How OSU and Bobby Kennedy helped 1967 alumnus Husnu Ozyegin change the world
Alumni Profile: Proud young engineering alumna is already a successful mentor
“When you go to an interview people are always telling you, ‘We love OSU graduates.’ It’s nice to hear that.”
In her spare time …
Recent chemical engineering grad has a demanding job making life-saving vaccines. On the side, she’s an NFL cheerleader.
Beavers have formula for success in global competition
The OSU racing team was thrilled to win the Formula Student Germany competition.
Straight to the clouds
Young OSU grads’ cloud computing company rocketed from startup to acquisition target in almost no time
Engineering pioneer honored
Anyone who has visited a major construction site with Pritchett has seen work nearly halt as word spreads that “Hal is here” and engineers rush over to pay their respects.
Alumni profile: Combat veteran and his mother, both alumni, reach out to Iraqis
He wondered if folks at the OSU College of Engineering would donate textbooks, so he turned to a familiar contact.
Andina: From Peru with love
The Peace Corps and a passion for Peru led the blue-eyed, gentle-mannered John Platt to the love of his life.
One scholarship, 37 new ‘grandkids’
“In this economy, there may be many grandparents who aren’t able to help their grandchildren as much as they would like. I thought, maybe I can step in.”
Orange Thunder rules at Bonneville
“Our goal was to beat the Bonneville record for our class, which was 70.670 mph, set last year,” Patterson wrote. “The world record of 73.006 mph was set at sea level and was considered unreachable by us at the horsepower-robbing high altitude (almost 4,400 feet) and high temps of Bonneville.”
Retaining excellence
When Todd and Cindy Woodley decided to establish a fund to support faculty excellence in the College of Engineering, they knew their gift would help OSU retain one of its most promising professors. They didn’t know which professor, but they knew the importance of keeping good faculty.
Road Worrier: OSU engineer keeps Washington residents moving
… in walks Paula Hammond, boss of Washington’s complex highway system, de facto admiral of the nation’s largest ferry system, and the woman in charge of a 7,100-employee agency aimed at getting Evergreen State residents from here to there and home again despite daunting geographical, meteorological and economic roadblocks.
