OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

'Oregon State University' ('OSU') is a four-year research and degree-granting public university, located in Corvallis, Oregon in the United States. Total student enrollment (undergraduate and graduate) is more than 19,000. 81% of students are Oregon residents, while 5% hail from other countries.³ Over 200,000 people have attended OSU since its founding.^[4]
OSU offers more than 200 academic degree programs and is most noted for engineering, environmental sciences, forestry, oceanography and pharmacy. In recent years, however, OSU's liberal arts program has grown significantly, with the College of Liberal Arts now the largest at the school. The university has more majors, minors, and special programs than any other college in Oregon. In a 2005 study conducted by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranking the world's top 500 universities by academic merit, OSU placed within the category of 101st-152nd place.[1]
OSU is one of only two universities in the United States to be designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant institution. Cornell University is the other.
The 2005 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education lists OSU as "Comprehensive Doctoral with Medical/Veterinary", one of only three such universities in the Pacific Northwest. In 2006 Carnegie also classified the university as having "very high research activity", making OSU the only university in Oregon to hold that honor.[2] It receives more research grant funds annually than the rest of the Oregon University System schools combined. Additionally, a survey released on October 13, 2006 of 53 university forestry programs in North America found that the Oregon State University College of Forestry "ranks first in the total number of professional publications, first in the number of "citations" to those publications, and is perceived by academic colleagues as the leading forestry program in North America."^[5]
The 577-acre (2.34 km²) main campus, in the middle of the fertile farmland of Willamette Valley, provides a location ideal for agricultural programs. Corvallis, with nearly 53,000 permanent residents, is noted for its extensive public library and rich community life. In 1994 OSU was rated the "Safest campus in the Pac-10" in a study by the University of Southern California.^[6] OSU has a branch campus, the OSU-Cascades Campus, in Bend.
Research is done by the university at many locations throughout the state, including its Seafood Laboratory in Astoria, Food Innovation Laboratory in Portland, and at the Mark O. Hatfield Marine Science Center on Yaquina Bay in Newport. OSU manages approximately 14,000 acres (57 km²) of forest, including the McDonald-Dunn research forest.

Contents

History

Early years

Oregon Agricultural College

Oregon State Agricultural College

Oregon State University

Organization

Colleges and Schools

University Presidents

Notable alumni & faculty

Entrepreneurship

Student life

Athletics

Diversity

Points of interest

References

External links

History

Early years

The university traces its roots back to 1856, when 'Corvallis Academy', the area's first community school for primary and preparatory education, was founded. In 1858 the school's name was changed to 'Corvallis College' and it was formally incorporated. The school offered its first college-level curriculum in 1865, under the administration of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
October 27, 1868, is known as OSU Charter Day, the day that the Oregon Legislative Assembly designated Corvallis College as the "Agricultural College of the State of Oregon" and the recipient of Land Grant fund income derived from the sale of 90,000 acres (364 km²) in southeast Oregon. Many consider this the founding date, despite Corvallis College being formally incorporated in 1858. As part of this designation, the college was required to comply with the requirements set forth in the First Morrill Act. The name was changed to 'Corvallis State Agricultural College' and was then authorized to grant the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Master of Arts degrees. The first graduating class was in 1870, granting Bachelor of Arts degrees.

Oregon Agricultural College

In 1890 the college became known as 'Oregon Agricultural College' (OAC). Orange was adopted as the school color, with black as the background. The Olmsted Brothers developed the first Campus Master Plan in 1909, emphasizing trees and an architectural harmony showcasing basic classical forms in brick. The current campus stays mostly integrated to this original plan, laid on a grid of wide, tree-lined streets with the well-spaced buildings highlighted by open lawns and tall, clustered trees.
The Army ROTC became active in 1917, replacing the original Cadet Corps formed by students studying Military Science.
OAC began a horticultural products processing program in 1919, the first of its kind in the United States. A new brine method which led to the modern maraschino cherry was developed by the program in 1925 by Prof. Ernest H. Wiegand. Accreditation was granted in 1924 by the Northwest Association of Higher and Secondary Schools.

Oregon State Agricultural College

1927 marked yet another name change, this time to 'Oregon State Agricultural College'. The Oregon Unification Bill passed by the Legislative Assembly in 1929 placed the school under the auspices of newly formed Oregon State Board of Higher Education.
Doctoral education was first provided in 1935 with the conferral of four Doctor of Philosophy degrees, three in Agriculture and one in Science. This year also saw the creation of the first summer session, starting a system of year-round operation for the college. The growing diversity in degree programs offered warranted yet another name change in 1937, when the college became 'Oregon State College'.
Naval ROTC, and the program of Naval Sciences, were added to the existing Army ROTC program in 1946. The Air Force ROTC program was included in 1949, making Oregon State one of only 33 universities in the country to offer officer training for all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
Although OSU's focus was solidly on agriculture, engineering and other vocational subjects, the novelist Bernard Malamud spent the 1940s and 1950s teaching English Composition there. His experiences as a professor were the basis for his novel ''A New Life''. He was also awarded the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for his novel ''The Fixer'', named after a store in downtown Corvallis.
Linus Pauling, Class of 1922, became Oregon State's first alumni Nobel Laureate in 1954 when he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work studying atomic bonds; six years later he receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing. This made him one of only two people ever to receive the Nobel Prize in two fields (the other being Marie Curie), and the only person to be awarded two unshared prizes.

Oregon State University

The current name was adopted on March 6, 1961 by a legislative act signed into law by Governor Mark Hatfield.
The National Sea Grant College Program began in 1966, selecting OSU as one of the original three universities to participate in the program when it became operational in 1968.
In 1967 the Radiation Center was built at the edge of campus, housing a 1.1 MW TRIGA Mark II Research Reactor using Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) for fuel. Rankings published by ''U.S. News & World Report'' in 2005 placed Oregon State ninth in the nation in graduate nuclear engineering.
OSU was designated as a federal Space Grant institution in 1991, making the university one of only 13 in the United States to serve as a Land Grant, Sea Grant, and Space Grant designate. In 2003 it was designated as a federal Sun Grant institution, one of only three universities (the others being Cornell University, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks), and the only public institution with all four designations.
In 1999 Oregon State rededicated the new $40 million 'Valley Library', selected by ''The Library Journal'' as their 1999 Library of the Year, the first academic library so named.
In 2001, the Wave Research Laboratory on the edge of campus was designated by the National Science Foundation as a site for Tsunami research under the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. The O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory[3] is one of the largest and most sophisticated laboratories for education, research, and testing in coastal, ocean and related areas in the world.
An aerial view of the campus can be found on Google Maps.

Organization

Colleges and Schools

The academic programs are divided among twelve colleges and two schools, each with a dean responsible for all faculty, staff, students, and academic programs. Colleges are divided into departments administered by a department head or chair. Each department is responsible for academic programs leading to degrees, certificates, options, or minors.


★ College of Agricultural Sciences [4]

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★ Agricultural Education and General Agriculture [5]

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★ Agricultural and Resource Economics [6]

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★ Animal Sciences [7]

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★ Crop and Soil Science [8]

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★ Environmental and Molecular Toxicology [9]

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★ Food Science & Technology [10]

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★ Fisheries & Wildlife [11]

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★ Genetics (Program)

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★ Horticulture [12]

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★ Rangeland Ecology and Management [13]

★ College of Education [14]

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★ Welcome Message from Dean Sam Stern [15]

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★ Teacher and Counselor Education

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★ Adult Education and Higher Education Leadership

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★ 4-H and Youth Development Education

★ College of Health and Human Sciences

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★ Design and Human Environment [16]

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★ Human Development and Family Sciences [17]

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★ Nutrition and Exercise Sciences [18]

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★ Public Health [19]

★ University Honors College [20]

★ College of Engineering [21]

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★ Biological and Ecological Engineering [22]

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★ Bioengineering [23]

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★ Chemical Engineering [24]

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★ Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering [25]

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★ Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [26]

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★ Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering [27]

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★ Mechanical Engineering [28]

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★ Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics [29]

★ College of Veterinary Medicine [30]

★ College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

★ Defense Education College (ROTC)

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★ Air Force Studies

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★ Military Science [31]

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★ Naval Science

★ College of Liberal Arts [32]

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★ American Studies [33]

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★ Anthropology [34]

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★ Art [35]

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★ Economics [36]

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★ English [37]

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★ Ethnic Studies [38]

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★ Foreign Languages & Literatures [39]

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★ History [40]

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★ Liberal Studies [41]

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★ Music [42]

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★ New Media Communications [43]

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★ Philosophy [44]

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★ Political Science [45]

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★ Psychology [46]

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★ Sociology [47]

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★ Speech Communication [48]

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★ Twentieth Century Studies

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★ Women Studies [49]

★ Graduate School [50]

★ College of Science [51]

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★ Biochemistry and Biophysics [52]

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★ Biology [53]

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★ Botany and Plant Pathology [54]

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★ Chemistry [55]

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★ Environmental Sciences [56]

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★ Geosciences [57]

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★ Mathematics [58]

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★ Microbiology [59]

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★ Molecular and Cellular Biology [60]

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★ Physics [61]

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★ Science and Mathematics Education [62]

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★ Statistics [63]

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★ Zoology [64]

★ College of Pharmacy [65]

★ College of Forestry [66]

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★ Forest Engineering [67]

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★ Forest Resources [68]

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★ Forest Science [69]

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★ Wood Science and Engineering [70]

★ College of Business [71]

University Presidents

The position of President was created in 1865. From 1868 to 1929 the president reported to the institution's own Board of Trustees/Regents. Since the creation of the Oregon University System (OUS), the president has reported to the OUS chancellor.
List of presidents:
# William A. Finley (1865-1872)
# Joseph Emery (1872, acting)
# Benjamin L. Arnold (1872-1892)
# John D. Letcher (1892, acting)
# John M. Bloss (1892-1896)
# H. B. Miller (1896-1897)
# Thomas M. Gatch (1897-1907)
# William Jasper Kerr (1907-1932)
# George Wilcox Peavy (1932-1934, acting) (1934-1940)
# Frank Llewellyn Ballard (1940-1941)
# Francois Archibald Gilfillan (1941-1942, acting)
# August Leroy Strand (1942-1961)
# James Herbert Jensen (1961-1969)
# Roy Alton Young (1969-1970, acting)
# Robert William MacVicar (1970-1984)
# John V. Byrne (1984-1995)
# Paul G. Risser (1996-2002)
# Timothy P. White (2003, acting)
# Edward John Ray (2003-present)

Notable alumni & faculty

Main articles: List of Oregon State University people

Some of Oregon State University's notable alumni include NFL superstars, Steven Jackson, 4-time pro bowler Chad Johnson, and T.J. Houshmandzadeh, two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, scientist Milton Harris, Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker, 9-time NBA All-Star Gary Payton, "Iron Man" A.C. Green, NBA guard and 1996 Slam Dunk champion Brent Barry, high jump gold medalist and Fosbury flop inventor Dick Fosbury, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Anderson, Pulitzer Prize winner George Oppen, NASA astronauts William Oefelein and Donald Pettit, computer mouse inventor Doug Engelbart, U-Haul founder Leonard Shoen, NVIDIA co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, actor Michael Lowry, Manhattan Project staff member Paul H. Emmett, Screenwriter Mike Rich, 2000 Playmate of the Year Jodi Ann Paterson, 2007 Playmate of the Year Playmate Sara Jean Underwood and Hüsnü Özyeğin, a dollar billionaire, currently the richest person in Turkey. William Appleman Williams, one of the most prominent historians of American diplomacy taught undergraduates from 1968 until his retirement in 1988.

Entrepreneurship

Oregon State University has recently focused on entrepreneurship, and has been the first college to dedicate an entire building, Weatherford Hall, towards the subject. Weatherford Hall is a dormitory located in the middle of campus, and is home to the Austin Entrepreneurship Program, also known as AEP TICK [72]. They incubate many student businesses, and they are a part of the OSU Society of Entrepreneurs [73].

Student life

Although the seventh largest city in Oregon, Corvallis is still a relatively small community, and many of the local events have a strong connection to the university. Oregon State offers over 300 student groups, the most of any university in the Oregon University System. OSU students are only a few hours drive away from any number of outdoor recreation opportunities in natural recreation areas, including the Cascade Range, a rugged coastline, several large forests, a desert, and many rivers. Portland, Oregon's largest city, is 85 miles north of the campus.
Oregon State University's on campus housing includes 12 residence halls, in which each resident is part of an organization called the Residence Hall Association (RHA). The Residence Hall Association elects seven people, known as the RHA Exec, to manage this organization and to oversee the hall government for each hall.
The LaSells Stewart Center is the Conference and Performing Arts center at the Corvallis campus. The Corvallis/OSU symphony frequently plays in Austin Auditorium. Many famous speakers have graced the stage in Austin Auditorium, as well as many Fraternity and Sorority philanthropy functions. The OSU Office of Conferences and Special Events is located within.
The University is host to a radio station, KBVR 88.7 FM, and a television station, KBVR TV 26, as well as an award-winning student newspaper, The Daily Barometer.
For more information on student life in Corvallis, Oregon check out the [BeavRWiki]. It is a wiki for the OSU community designed to help students of OSU.

Athletics

Main articles: Oregon State Beavers


In 1893, "Jimmie" the coyote was chosen as the college's mascot. This was replaced by the beaver in 1910 (the beaver remains the school's mascot today). In 1915, the college became one of the four charter members of the Pacific Coast (Athletic) Conference.
Football is played in Reser Stadium. The current costumed mascot Benny Beaver made his first appearance in 1952. The next year, 1953, saw the opening of the football facility, Parker Stadium (now named Reser Stadium). The Raising Reser campaign expanded the stadium from 35,000 seats to 46,200 throughout 2006-2007. You can watch a time lapse webcam of the expansion.
1962 saw OSU's (and the west coast's) first Heisman Trophy winner, quarterback Terry Baker. The University of Oregon is often seen as the school's key athletic rival, with the annual Civil War football game between the two teams being one of the nation's longest-lived rivalries.
Trysting Tree is the name of Oregon State's golf course, dedicated in 1988, and has been recognized by ''Golfweek'' magazine as one of the top five collegiate golf courses on the West Coast. Its name is traced to a tree near Benton Hall where student couples would meet (or "tryst") and make dates.
Basketball is held in Gill Coliseum, named after former Beavers coach Slats Gill. The Civil War is one of the most contested rivalries in the nation, and OSU holds the NCAA record for the most wins against a single team from all their matchups against the Ducks.
Baseball is held in Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The OSU baseball team, managed by Pat Casey, won the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship on June 26, 2006, taking the best-of-three series from North Carolina after losing the first game. They were the first team to win the College World Series after having lost two games during the tournament. In doing so, they set the CWS record for most elimination games won (6). It was their first national championship in any team sport since winning a title in Cross Country in 1961 and their second in 1975 when the crew team's Varsity-4 with coxswain dominated competition at the 73rd Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Collegiate Rowing Championships in Syracuse, N.Y., establishing a course record which stood for 15 years.
On June 24, 2007 Oregon State defeated the North Carolina Tarheels in two games to win back-to-back championships in the College World Series. They are the first team since 1996-97 LSU Tigers team to win consecutive National Championships.
Currently, Oregon State has three NCAA National Championships. Two of those are from the baseball team in 2006 & 2007 and one from the cross country team all the way back in 1961.

Diversity

In accordance with the University’s mission for diversity, many organizations, clubs, and departments have been formed. Each were created to exemplify the outstanding diversity that represents the dynamic student and faculty/staff population.

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★ Office Of Community and Diversity[74]

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★ Diversity Development[75]

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★ LGBT Outreach & Services [76]

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★ Minority Education Office[77]

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★ Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity [78]

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★ Ethnic Studies Department [79]

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★ Asian & Pacific Cultural Center[80]

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★ Black Cultural Center[81]

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★ Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez[82]

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★ Native American Longhouse[83]

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★ Pride Center[84]

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★ Women’s Center[85]

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★ MUPC (Memorial Union Program Council)[86]

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★ Student Involvement (SI)[87]

Points of interest

★ Peavy Arboretum

★ The Oregon State University Trysting Tree.

References

1. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_3210_brief.php
2. Virtual Advisor - Faculty
3. Information about Oregon State University
4. Virtual Advisor - Alumni
5. Oregon State University College Of Forestry Viewed As Number One In North America
6. Oregon State University Chronological History: 1990-1999

External links

★ Official Fan Site

★ Oregon State University website

★ OSU Alumni Association website

★ Oregon State University Admissions Blog

★ Official athletics website

★ OSU Webcams

★ The Associated Students of Oregon State University

★ Official wiki

★ Campus map

★ The Daily Barometer, OSU's Official student newspaper

★ Oregon State University's RHA website

★ OSU Choirs website

★ OSU Open Source Lab

★ Oregon State University Apartment Guide

★ BeavrWiki

★ Snow In the Quad Annual Event]