An Experience of a Lifetime – Jorie Casey
Honors College Ambassador and peer mentor Jorie Casey is a fourth-year student majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She is also a lab research assistant and a member of Sigma Delta Omega. She received the Honors College Experiential Scholarship and was able to volunteer on a medical brigade to Nicaragua. This trip was an experience […]
Kyle Ireton – Alumni Angle
Alumni Angle is a recurring series in which we ask an honors alum to update us on their current work and to reflect on their Honors College experience. Name – Kyle Ireton, HBS ’12 Major – Biochemistry & Biophysics Thesis – Nongenomic Actions of Steroid Hormones in the Ovine Endometrium Q:What are you doing […]
Honors Student Competes on Reality Show for Golf Driver Design
On October 2, 2018, when “Driver vs. Driver 2” premieres on the Golf Channel, viewers will see 14 finalists pitch their designs for Wilson’s next golf driver to a panel of expert judges. These designer-entrepreneurs — chosen from an open call in which hundreds of ideas were submitted — include investors, engineers, product designers, […]
Sydney Phu Completes Internship at Mayo Clinic
As a summer intern at the Mayo Clinic, Honors College student Sydney Phu spent 10 weeks in Rochester, Minnesota researching regenerative medicine ethics. She is the first student from Oregon State to be accepted into this prestigious Summer Undergraduate Program in Biomedical Ethics Research. (Read more about Sydney’s background and path to the internship at […]
HC Students Recognized with Global Consciousness Award
In the Honors College, students are globally conscious and actively strive to be good global citizens. Below, five of the several HC students who were recognized with the Global Consciousness Award this past year and represented the Honors College at the Global Beavers Gala in the spring are highlighted. The award, from the OSU Global […]
Thesis to Career – Completing the Circle
A year ago, unexpectedly looking for a job, Honors College alumna Meadow Clendenin found herself sitting in front of a Toyota interview panel explaining what set her apart from the thickstack of other candidates. The answer? Her Honors College thesis, written 20 years before.“It jumped off my resume because I didn’t have experience working in […]
HC Spring Picnic and Awards
Rain won’t stop the HC from celebrating spring! A quick location change from lawn to indoor event space and the fun was back on track. Students, staff and faculty enjoyed good food, good company, board games and a photo booth! As is tradition at the HC spring picnic we recognized outstanding students for their dedication […]
Graduating Student Spotlight – Casey Collins
Casey Collins will graduate with her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition – Dietetics on June 16. As an honors student, Casey collaborated with nutrition faculty, a fellow student and Oregon State Ecampus to create an interactive video that explains changes to the nutrition label. What led you to choose your degree? “I had heard somewhere […]
The triple crown of science – Graduating with degrees in math, physics and nuclear engineering
By Srila Nayak Jesse Rodriguez isn’t your average student by most measures. An Honors student triple majoring in mathematics, physics and nuclear engineering, he has sometimes worked his way through 10 classes per term and excelled in them. While an unending stream of mathematics and physics classes may well intimidate even students with high academic […]
A senior’s gut decision in high school to major in physics holds steady four years later
Looking back on his gut decision in high school to major in physics after taking a class in it, graduating senior Abe Teklu remains somewhat mystified. “I guess I was just really confident,” he laughs. Abe grew up around numbers and changing locations, moving from Ethiopia to Arizona at age six when his father got […]
