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The OSU Sustainability Office would like to congratulate two interns, Ava Wright and Jeff Huang, who have just graduated from Oregon State University!  Ava and Jeff are hard working individuals who have made significant contributions to the Sustainability Office over the past few years! Ava Wright is from Vancouver, Washington and started at OSU in […]

This spring, the OSU Sustainability Office hired two new interns! Mia will be in the Student Engagement role and Tucker in the Assessment and Planning role. We are so excited to welcome them into the office! Mia Saunders will be taking on the Student Engagement role as the new Sustainability Council Facilitator! In this position, […]

TallWood Design Institute (TDI), a collaboration between Oregon State University’s Colleges of Forestry and Engineering, and University of Oregon’s Architecture program, works to advance mass timber and alternative wood-based building solutions.  Mass timber is a category of engineered wood products formed by binding together smaller wood components into larger structural elements. It serves as a […]

Interested in joining a fun and passionate team that works to advance sustainability at OSU? The OSU Sustainability Office is now hiring an Assessment and Planning Intern and a Student Engagement Intern! The Sustainability Office fosters a culture of sustainability at OSU, enhances student competency around issues of sustainability, delivers projects that reduce the university’s environmental […]

The 2024 Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) was hosted from March 4-6 at Western Washington University in Bellingham! WOHESC is organized by Pacific Northwest higher education institutions and travels to a different host school each year to inspire change, facilitate action, and promote collaboration around sustainability within the region. 35 students and […]

The OSU Sustainability Office, Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, and Oregon Clean Power Cooperative invite faculty, staff, and community members to invest in the latest Solarize Corvallis projects: rooftop solar on three OSU buildings.  Motivated by the goal of accelerating OSU’s Path to Carbon Neutrality, these projects will reduce OSU’s greenhouse gas emissions from purchased electricity while […]

Are you a student who may be interested in a sustainability career? The OSU Sustainability Council is excited to present a Guest Speaker Panel with sustainability professionals on Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 5-6pm! The panel will consist of experts from various locations across the United States with roles in the private, government, and non-profit sectors. Learn how the […]

Starting in the Winter term of 2023, Oregon State University’s Housing and Dining Services (UHDS), in collaboration with Materials Management, implemented a new sustainability initiative to attempt to reduce the amount of single-use coffee cups on campus. At every cafe across OSU’s campus, the menus and registers now reflect a $0.25 charge instead of a […]

The Washington Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) is a platform for inspiring change, facilitating action, and promoting collaboration around sustainability and social justice within the Cascadia region’s higher education institutions. The conference includes educational sessions, meetups, and networking opportunities that empower participants to advance action and create change. The 2024 theme is Learning From […]

The OSU Sustainability Office hired two new interns during fall 2023! Join us in welcoming our new Marketing/Outreach Intern and Software Engineer Intern. Hoku Tiwanak (she/her/hers) Hoku Tiwanak is the new Marketing and Outreach Intern at the Sustainability Office!  In this role, she manages our social media and email, in addition to our newsletter, blog, […]