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Richard "Rico" Krohn, an 18-year-old Oregon State University freshman with a loud voice and a greased pompadour, figures he's the perfect entrepreneur: gregarious, creative and quick to question authority. As a high school student in Wimer, near Grants Pass, he earned $4,000 total breeding sows and selling piglets. "My outgoing personality helps with networking," he said. "I've pretty much been an entrepreneur my entire life." Krohn is enrolled in OSU's Austin Entrepreneurship Program, which offered its first for-credit courses this year. With 268 students living in Weatherford Hall, it's the nation's largest residential entrepreneurship program.
A project to refurbish an obsolete playground at the Old Mill Center for Children and Families has earned Oregon State University instructor Sandy Neubaum this year’s Corvallis Gazette-Times Faculty Leadership Award. Neubaum was one of 12 faculty and staff members honored by the OSU College of Business at the school’s annual awards dinner Friday night, held in the Valley End Zone at Reser Stadium.
Oregon State’s baseball teams have established a reputation of battling until the final strike throughout the 13-year Pat Casey coaching era. On Sunday, the Beavers displayed that characteristic - literally - in a tense 1-0 victory over Michigan in the opening game of the best-of-3 Corvallis Super Regional at Goss Stadium.
The OSU baseball team hosts Michigan in an NCAA Super Regional starting at 4 p.m. at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. If the Beavers win today, they will qualify for the College World Series.
Forums will be held this week for the three finalists for the associate dean of the Graduate School. They are as follows: Today, Adam Schultz, professor in COAS, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., MU 206; Tuesday, June 12, Martin Fisk, professor in COAS, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Kidder 278; and Tuesday, June 12, William Warnes, associate professor in Mechanical Engineering, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., MU 206.
The deadline for Oregon Literary Fellowships is June 29. Oregon Literary Fellowships provide fiscal support to writers and independent publishers throughout the state of Oregon. The minimum amount for each fellowship has been raised to $2,500. Fellowships are awarded to writers in the genres of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and young readers literature. Fellowships are also awarded to independent publishers. Info: Susan@literary-arts.org.
Reservations are being taken for the 2007 Beaver Community Fair, which is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 28, in the MU Quad.
Due to roadway improvements on Washington Way (between 15th & 35th streets), there will be periodic traffic interruptions and intermittent roadway closures June 25-26. Vehicle, bike and pedestrian traffic should expect delays and possible temporary closures for the extent of construction. Info: Zach Golik, 737-5569.
Due to annual maintenance on the campus steam distribution system, Facilities Services will shut down all steam services to campus from 11 p.m. June 17 to 5 p.m. June 21. This will affect all hot water and heating services. Info: Les Walton, 737-4395 or Gary Hanson, 737-7652.
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