First Lady Michelle Obama draws record crowd as more grads than ever participate
Ed Said: Keeping it smooth between town & gown
“I want us to talk about how we manage growth and change so that we preserve the best of what we’ve got here.”
Capitalism with a conscience
OSU SIFE proves and teaches that business skills can make the world a better place.
A joyful gift of wisdom
Robert Johnson gets a lot of strange looks when he tells his friends what he does in Ken Hedberg’s lab.
OSU wrestlers continue to have strong world presence
Beaver wrestlers in Istanbul will add to one of the highest international profiles among Beaver sports, one that dates back to Robin Reed winning a gold medal and Chet Newton a silver in the 1924 Olympics.
Beavers have formula for success in global competition
The OSU racing team was thrilled to win the Formula Student Germany competition.
Scholarships help graduate students dig deep into field
“I’m the one in the car who suddenly yells, ‘Pull over, pull over – I’ve got to go look at that soil!’”
Places to feel at home
Replacement of OSU’s four main cultural centers will start with a dramatic new Native American Cultural Center
With honors
A booming University Honors College is at the center of OSU’s increasingly intense – and successful – effort to enroll more high-achieving students
Call of the Wild
Two years ago, Moriarty accidentally found the proverbial 15 minutes of scientific fame.
Enrollment booms to nearly 24k
A record 23,761 students enrolled at Oregon State University this fall.
Director’s Cut: It’s never too late to be re-recruited to OSU
… I clicked on the attached video and discovered that the most delightful “flash mob” had unfolded a few hours before on the Memorial Union Quad.
Essay: On being orange
Orange and black are great colors but can be make it a challenge to put together fabulous outfits.
Football seniors could be called the ‘fightin’ pharmacists’
Football players Wilder McAndrews and Aaron Nichols have worked their way into the OSU College of Pharmacy’s doctorate program.
From Where I Sit: May the role you find to play in life feel this right
“I can see number 1 and number 8 from up here! That’s those Rodgerses! They’re brothers!”
Campus recyclers ask alumni to lead the way by keeping it clean and, yes, ‘green’ on game days
Campus recyclers and OSU Athletics are asking alumni to set an example for other fans in managing their trash on game days.
$168 million at work improving OSU
Alumni who haven’t been back to Corvallis for a few years or even a few months are in for surprises large and small as they view the many construction sites across campus.
Donors support students with $100m for scholarships
Donors pushed the Campaign for OSU past its goal for scholarships and fellowships.
Beaver Nation takes to Pioneer Square in Portland for back-to-school rally Sept. 17
Beaver Nation will hold a first-of-its-kind rally in Portland’s “living room” downtown.
Top Portland high schoolers choose OSU
From The Oregonian: OSU the university of choice for top graduates of Portland-area high schools
Keeping the Promise
Richard Nafshun, ’97, helps OSU make sure students’ college years transform rather than discourage them.
‘O guy’: Real student, son of an alumna
We know him by the wild hair,the violent head bobbing and the giant, black-and-orange, O-shaped neckwear.
Back in the Day: Clematis montana, dormitory hash and our college home
Does this mean these early students spent all their time outside the classroom cloistered in ascetic seclusion, like members of a religious order? Not even close. They lived, as young people have always lived, taking risks, acting crazy, and doing things their parents, I’m sure, had warned them against.
Business majors get world view
When Andy Shelton went to Norway through OSU’s Arthur Stonehill International Business Exchange Program, he had no idea what to expect. He couldn’t have imagined he’d make a connection that would lead to a job offer from National Oilwell Varco, a Fortune 500 company based in Houston, Texas.
