Summer Experience in Science and Engineering for Youth (SESEY) offers a unique opportunity for high school girls and minority students with an aptitude for math and science in engineering fields. This one-week summer program encourages students to explore the world of engineering and to consider careers in its variety of fields.
Office Phone: 541-737-6422
Oregon State University offers a full range of precollege programs designed to open the pathways to higher education though academic opportunities. We offer programming for every level of student and for educators. Please contact each program directly or for general questions, e-mail or use the web form.
The Office of Precollege Programs is housed under the division of Student Affairs in Enrollment Management, as seen in our organizational chart, with generous support from the College of Engineering.
Director: Dr. Skip Rochefort, Chemical Engineering Department
Skip Rochefort is currently an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and the Director of OSU and COE Precollege Programs at Oregon State University. His research interest for the last 30 years has been in all areas of Polymer Engineering and Science, and for the last 15 years, Engineering Education. His passion is K-12 outreach for the recruitment and retention of women and minorities into engineering, with the current focus on introducing engineering science at the middle school and high school levels. He has been active in the Saturday Academy ASE program (19 student interns), and as founder and director of the Summer Experience in Science and Engineering for Youth program, which has served over 450 high school students since summer 1997.
Assistant Director: Dr. Kyle Cole
Kyle Cole received his Ph.D. from Yale University and his Bachelor’s degree in biology from UC Santa Cruz. He has worked in youth outreach for five years and previously taught courses in organic chemistry, evolutionary biology, the origin of life and nanotechnology at Stanford University and Santa Clara University. Prior to coming to OSU, Kyle worked as the Associate Director of an NSF-funded research center at Stanford and lead a research group at the biotech company Affymetrix.
Phone: 541-737-8262
Office Coordinator: Joan Stempniak
Joan Stempniak comes to Precollege Programs with extensive non-profit management experience and as a seasoned support professional in the field of college access and public school reform. Joan obtained her BA in Psychology in 2007 from the University of Alaska, Anchorage with an emphasis on business and volunteer management. In addition to her duties at OSU Joan enjoys connecting with youth as a volunteer in the art room at the Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis.
Phone: 541-737-6422
Each year, Oregon State University publishes an Annual Security Report to comply with the requirements of the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act. The report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on-campus; in certain off-campus buildings
or property owned or controlled by Oregon State University; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as policies concerning sexual assault, and other matters. This year's report is available in printed form by
contacting the Oregon State University, Department of Public Safety, which is located in room 200, Cascade Hall, 601 SW 17th Street, Corvallis, OR 97331. The report may also be found on the University's Department of Public Safety website.
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