Be Good. Be Orange.

Be Yourself: Be Orange

            One of the perks associated with attending Oregon State University is being a part of the OSU community. Being part of the OSU community means you are connected to OSU in one way or another, whether you are a student or faculty member at OSU, or whether you are just a resident of Corvallis who attends OSU sporting events. The simple act of being a member of the OSU community also means that you have the ability to earn the title of an Orange individual.

Being Orange means something different to everyone who is associated OSU, because OSU harbors diversity by offering around 200 different degree choices, which makes it easy for you to be yourself.  Due to the fact that OSU has such a wide range of classes available, there is a very good chance that by the time we graduate we will have taken a distinct series of courses that no one else has taken.  This means the knowledge we take from OSU will be truly to us.

Therefore in order to earn the coveted title of Orange we must embrace our uniqueness and use it, along with all the skills we learn from our association with OSU as tools to help better our world.  Personally playing a role in helping the OSU community represent it’s core values is one way an individual can contribute to earning themselves this title.  As a student at OSU, I belong to the OSU community and one of my roles is to be the best student/person I can possibly be, while representing OSU through my academic success and my personal success in life.

One of Oregon State University’s goals is to improve human health and wellness.  Due to the fact that I am studying Exercise and Sports Science, specifically Fitness and Nutrition, and the fact that I plan on working in the health and wellness field upon graduation from OSU, I feel I personally will be able to improve the health and wellness of people around me.  I will do this by simply embracing my uniqueness and being myself.  For as long as I can remember I have always had a desire to help others, and I have always had a very strong passion for both fitness and nutrition. Hence, by simply uniting my desire to help others with my passion for fitness and nutrition, I will be helping improve human health and wellness in my own unique way. The actions of personally representing one of OSU’s goals, while at the same time being myself will contribute to me being able to proudly label myself as Orange.

Another one of Oregon State University’s goals is to become a better and a more recognized educational institution. Therefore if you are a member of the OSU community and want to earn yourself the title of Orange you can do so by helping OSU achieve this goal.  Since I became Orange, I truly have the desire to achieve the best that I can academically.  With the choices and guidance provided by OSU I have felt both academically challenged and motivated to achieve at the highest level.  I have grown tremendously as a student and as a person since my journey began.

In order to “pay it forward” I feel it is my duty and responsibility to further the recognition of OSU, because OSU has played a huge role in molding me into the Orange and unique person that I am today.  I plan on helping OSU achieve this goal by being an honorable and contributing member of society and by acting in a ethical and appropriate manner wherever my life path takes me, all the while representing OSU to the best of my ability.  By doing this people around me will be able to see first hand that people who graduate from Oregon State University truly are top-notch individuals.   This is turn will help nurture and support the continued growth and enrichment of OSU and future students, faculty and the community in which it thrives.

In my mind, being Orange means more that just personally representing the core values of Oregon State University, it also means being a unique, well-rounded, knowledgeable individual who acts ethically.  This means taking our education seriously and gaining knowledge while attending OSU, which is done by participating in our classes and acquiring some form of knowledge from every class we take.  With this knowledge that we have obtained we must go out and apply it for the betterment of ourselves and others around us.