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Q&A with Becky Johnson

Dr. Becky Johnson was instrumental in building the OSU-Cascades satellite campus. Now she’s the Interim President of the whole University System.
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Former Oregon State University President F. King Alexander resigned on March 23 after the law firm Husch Blackwell found that sexual misconduct reports were routinely mishandled at Louisiana State University under Alexander’s presidency from 2013 to 2019. Less than a month after Alexander’s resignation, OSU-Cascades Vice President Becky Johnson was confirmed by OSU’s Board of Trustees […]

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Bouyed Up by Volunteers

An innocent-looking buoy with an important mission: tracking water in and under the high Cascades
Jim Anderson

For those of us who have been looking at the Three Sisters and what’s left of the year-round snow on the slopes, it’s pretty scary. Several of the historical snow fields are gone, melted by long periods of intense heat. Yes, there’s still plenty of water under the Three Sisters, but it’s being sucked out […]

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Fall into the Fall Garden

Transitioning your garden from summer to fall
Danielle Meyers

Before you know it, fall will be upon us in Central Oregon once again: the season when the leaves start to change, the soil starts to freeze and the frosty mornings are forgotten by the beat of the midday sun. How do you transition your garden from the summer heat to the fluctuating fall temperatures? […]

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OSU-Cascades Gets State Bond

The university beat its goal of raising $10 million from private donors
Chris Miller

Oregon State University-Cascades will be growing. The university announced June 28 it received over $10 million in private gifts, exceeding the philanthropic match required for state bond money for the next academic building on the Bend campus. These gifts—including private donations from the Tykeson Family Foundation, Charles McGrath and anonymous sources—combined with the $39 million […]

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A Home for Science

A new Bend Science Station on the way…with your help
Howard Leff

Question: What happens when you pour green-tinted water into a vat of liquid nitrogen? Answer: A group of kindergarteners finds it pretty awesome! Welcome to the Bend Science Station, where that sort of magic takes place all the time. Today’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) workforce demands a solid science education for today’s kids. Now […]

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Making Waves

Testing the waters for long-term wave energy
Brian Jennings

Oregon fishermen know the coastal waters better than anyone—and that’s probably why they’ve been tapped to help locate a site ideal for turning ocean waves into electricity. In December, Oregon State University’s National Marine Renewable Energy Center was awarded $40 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to construct a wave energy test facility six […]

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Beavers on Bikes & Buses

Locals worry about increased traffic with the opening of OSU Cascades. The school’s solution? Skip the car all together.
Brian Jennings

The Century Drive roundabout next to the new Oregon State University Cascades campus is one of the most-used in the city of Bend—and with the fall opening of the school, that means even more traffic in the area. As the student population grows to between 3,000 and 5,000 by 2025, there will likely be even […]

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“Hell Week” in Paradise

OSU football comes to Bend
Grant Woods

The Oregon State University football team will be packing up its gear and bussing out to spend a week in Bend. For the Beavers, the first week of August practice, “Hell Week,” as it is commonly referred to, will be spent in paradise. With their home field undergoing significant renovations, a new, temporary practice location […]

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