February 23rd, 2009
Finding herself with her mentor’s support
Wanda Crannell has helped guide Vanahn Nguyen’s research and boost her confidence.
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February 5th, 2009
Climate change gets personal
Professor Michael Harte led a group of on an exploratory trip to Antarctica in December.
February 5th, 2009
Graduate persists through five overseas deployments
An interruption in a student’s college career is not unusual. Annabel Ortega, however, has persisted through five of them.
January 22nd, 2009
Meat center is cut above for students
The OSU Meat Center is a place of learning, and a shop for staff and faculty.
January 8th, 2009
Mentor sends message: Anything is possible
Is there anything Staci Brigham can’t do?
December 11th, 2008
OSU among leaders for new science master’s degree bursting onto national scene
The chemistry fits and the potent interaction between science and business is propelling Oregon State into the forefront of a national effort to create a […]
December 11th, 2008
Style match leads one mentee to become a mentor himself
Early in Peter Kurahashi’s academic career, Un-Ku Moon recognized something special in the electrical engineering major.
November 13th, 2008
Pharmacy sending its students to medical ‘front lines’
“So much need” for rural health care and those in underserved populations is changing the way Oregon State is training its College of Pharmacy students.
November 13th, 2008
‘Boomer’ uses her mentor’s insight to ‘see what I could become’
Atypical student finds mentor to help find a new career “that will engage me, where I could make a contribution.”
October 30th, 2008
OSU student athletes seek understanding as they balance time
Student life on “the other side of the railroad tracks” is “just as good if not better” than the rest of campus when it comes […]
October 30th, 2008
Instructor draws passion, success from pre-med, science students
“Have fun,” exhorts Kevin Ahern to a visitor leaving his office in Agriculture and Life Sciences.
And with those two words, Ahern, senior instructor in biochemistry, […]
October 30th, 2008
Constant support illuminates pathway for literature student’s dreams
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 […]
October 2nd, 2008
Tenacity drives student success
Jesse Narog does not back down from a challenge. It just makes him more determined.
September 11th, 2008
Lazy days of summer not so at OSU
If your summer itinerary took you away for research, a sabbatical or just a good old-fashioned vacation, you may have missed some particularly interesting campus […]
September 11th, 2008
Dixon Center mentor helps student manager navigate new experiences
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 […]
July 10th, 2008
Former Beaver Qualifies for Olympics
Former Oregon State University rower Josh Inman has made the U.S. Olympic Team in the men’s pair.
July 10th, 2008
Program Produces Public Policy Professionals
A youthful laugh bubbles up in Yao Yin as she relates changing her major focus of study at OSU to a Master of Public Policy […]
July 10th, 2008
4-H Lego Robotics at State Fair
The fastest, most creative and last-robot-standing will reign victorious at a competition at the Oregon State Fair in August, and for the first time young […]