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The Oregon State University Honors College has named Eliza Barstow, a history and religious studies senior instructor in the School of History, Philosophy and Religion, as the 2023 Margaret and Thomas Meehan Honors College Eminent Professor and Christopher Stout, an associate professor of political science in the School of Public Policy, as the 2023 Margaret […]

Dam Proud Day 2023, Oregon State University’s fourth annual day of giving, set new records for the Honors College in both total giving and number of donors. One hundred thirty-seven donors gave in support of student scholarships, well beyond the college’s goal of 80 gifts and last year’s number of 89. Overall, donors gave $57,579, […]

Shaurya Gaur, an Honors College student graduating in June from Oregon State University with his bachelor’s degree in computer science, discovered his passions for technology and social policy early in life. “My dad worked in tech, so I’ve always been around it,” Gaur said. “In high school, I took programming, engineering, and 3D modeling courses and […]

Oregon State University’s nationally ranked online undergraduate programs are about to add a new distinction. Starting in spring term 2023, the Oregon State Honors College will become one of the first honors programs in the world to be fully accessible to online students. “The expansion of the Honors College opportunity to all undergraduates at Oregon […]

Brynn Olden, B.S. chemical engineering ’13, and Honors College graduate Anthony Amsberry, H.B.S. bioengineering ’13, had big plans in high school. Olden, in Wilsonville, wrote them down for a Spanish class assignment. In translation, she said — I will be a scientist, cure cancer, and win a Nobel Prize. Just 15 miles away in Beaverton, […]

The Oregon State University Honors College has announced the 2022 Honors College Eminent Professors and Mentor. Robert Drummond, a senior instructor in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film, is the Margaret and Thomas Meehan Eminent Professor and Randall Milstein, a senior instructor in the College of Science and the College of Earth, Ocean, and […]

The Oregon State University Honors College has named Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols and Dr. Nancy Squires as the 2021 Honors College Eminent Professors. Dr. Nichols is an associate professor of history in the School of History, Philosophy and Religion and is the director of the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities. Dr. Squires, who […]

Michael Kupperman has immersed himself in the academic and research opportunities that Oregon State University and the Honors College have to offer. From taking a challenging STEM course load to writing a high-quality thesis, Michael has worked diligently to get the most out of his undergraduate experience.  Originally from Hillsboro, Oregon, Michael chose Oregon State […]

As an incoming freshman, Amira Smith was immediately amazed by what Oregon State University and the Honors College had to offer. Already sold by OSU’s incredible environmental science program, Amira became truly immersed in her new community when she jetted off for the London Study Abroad trip with the HC before even starting classes.  Now […]

Honors senior Nathan Lausmann, an industrial engineering student and member of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), has been seeking out adventure since high school and hasn’t stopped since. Nathan took a leap after graduating high school and decided to take a gap year, using the time to backpack across six countries in […]