Events - Calendar

Do you have an idea for an event?  Email osura@oregonstate.edu

Upcoming Events:

January 21
OSU Basketball vs Stanford, pre-game social and basketball match.
LaSells Stewart Center. $10 per person for dinner and $2 per ticket.  The meal is currently subsidized by OSURA.

February 3
Session on Retirement
OSU Foundation Board Room, OSU Foundation
3:30-5:00 p.m.

February 12
Gymnastics social and game
LaSells Stewart Center. $10 per person for dinner and $2 per ticket.  The meal is currently subsidized by OSURA. 

February 19
An Ideal Husband, OSU Theater Department
There will be a pre-play gatheirng with refreshments. RSVP will be required.  More details to come.

April 22 (tentative)
COGEN Power Station Tour

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - OSURA Annual Meeting
OSU Foundation Board Room

May
Oregon Gardens Tour.

Past Events:

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - OSU Foundation Board Room
Being a Cool (Connected) Grandparent: Lesson on computer social networking (Facebook, Twitter, etc)

Have you heard your grandkids or other teenagers say things like "tweet" and "friend me"?  In this one-hour presentation we'll review the most popular online social networking tools, like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter and discuss how you can use them to connect with family.

This event was organized by RJay Murray and the OSURA Program Committee.

**Stay tuned for copies of the power point presentation.

October 13, 2009 - Stahlbush Island Farm Tour
The farm has begun full operations of he first-of-its-kind Biogas Plant in North America by producing electricity from fruit and vegetable by-product. Learn about the sweet corn and pumpkin process also.
** See photos from this tour in our photo gallery

September 17, 2009 - Sixth Annual OSURA Trysting Tree Golf Scramble and Party.
Click here for more information and registration forms.
For questions regarding the tournament, please contact Gary Meddaugh at gary_meddaugh@hotmail.com.

August 13, 2009 - "Twelfth Night" on the MU Quad

July 14, 2009 - Presentation to Association of Retired Oregon Public Employees, PERS
Presented by David Crosley, Communications Officer.
Click here to view the Power Point Presentation

May 6, 2009 - OSURA Annual Meeting, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

April 9, 2009 - 8:30 a.m.

A presentation on the research program, medical school, residencies and other topics, followed by tours, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.  Coffee and continental breakfast at 8:30 AM, followed by presentations beginning at 9:00 a.m. and tours beginning at about 11:00 a.m.

March 13, 2009 - Climate Change, 1:30 - 4:00 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn (University Club Room), Corvallis
George Taylor, one of our own retirees, will explain how and why we get the weather that we get, describe some notable historical weather events, and discuss his viewpoint on climate change and how humans are affecting the climate. George Taylor retired from OSU in 2008 after 19 years as Oregon's State Climatologist. He now operates Applied Climate Services, a local consulting company. He is enjoying his new "post OSU" life immensely.

February 27, 2009 - Gymnastics vs. UCLA, 5:00 p.m. Light Dinner, 7:00 p.m Gymnastics Meet
5:00 p.m. light dinner at LaSells Stewart Center prior to the 7:00 p.m. match at Gill Coliseum. Contact Kathy Heath, heathk6@comcast.net or 752-1096 for reservations. Dinner is $10 and game tickets are $2 each.

February 18, 2009 - Travel Options for Seniors, 3:30 - 5:00 P.M.
“Travel Options for Seniors” will be the subject of a panel discussion from 3:30 – 5:00 pm on Wednesday, February 18 in the Agricultural Science Room of the LaSells Stewart Center.  The program, provided by the OSU Retirement Association (OSURA), will feature local seniors discussing their own travel experiences.  In addition to planned group tours and cruises, self planned travel options and educational travel activities will be discussed.  Following the panel presentations, there will be break out groups for more detailed exchange between presenters and the audience.  Most travel presentations feature professionals in the travel industry.  This one will feature the travelers.  All OSU retirees and current OSU faculty and staff are welcome to attend OSURA programs.  We hope to see you there.

February 7, 2009 - “Arcadia,” Withycombe Theater, 6:00 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. performance
Join us for finger food in the Green Room at Withycombe Hall with guest speakers Ken Krane (OSURA Member and OSU Retiree), "Arcadia" Director Elizabeth Helman and Charlotte Headrick, Professor and Associate Chair, Speech Communications. The play will begin at 7:30 p.m. This event was organized by Nancy Evans, for more information contact Nancy at nccevans@comcast.net

January 18, 2009 - Wrestling Meet vs. Iowa State
Join us for a wrestling practice session and a tour of the Sports Performance Center on Jan. 15 at 3:30 p.m. Join OSURA again for the wrestling meet Jan. 18, 2:00 p.m. at Gill Coliseum. E-mail Carol Kronstad at kronstc@comcast.net for more information.

January 10, 2009 - 5:00 p.m. light dinner, 7:00 p.m. tip-off
OSU Women's Basketball, vs Arizona, Gill Coliseum.  Preceded by a light dinner at LaSells Stewart Center. We had an amazing turn-out for this event! It was great seeing all 70 of you!

2008

November 20, 2008 - Dr. Bruce Mate presentation - "The Biggest and the Deepest:  Tracking the Whales",  LaSells Stewart Center Agricultural Science Room, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
A presentation by Dr. Bruce Mate, Director of the Marine Mammal Institute.  He has held an endowed chair since 1994 and is a Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and Adjunct Professor in the College of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University.  Dr. Mate was the Director of the OSU Marine Mammal Program since its inception in 1973, and the Marine Mammal Institute since it was formed in 2006.

Dr. Mate’s research focuses on identifying the migration, feeding and breeding habitats of endangered whales.  He is world-renowned for pioneering the development of satellite-monitored radio tags to track large whales, and for using resulting data to reduce human impacts that inhibit the recovery of depleted whale populations.  Dr. Mate’s team has tracked 13 populations of seven endangered whale species in all the oceans of the world.  Beginning last year, the tags developed in Dr. Mate’s lab have incorporated GPS technology and time/depth recording capabilities to critically evaluate natural movements, trophic (the position of an organism in the food chain) interactions and behaviors, as well as those possibly in response to human activities.  These tags will enable more specific details of behavior and precise tracking of whales across the globe.

November 18, 2008 - Implications of the Current Financial Storm: For Retirees and those Contemplating Retirement,
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

** This program was videotaped.http://oregonstate.edu/media/filter/schmb

Join us in the University Theatre, Withycombe Hall, for a panel discussion with: Ray Brooks, Professor of Finance OSU College of Business Karl Brantley, Retirement Planning Group in Eugene Jeanne Smith of Jeanne Smith & Associates, P.C. law firm in Corvallis.

We will be discussing the current financial situation, how we got into it, what it means to you, options in managing retirement investment portfolios, and legal aspects relating to the failure of banks and other financial institutions.

The parking lot on Campus Way between the Motor Pool parking lot and the USDA National Forage Seed Research Center building remains as a free parking lot until January 1, 2009. It is within convenient walking distance of Withycombe Hall.

October 21, 2008 - An Introduction to Protecting Your Identity, 1:00 - 3:00
More than 9 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2006 and the number just keeps increasing. This session is an update on efforts to help you in protecting yourself and family from identity theft. Explore, in layman's terms, the anatomy of online profiling and identify theft. Dr. Jensen will answer questions such as: What information is collected and what it can reveal about you? How is it gathered? What do you need to know and do to protect yourself? Is the problem so endemic that you should sign up for identify theft protection insurance? Or is that necessary? This interactive session is back by popular demand from two years ago.

View the slides from the presentation.

September 10, 2008 - OSURA Golf Tournament

Photographer: Ken Hall, HMSC

May 8, 2008 - Visit behind the scenes to the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport

This activity will include transportation by bus to Newport, a tour of HMSC, presentation of research, lunch and a tour of the research vessel Wecoma. Cost is $15 per person to be paid in advance. Bus departs from the OSU Foundation parking lot at 8:30 a.m. and will return by 5:00 p.m. Please let Curt McCann know if you would like to attend.

March 12, 2008 - visit to Linus Pauling Special Collection (limit 15 people) from 2:00-3:30 p.m.
The visit will take place on the 5th floor of the Valley Library. If there are more than 15 people, we will make arrangements for a second visit.

A look behind the scenes at Linus Pauling's correspondence with other famous people, press clippings, personal effects, and his two Nobel Prize medals! We will also learn how Pauling, an Oregon native, was connected to OSU and why this world-renowned collection of 500,000-plus items is here at OSU. There will be some video footage of Linus discussing his career.

Participants may wish to socialize afterwards in Java II downstairs. RSVP to Jim Krueger if you would like to participate.

March 4, 2008 - The Current and Future Legal and Financial Status of PERS, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Please join us for this timely and informative session. Last year’s version of the same program drew a large and enthusiastic audience. If you were there, come again, to hear about the latest changes and developments. If you missed it, please come. We welcome your attendance.

Presentation will be held in OSU’s University Theatre, located in the east wing of Withycombe Hall (not Withycombe Auditorium). Speakers are Paul Cleary, Executive Director of Oregon’s Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) and Greg Hartman, Portland attorney representing retirees on PERS matters.
Link to OSU Archives where you can see the video stream from this presentation.
The Power Point Presentation from this program is also available for review.

February 23, 2008 - OSU-USC Women's Basketball

5:00 pm: Catered dinner at LaSells Stewart Center; game at 7:00 pm at Gill Coliseum Please let us know if you would like to attend by e-mailing Kathy Heath.

February 27, 2008 - BEHOLD THE POWER OF WAVES!

3:00 - 4:00; Parking available in front of the Wave Lab and in the EPA parking lot. Learn more about one of the largest and technically most advanced laboratories for coastal research right on the OSU campus. There are about 40 experiments going at the same time (strong-floor, bridges, etc.)—some being conducted from around the world--, but you will no doubt be fascinated by the tsunami and coastal hazard mitigation experiments. Watch the huge wave tank as you hear about the different ocean waves and the destructive powers of tsunamis! If you would like to participate in this activity please let Jan Mosley know.

February 8, 2008 - Talk by George Caldwell; OSU Theater:

The talk and dessert will begin at 6:30 pm in the Green Room, downstairs, Withycombe Hall followed by All My Sons at 7:30. Tickets are available from the Theater Box Office by phone (541-737-2784) or at http://oregonstate.edu/dept/theatre/boxofficetickets.html. If you would like to attend the talk and dessert please respond to Jim Krueger.

All My Sons by Arthur Miller

This classic American drama from one the world's leading playwrights takes place over a twenty-four hour period in the days just following World War II.
Set in the Midwest , the story painfully depicts the struggle of a tight-knit family's attempt to cope with the loss of their son while fighting in the conflict overseas as well as the father's possible culpability in some surreptitious war profiteering that ended with disastrous results.
Sixty years after its original production on Broadway, All My Sons still hits the bullseye in its unflinching depiction of honor, responsibility and ethics during a time of war.

January 22, 2008 - Intro to Veterinary Medicine

3:30 pm: tour of small animal hospital, large animal hospital extension, and anatomy lab. Join OSURA members for a guided tour of the new facilities at Magruder. Meet in Magruder Hall, parking passes for the lot will be available. For reservations e-mail Bill Smart at billsmart2@comcast.net by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 21 and let him know if you will be needing a parking permit.

 January 18, 2008 - OSU-UW Gymnastics Meet

5:00 p.m. Catered dinner at LaSells Stewart Center in advance of the 7 p.m. start of the meet in Gill Coliseum. Join OSURA members and guests for this event featuring the team that is 11th ranked nationally. The cost of the meal is $10.00 per person (guests are welcome). Gymnastics tickets are $2.00 per person.

To make reservations, please indicate the number of meals and the number of tickets you wish to purchase in an e-mail to Carol Kronstad at kronstc@comcast.net . Reservations must be made by Tuesday, January 15 at noon. Free parking is available in the lots around Gill.

January 9, 2008 -Healthy Active Aging, from 3:30-5:00 pm: 102 Owen Hall

Have you wanted to know….

how much exercise do I need to stay healthy?

how should I modify my workouts as I get older?

are there movements I should avoid?

how do I resume an exercise program after an illness or injury interrupted my routine?

what opportunities are there for exercising with a group of people my age?

Our presenters can provide the answers.

A Parking Map (PDF) is available. Parking is free in student and visitor lots on the week of January 9.

View the PowerPoint presentation from this event. (PDF)

January 10, 2008 - Gymnastics Practice Session

2:00 p.m. in the Valley Gymnastics Center (adjacent to the library): Swing into the routines with OSURA as we have made special arrangements with the GYMNASTICS team for you to attend a practice session. Tanya Chaplin, Head Coach, will explain the scoring system and the difficulty of gymnastics routines to help you understand better what to look for at a meet. No reservations are required.

Afterwards, you may wish to join other OSURA for a beverage in Java II (lower level of Valley Library). Free parking is available in student and visitor lots this week. For further information e-mail Carol Kronstad at kronstc@comcast.net .

2007

October 2, 2007 - Estate Planning Seminar, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m..
Wiegand Hall Auditorium (Room 115), west of 30th Street on Campus Way
Presented by Kara Daley and Nadine Davison, two Corvallis attorneys with special knowledge in this area
Watch the recording of this presentation at http://oregonstate.edu/media/archives

September 11, 2007 - Golf Tournament and Hor d'oeuvres Party, Tee time 3:00 p.m., Party begins at 5:30 p.m.
Trysting Tree Golf Course

May 12, 2007 - Theatre Night
Join us for OSU's production of Neil Simon's "Rumors". This activity will include light refreshments and a discussion prior to seeing the play.
Email OSURA if you are able to attend or would like more details.

May 9, 2007 - OSURA Annual Meeting, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Valley Endzone
Contact 541-737-4717 or email OSURA to let us know that you will be attending.

April 17, 2007 - PERS Discussion, 3:30 p.m.
OSURA will sponsor a discussion on the current status of PERS in Withycombe Auditorium.
Presentation Summary (Word document)

March 21, 2007 - Digital Music Lab tour, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Tour the Digital Music Lab at OSU with Professor Michael Coolen from the Department of Music. There will be two tour groups, one at noon and one at 12:45.
Attendance is striclty limited to 10 per group.
To sign up email Ken Krane or call 541-752-2361.

March 16, 2007 - OSU Gymnastics Meet and light dinner, 5:15 p.m.
Join us for a light dinner by Valley Catering at LaSells Stewart Center and then attend the OSU gymnastics meet (vs. Utah, University of Washington and Seattle Pacific). Cost will be $10 per person with the dinner and $2 for the gymnastics meet. Watch for future communications to sign up for this event.

March 14, 2007 - Privacy and Securtiy in the Computer Age, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
First Interstate Room, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU Campus
Parking Map

March 12, 2007 - OSU Radiation Center tour, 10:00 a.m. - Noon
Come join in a tour of the OSU Radiation Center and its nuclear reactor. After the tour, have lunch with the group at the nearby West Dining Hall. Some walking and stair climbing is required.
Attendance is strictly limited to 20 people.
To sign up email Ken Krane or call 541-752-2361.

2006

September 21, 2006 - OSU University Day

September 6, 2006 - OSURA Annual Golf Tournament & Party
Golf tournament winners

May 10, 2006 - OSURA Annual Meeting

April 26 & 27, 2006 - Retirement & Change Workshop

February 25, 2006 - OSURA Night at the Women's Basketball Game

February 11, 2006 - Theatre Night

2005

December 14 & 15, 2005 - Kelley Engineering Center tour

September 20, 2005 - University Day, LaSells Stewart Center

September 7, 2005 - OSURA Golf Tournament, Trysting Tree Golf Course
Golf tournament winners

May 19, 2005 - A Night at the Theatre with Ibsen's, "A Doll's House"

May 12, 2005 - Tour of Bone Research Laboratory

May 11, 2005 - OSURA Annual Meeting

April, 2005 - OSURA Day at Women's Softball Game

President Ed Ray speaking at the OSURA Annual Meeting on May 11, 2005.

President David Eiseman, Marilyn Sarff, and Past President Bill Brennan, at the 2005 OSURA Golf Tournament.

Golf Tournament winning team with OSURA member Bob Wess.

2004

September 8, 2004 - OSURA Golf Tournament

May 21, 2004 - Weatherford Hall Tour

May 12, 2004 - OSURA Annual Meeting

May 2, 2004 - OSURA Day at Women's Softball Game

March 17, 2004 - Tour of the Hilton Garden Inn

February, 2004 - Retirement and Change Workshops

Golf Tournament Winning Team with
OSURA President Bill Brennan

2003

November 19 - the new School of Education Tour

October 8 - Showcasing the College of Veterinary Medicine

May 14 - OSURA Annual Meeting

March 20 - Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers Tour

January 23 - Drug Issues Facing Seniors and Drugs from the Sea

Entertainment break during the OSURA annual meeting

2002

November 19 - Visit to the "new" School of Education

October 29 - Fine Art and Wine Tours

September 27 - Athletics Behind the Scenes Tour

May 23 - OSURA Annual Meeting

April 9 - O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Lab Tour

January 30 - OSURA Kick-Off Reception

OSURA learns about wine