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Honors mechanical engineering student Rachel McAfee was recently awarded the Department of Defense SMART scholarship — a recognition that provides funding for two to five years of education at any level (undergraduate through Ph.D.), including full tuition and a living stipend. The award also gives Rachel the opportunity to participate in additional internships with the […]

This year, the Oregon State University Honors College is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Since the college’s founding in 1995, over 2,000 students have graduated with honors baccalaureate degrees, each of them embarking on professional and personal journeys representing the full range of the OSU alumni experience. It all started, though, with Joe Voje, whose 1996 […]

Rylie Tiffin first became interested in healthcare management during her junior year in high school, after a research project on employee engagement in hospitals led her to discover that burnout among healthcare workers resulted in lower quality patient care. This insight stuck with her, inspiring Rylie – now a third-year Honors College student – to […]

Honors College natural resources student Zach Mize is a stunning example of what undergraduates can accomplish outside of the classroom. Zach, a student at Oregon State University – Cascades, participated in a Research Education for Undergraduates (REU) program at California State University, Monterey Bay during the summer of 2018. This experience culminated in co-authoring a paper […]

HC Announcements and Events Winners Announced for the HC Study Break Talent Show! Participants submitted their talents to the HC last week and this week we’ll be announcing the winners on Instagram. Follow osuhonors to see the winners in three categories: Tuesday, May 26 – Visual, Wednesday, May 27 – Performance, & Thursday, May 28 – […]

Here at the Honors College, we always encourage students to push the limits of what they know and follow whatever path they choose. I did that, right up until it meant falling 20 feet through the air.  Then I did it again, and again, and again, because it’s really, really fun. I’ve always had an […]

HC Announcements and Events NEW! HC Study Break #2 – A Talent Show!The second HC Study Break this term will be a talent show! Participants should submit their talents to hcstudybreaks@gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. on May 25. We are looking for talent submissions in the following three categories: Participants should submit photos of their visual work, […]

HC Announcements and Events HCSA Baking Challenge – Kicking Off The Week With Cookie Decorating!HCSA is hosting a Baking Challenge this week! For starters, watch out for the Baking Challenge video/pictures on HC social media this morning, Monday, May 11 and then show us your best version! For those in West or Sackett Hall, cookie decorating kits […]

The exacting schedule of a surgeon is evident at the outset of a Zoom interview with Dr. SreyRam Kuy (Microbiology, ’00). She is a little late for the midday appointment because she had to shower first. Just 30 minutes earlier, Kuy “was elbow deep in blood and stool” performing a colon cancer surgery. An epidemic […]

Cadell Chand likes to de-stress on his bike ride home. It’s something the civil engineering master’s student appreciates about living in Corvallis. “A lot of the bike paths are through parks, so there’s some scenery,” he said. “I usually take the Midge Cramer path, with the covered bridge. There’s always alpacas out there. It’s just […]