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The Student News Site of Oregon State University

The Daily Barometer

The Student News Site of Oregon State University

The Daily Barometer

Calabaloo’s student worker Luis Roberts taking food payment from Brooke Sorenson, first year. 

Full Plate Fund program initiated to aid students in need

Erica Baldwin, News Contributor
January 29, 2018

New program allows students to donate excess dining dollars to others.When some graduates joke about being in college, they refer to their days spent living off of instant ramen, coffee and various energy...

Of the 903 students who completed the Food Assistance application in Fall 2017, nearly all of them met the USDA’s definition of being food insecure in the past year. 82% reported having very low food security. 10% reported having low food security. 8% reported being food secure. Information gathered as part of the OSU Fall 2017 FoodAssistance Application managed by the Human Services Resource Center. 

Mealbux provides low-income students with food assistance

Angel Xuan Le, Practicum Contributor
November 6, 2017

Human Services Resource Center helps eliminate student financial burdensWith a 17-credit course load coupled with an online class, students such as Justine Boringot, a senior at Oregon State University...

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