5 minute read After years of working in the business sector, Yvette Gibson earned a natural resources degree online through Oregon State Ecampus and now is an instructor in OSU’s Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences. They say you can’t have your cake and eat it too, but Yvette Gibson has ignored that expression for years. She’s simultaneously … Behind the scenes with Yvette Gibson, rangeland science instructor
3 minute read Oregon State offers several bachelor’s programs in conservation and animal sciences that you can earn online. Learn what makes each unique and the different skills you’ll gain.
4 minute read Explore what makes each of Oregon State’s environmental online bachelor’s degrees unique and learn about the skills you’ll gain when you enroll in a program online.
5 minute read Encouraging professors and hands-on work helped Samantha Crockett expand her horizons in animal behavior, conservation, ecology and more in Oregon State’s online zoology bachelor’s degree program.
4 minute read Explore the different plant sciences degrees offered online by Oregon State and learn more about the skills you can gain from each.
4 minute read Camrie Smith has spent her life dreaming of working with animals. Now, with the help of her Oregon State degree in zoology and the flexibility of online courses through Ecampus, she’s making it happen.
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.”
3 minute read For his online fisheries, wildlife, and conservations sciences degree, Marc Mains traveled to Costa Rica to intern as a wildlife researcher and says “I have grown personally and professionally from this experience as I gained valuable skills and knowledge.”
4 minute read Marty Marrs graduated from Oregon State after earning a B.S. in Natural Resources online through OSU Ecampus. Prior to that, she spent 18 years raising a family, which she loved, and also working in administrative jobs, which she wasn’t as passionate about. “I just knew I had so much more to offer, and so much more to give,” she said. That’s where Oregon State came in.
3 minute read “Faculty made time to tutor me, teach me, counsel me, write recommendations and discuss professional opportunities. Although I was an Ecampus student, the Oregon State community is so strong that I felt its support from wherever I was in the world.” — Jane Vinesky, fisheries, wildlife, and conservation sciences graduate
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