shortly after beginning her job at Dixon during her sophomore year.