OSU Precollege Programs Blog and News

Do you like working with kids? Want a job on campus? Apply to be a Campus Field Trip Leader! Job Description: Student will lead K-12 students during their sponsored field trips to OSU, provide campus tours and work with the Precollege Programs Coordinator to organize activities for the groups. Schedule permitting assistance with the actual [...]

120 middle school girls plus 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 continue encouraging [...]

Precollege Programs’ Campus Field Trips program was highlighted in the November 23 issue of Oregon State University’s Daily Barometer! Kayla Harr, staff writer, says “Throughout the year, middle and high school students visit Oregon State University to tour the campus and learn about living in a college environment. These tours serve to give young students [...]

The seventh graders at Prairie Mountain School in Eugene, OR visited Oregon State University this fall, stopping at the Veterinary School and the O.H. Hinsdale Tsunami Wave Lab, in addition to a campus tour and lunch in one of the dining centers.  Read some of the students impressions: “Our seventh grade class had the opportunity [...]

College students looked a bit younger on November 8, when the 4th grade class from Tom McCall Elementary School in Redmond, OR visited Oregon State University.  90 students and 40 parents braved a 5:00 am departure time and a long and snowy drive to spend a full day at OSU as part of Precollege Programs’ [...]

Avelino “Lino” Solomon features on the OSU campus banners in the new Powered By Orange campaign highlighting individuals that are making a difference in all realms of society. A 2009 graduate, Lino now works as a Student Services Specialist for TRiO precollege programs at Chemeketa Community College.  He frequently collaborates with the OSU Office of [...]