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An illustration of some of what Bend, Ore. has to offer its Oregon State Cascades students. After seven terms of remote teaching and learning, the OSU Cascades campus is looking forward to welcoming back in person studies.

OSU-Cascades START orientation sessions remain virtual

Quentin Comus, OSU-Cascades Beat Reporter
August 2, 2021

Oregon State University’s Cascades campus has begun onboarding students through their virtual START programs in anticipation for a mostly traditional college experience starting this fall.After more...

Construction Project Manager, Jarrod Penttila, standing in front of the new Ed Ray Hall building currently under construction at OSU-Cascades. This building is planned to be finished and ready by fall term 2021. 

OSU-Cascades’s Ed Ray Hall opening this fall, campus expansion on track

Quentin Comus, OSU-Cascades Beat Reporter
July 26, 2021

As the Oregon State University-Cascades community returns to in-person instruction this fall, students can anticipate taking classes in the new Ed Ray Hall academic building on the Bend, Ore. campus.Since...

Pictured is Taha Elwefati, president of the Associated Students of Cascades Campus. The ASCC and students were involved in the legislative process that allowed for funding for a new Student Success Center to be approved for the Oregon State University Cascades campus in Bend, Ore.

OSU-Cascades receives funding for Student Success Center

Quentin Comus, OSU-Cascades Beat Reporter
July 18, 2021

After more than two years of lobbying, the Oregon State Legislature approved $13.8 million in state-backed bonds to construct a Student Success Center on Oregon State University’s Cascades campus.First...

This illustration depicts an option for students graduating in spring 2021 to drive through in-person or attend virtual celebration events. This event is for students from the Oregon State University Cascades campus in Bend, Ore.

OSU-Cascades campus prepares for hybrid Commencement celebrations

Quentin Comus, OSU-Cascades Beat Reporter
June 7, 2021

While the coronavirus pandemic continues to push college Commencement ceremonies across the country online, Oregon State University’s Cascades campus in Bend, Ore. is preparing for a hybrid approach.“Last...

Steve Pitman, director of facilities and operations at OSU-Cascades, discusses long-range development net zero energy, water and waste goals of the Bend, Ore. campus and what his staff are currently doing to promote sustainability at OSU-Cascades.

OSU-Cascades sustainability, net zero goals prominent in its future

Quentin Comus, OSU-Cascades Beat Reporter
May 11, 2021

As the current presidential administration under President Joe Biden unveils its national climate plan, OSU-Cascades is addressing its own sustainability and net zero goals through both immediate and long-term...

OSU Cascades Beat graphic

OSU-Cascades interim vice president announced

Quentin Comus, OSU-Cascades Beat Reporter
April 30, 2021

Oregon State University Provost and Executive Vice President Ed Feser has named Dr. Andrew Ketsdever as OSU-Cascades' interim vice president, effective May 1.Ketsdever, an air force veteran, joined OSU-Cascades...

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