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Elevate your career with Oregon State’s online business programs

2 minute read Moving up in the business world doesn’t need to be more difficult to figure out than quantum physics. Make it simple with Oregon State’s online business programs. From microcredentials to MBAs and everything in the middle, we’ve got you covered.

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Explore careers in the great outdoors and the outdoor recreation economy

4 minute read The future of the outdoor recreation economy is dependent on creating clear educational pathways for students. Educators are starting to address this growing opportunity. Oregon State’s Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy is working to fill this gap as part of a growing workforce education solution.

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Making music at a distance

4 minute read It’s nighttime in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Mykola Balakin is making a flute-like instrument called a sopilka in his home office. A software engineer by trade and a computer science student with Oregon State Ecampus, he’s new to making instruments, but after several hours of trial and error, he has a breakthrough.

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Oregon State Ecampus’ online Tribal Communities Initiative featured in a newly published book titled ‘Race and Rurality’

6 minute read Marleigh Perez and Eddie Rodriguez of Ecampus documented some of the initiative’s key successes for a chapter in a newly published book titled “Race and Rurality: Considerations for Advancing Equity in Higher Education.” The book offers insights into how higher education can better support rural communities of all different backgrounds. 

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Exploring technology as an exam proctoring solution

6 minute read Based on 10 years of experience, the OSU Ecampus proctoring manager created a framework for examining technology as a potential exam proctoring solution — a framework focused on meeting students’ needs. This article will help you identify your institution’s goals and provide guidelines for analyzing proctoring tools.

John Dusek in a graduation cap and gown with his wife and daughter presenting his dual degrees to him.

Making a difference through horticulture

4 minute read John Dusek loves his work and small town Michigan community, but he began to feel like something was missing. “I don’t know if it was a midlife crisis or what,” he says. “But I came to a point where I realized that there was much more potential in horticulture than just producing pretty things for people to look at. So I decided to go back to school.”