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In this episode of Bend Don’t Break, host Aaron Switzer sits down with Sherman “Sherm” Bloomer, Chancellor and Dean of Oregon State University–Cascades. With a background in geology and decades of experience in higher education leadership, Sherm shares his journey from faculty roles at Boston University and Duke to his long tenure at OSU, where he served as Dean of the College of Science and later led the university’s budget and resource planning office.

Aaron and Sherm discuss the evolving landscape of education in Central Oregon, including the growth of OSU-Cascades and what the future holds for students, the local community, and the region at large.

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This article appears in Source Weekly June 12, 2025.

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June 12, 2025

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Sherman H. Bloomer 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />June 12, 2025</p> <p><p data-start="106" data-end="566"> In this episode of <em data-start="125" data-end="143">Bend Don’t Break</em>, host Aaron Switzer sits down with Sherman “Sherm” Bloomer, Chancellor and Dean of Oregon State University–Cascades. With a background in geology and decades of experience in higher education leadership, Sherm shares his journey from faculty roles at Boston University and Duke to his long tenure at OSU, where he served as Dean of the College of Science and later led the university’s budget and resource planning office. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/bend_dont_break_-_sherman_h_bloomer_-_digital.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/bend_dont_break_-_sherman_h_bloomer_-_digital.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-4984" /></a></figure> </p> <p data-start="568" data-end="769"> Aaron and Sherm discuss the evolving landscape of education in Central Oregon, including the growth of OSU-Cascades and what the future holds for students, the local community, and the region at large. </p> <p> LISTEN NOW </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> </div> <p> WATCH NOW </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/TOK4FBS060Y </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-sherman-h-bloomer-23314339/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=4983&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-sherman-h-bloomer-23314339/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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