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HCSA Events TODAY! HCSA Spring Term Study BreakTake a break from midterm studying and join HCSA for our Spring Study Break! Brighten up your day and enjoy Crumbl cookies and paper flower bouquet making. Join us in the SLUG on Monday, May 15, from 2-4 p.m. WEEKLY! HCSA MeetingsMeet other students, volunteer, practice leadership, plan events or get involved with […]

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, […]

Over the last half-century, plastics have become integral to everyday life. From car parts to food storage to the microplastics in clothes, plastics are everywhere – and, crucially, will remain everywhere, as they do not naturally break down. This is a modern dilemma that Dr. Skip Rochefort addressed head on in his honors colloquium Plastic […]

Graduating from Oregon State University in 2023 with honors bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and bioresource research, and a chemistry minor, Bridget Price is glad to see years of planning coming to fruition. “My uncle and grandfather are chemists, and my family has a farm in the Willamette Valley,” said Price, who has been admitted to a […]

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 […]

HCSA Events NEW! HCSA Spring Term Study BreakTake a break from midterm studying and join HCSA for our Spring Study Break! Brighten up your day and enjoy Crumbl cookies and paper flower bouquet making. Join us in the SLUG on Monday, May 15th, from 2-4 p.m. WEEKLY! HCSA MeetingsMeet other students, volunteer, practice leadership, plan events or get involved with […]

The Honors College is pleased to announce Lindsay Beaman as the 2023 recipient of the Joe Hendricks Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Shaurya Gaur, Bridget Price, Matthew Raffel, Anda Gherghe and Clare Jayawickrama have been named runners up. The award was established by alumni and friends in honor of Joe Hendricks, the founding dean of the […]

HCSA Events THIS WEEK! HCSA Discussion about Equity in the Field of Computer ScienceJoin the Honors College Student Association for an engaging discussion-style event about the challenges of equity in the evolving field of computer science. We will delve into various topics such as the potential risks of machine learning to encode harmful stereotypes, unequal representation […]

A recent graduate is a star example of why it’s important to make honors degrees available to online learners — and how Oregon State is leading the way This post was originally published on Oregon State Ecampus News By Elena Moffit In the winter of 2023, Jose Torres became the first Oregon State University student […]

HCSA Events NEW! HCSA Dice and DessertsCome join HCSA on Tuesday May 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the West Hall Lounge for a fun night of playing board game and eating desserts. There will be a variety of board games, scrumptious desserts, and friendly competition to enjoy! Bring a friend (or two or three) and if you would like, you can bring your […]