Alumni profile: She manages marine resources with a distinctly local focus

Working as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines taught Laura Anderson, ’00, of Newport a lot about community-based management.


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.


OSU degree leads to jobs in Ethiopia, African restaurants in Portland

Cars rush by on Russell Street in Northeast Portland as Alem Gebrehiwot relaxes for a few moments before beginning a busy day at Afrique Bistro, one of his two popular restaurants.


Joan’s Dream: New resort in Oregon wine country has deep OSU roots

Not far from the modest but well-appointed office Joan Austin keeps on the Newberg campus of A-dec, the giant dental equipment company she and her husband Ken founded in 1964, the matriarch of one of OSU’s best-known and most generous families is watching a dream come true in a grand way.