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Amy Leeds, enrollment specialist with OSU Professional and Continuing Education (PACE), poses in the OSU Valley Library quad.

Getting to know Amy Leeds

August 25, 2017

5 minute read For many nontraditional learners, the road to obtaining knowledge and new skills can be long and winding. The good news is there are people like Amy Leeds who love road trips and, more importantly, have expertise in helping students navigate their way to their educational goals. Amy is an enrollment specialist with OSU Professional and Continuing Education (PACE), and her job involves juggling a variety of tasks that have a common purpose: making education more accessible for students.

Creating a culture of inclusion

August 4, 2017

3 minute read During summer at OSU, the demand for student support doesn’t take a break. Neither do those addressing it. Student and professional staff members at OSU’s cultural resource centers work year-round to provide inclusive spaces where people can form connections and find holistic support.

Behind the scenes with Kathy Hadley, astronomy and physics instructor

July 25, 2017

3 minute read A professor of astronomy and physics is focused heavily on the happenings of our solar system and beyond, but Kathy Hadley is just as interested in what’s happening on our planet. Namely, she has a long-held passion for teaching students no matter where they are, geographically and scholastically. Her work as an instructor in Oregon State’s Department of Physics is one element of proof.
Oregon State Ecampus sociology alumna Sarah Brown stands with one hand resting on the branch of a tree.

It was an ambitious dream. But Beavers like a challenge.

July 14, 2017

6 minute read Oregon State Ecampus Sociology Alumna Sarah Brown is among a small group of current and former students across the world who have earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2017-18 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Symbols and numbers make up an abstract image representing data analytics.

Online data analytics students prepare for top job in the country

July 11, 2017

7 minute read Josh Stevens, an army veteran and a mid-career IT analyst at State Farm in Bloomington, Illinois, had been searching for the right online data analytics program for well over a year. The perfect match continued to be elusive. When he came across Oregon State University’s new Master of Science Data Analytics program, it was immediately attractive to him. Close to finishing his first year in the program, Stevens couldn’t be happier with his decision.

Melissa Whitney, an Ecampus enrollment services specialist, sits in front of her desk computer smiling and wearing a headset.

Getting to know Melissa Whitney

July 11, 2017

4 minute read “I get excited to be a part of someone’s decision to go back to school. I know personally how difficult of a decision that can be, so it is awesome to work with people who are motivated to complete the degree they started five, 10, maybe even 30 years ago! It’s inspirational to hear the reasons they want to finish what they started,” says OSU Ecampus Enrollment Services Specialist Melissa Whitney.
Oregon State's oldest 2017 graduate, Jerry Kight, poses with Benny the Beaver on graduation day.

As long as you have the will, it’s never too late to find your way to a degree.

July 6, 2017

3 minute read Oregon State University’s oldest graduate, 74-year-old Jerry Kight, earned his degree in liberal studies online through Oregon State Ecampus. “I’m proud of myself and my wife for helping me do this and encouraging me to do it, and my kids, also,” Jerry says.

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