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Honors liberal studies and education student Sarah Blum has been competing in local scholarship pageants for years. When she was crowned as Miss Linn-Benton 2019, all of her hard work paid off in a way that’s truly extraordinary. “It was really surreal, honestly, because I’ve been trying really hard for five years to win one […]

On the first annual OSU Day of Giving, the Honors College raised over $31,000 from gifts made by 139 donors. These numbers ranked in the top ten for all OSU units participating in the Day of Giving.   “The Day of Giving was a tremendous, inspiring success for the Honors College and for our entire […]

The Honors College at OSU-Cascades was made for students like Casey Collier ’19. The Bend native recognized the opportunity when he transferred in the fall of 2017. “I have always been somebody who likes to achieve my greatest potential,” Casey says. “I like to set myself apart. I like a challenge.” Thinking ahead, he recognized […]

Throughout my time in the Honors College, I had been refining my thesis topic into something I knew I wanted to pursue after graduation.  I loved studying abroad as an undergraduate, and developed a love for exploring other countries’ cultures.  As an environmental science major, I am naturally interested in mitigation and adaptation to climate […]

Fifth-year honors mechanical engineering student Robyn Wells’s thesis emerged at the intersection of one of her long-time passions, marching band, with her engineering research. Working with Dr. Xinhui Zhu, an assistant professor of industrial engineering, Robyn has studied the physical impacts of band members’ workload and discomfort after one football game day. “Originally, I wanted […]

In the final months of my last year of high school, I received a bright orange envelope in the mail from the Oregon State University Honors College. Inside that envelope was an acceptance letter, and I decided to take the college up on their offer. I knew from a young age that Oregon State was […]

Through the hustle and bustle of the Memorial Union, a popular hub for students and faculty on the Oregon State University campus, an unlikely pair is seen indulging in cups of coffee from Java Stop, while engaged in a seemingly riveting conversation. Actually the pair is not that unlikely — they could be mentor and […]

One major misconception about the Honors College (HC) that discourages students from applying is the fear that their busy schedule and course rigor will consume them. So, let’s break this down a bit. In this blog post, we’ll delve a bit more into this frequently asked question and hopefully, debunk the fear that most students […]

It’s very likely an uncommon experience for undergraduate research to have findings pertinent to the development of genetic diseases and cancer. For fourth-year honors biochemistry and biophysics student Mark Geisler, though, that’s just another day in the lab. “I’ve been working in Michael Freitag’s lab in Biochemistry and Biophysics for two and a half years […]

Originally published on Synergies. An internship could be located just 10 minutes from campus, but Emily Burney would rather travel to the equator, some 4,000 miles away. As a wide-eyed high school senior, Emily learned about international internships while on a tour of Oregon State’s campus. She was intrigued, and four years later she made her international dream a reality with an internship […]