OSU Precollege Programs Blog and News

Volunteer with Kids has been awarded $10,427 from the OSU Women’s Giving Circle to continue their work in to the 2011-12 school year! Volunteer With Kids is a partnership of precollege programs that are working together to equip and connect students at Oregon State University with volunteer and paid opportunities to work with youth. Experiences [...]

The Scientists and Teachers in Education Partnerships Program (STEPs) at OSU will be offering free science workshops for K-12 educators on astronomy (Aug. 2-3), water sustainability (Aug. 15-17), and biotechnology (Au. 22-23). Information http://steps.oregonstate.edu/calendar or contact Kari van Zee at 541-737-4517 The STEPs program is a K-12 science outreach program at Oregon State University which is [...]

With the help of a grant from the Oregon Engineering and Technology Industry Council, Oregon State University’s Center for Outreach in Science and Engineering for Youth (COSEY) will provide summer camps infused with science & engineering curriculum. Local camps serving 5th -8th graders will include newly developed programming with a theme of sustainability, in an [...]

For the fifth year, the 4-H Program at OSU has received an $80,000 grant to host an ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp.  Former astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris and ExxonMobil have partnered since 2006 to provide this two-week residential camp program free of charge to underserved middle school students at 30 college campuses across the [...]

Quests are fun, free-choice learning adventures that use clues and hints to encourage participants to discover the natural, cultural and historical “treasures” of place and community.  Suitable for groups of all ages, self-guided Quests allow lifelong learners to explore parks, trails and other outdoor spaces in new ways and at their own pace. Most Oregon [...]

Close to 100 middle school girls and their parents were at OSU on Saturday for the annual “Discovering the Scientist Within” program put on by a collaborative group across campus and the community.  The event is designed to foster teenage girls interest in science and engineering in addition to connecting with parents about ways to [...]

Saturday Academy‘s Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering and Math (AWSEM) after school program garnered press in the Gazette-Times. Members of the science sorority, Sigma Delta Omega, mentor middle school and high school girls in hands-on activities provided by departments across campus including the College of Engineering, College of Pharmacy and many others. AWSEM strives [...]

Joel Cazares, a senior at Forest Grove High school and part of 4-H’s Tech Wizards program was chosen to visit Washington D.C. for a National Mentoring Summit where he was able to meet Michelle Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder.

Sujaya Rao and the BugZoo were featured in the Gazette-Times – another example of Oregon State University’s phenomenal commitment to youth outreach and engagement in the community. “Rao, a professor in Oregon State University’s Crop and Soil Science department, is an entomologist, a scientist who studies insects. She uses the creepy crawlers as many-legged ambassadors [...]

Girls on Track, a running and personal development program for 6th-8th grade girls, is part of a national program, Girls on the Run, that is delivered by KidSpirit in the College of Health & Human Science at Oregon State University.  The mission of the program is “to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of [...]