{"id":1423,"date":"2020-06-11T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:41:53","slug":"2020-online-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/2020-online-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State\u2019s Class of 2020 features 1,128 students who earned degrees online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intrinsic-container intrinsic-container-16x9\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"744\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B0TKUkfm_sM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>On her first day as an Oregon State University Ecampus student in 2013, Cheryl Jobs sat down at a Starbucks in the New York metro area, opened her laptop and notebook, and she got to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember feeling excited,\u201d she recalls now. \u201cThe material had me hooked from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seven years later, Jobs is one of the 1,128 members of the Oregon State Ecampus Class of 2020 who earned their degrees online and are being celebrated from a distance this week. They comprise 15.7% of the university\u2019s 7,181\u00a0graduates this year.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic caused Oregon State to postpone its commencement ceremony \u2013 traditionally held each June on the Corvallis campus \u2013 until a later date based on public health recovery factors. Hundreds of Ecampus students participate in the ceremony each year to receive their diplomas in person.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the on-site celebration was put on hold, it doesn\u2019t lessen the sense of accomplishment for students like Jobs. She experienced homelessness and faced other personal hardships while studying full time in <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/online-degrees\/undergraduate\/nr\/\">Oregon State\u2019s online natural resources bachelor\u2019s program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jobs immersed herself in the Ecampus coursework, with a focus in fish and wildlife conservation. Now she\u2019s graduating with honors, and her r\u00e9sum\u00e9 already boasts an internship with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are constantly in awe of our global community of students and their ability to persevere and succeed despite the challenges they face as adult learners,\u201d Ecampus Associate Provost Lisa L. Templeton said. \u201cThis year we are particularly proud and aware of how hard they work in order to stay on track to graduate and improve their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ecampus Class of 2020 consists of students from 48 states and U.S. territories, as well as Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Taiwan, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.<\/p>\n<h2>Quick facts about 2020 Oregon State Ecampus graduates<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>158<\/strong> students were awarded a degree with distinction (cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude)<\/li>\n<li>All <strong>10<\/strong> of this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/online-degrees\/graduate\/education\/master-teaching\/\">online Master of Arts in Teaching<\/a> program graduates have landed teaching jobs<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/online-degrees\/undergraduate\/french\/\">online French bachelor\u2019s program<\/a> is celebrating its first <strong>two<\/strong> alumni: Sierra Arvin and James Jaber<\/li>\n<li><strong>400<\/strong> students earned their <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/online-degrees\/undergraduate\/computer-science-postbacc\/\">computer science postbaccalaureate degree online<\/a>, the most graduates from one Ecampus program.<\/li>\n<li>A group of <strong>10<\/strong> students are the first to graduate from the Ecampus <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/online-degrees\/graduate\/college-student-services-administration\/\">college student services administration master\u2019s program<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eight<\/strong> students earned two bachelor\u2019s degrees apiece as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/online-degrees\/undergraduate\/sustainability\/\">sustainability double-degree online program<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oregon boasts <strong>334<\/strong> Ecampus grads this year<strong>. <\/strong>California (<strong>209<\/strong>) had the second-highest total.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year\u2019s graduating class means that more than 7,000 students have earned an Oregon State degree online since 2002. They are now part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fororegonstate.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSU\u2019s vast alumni network<\/a> that are making an impact on their communities and the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute read<\/span><\/span>On her first day as an OSU Ecampus student in 2013, Cheryl Jobs sat down at a Starbucks in the New York metro area, opened her laptop, and she got to work. \u201cI remember feeling excited,\u201d she recalls now. \u201cThe material had me hooked from day one.\u201d Seven years later, Jobs is one of the 1,128 members of the Ecampus Class of 2020 who earned their degrees online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,7,3,2,8],"tags":[21,169,25,24],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-ecampus","category-graduation","category-features","category-in-the-news","category-students","tag-natural-resources","tag-online-degrees","tag-online-education","tag-online-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/mu-aerial-2020-online-graduates.jpg?fit=744%2C460&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-mX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1215,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/2019-ecampus-graduation-breaks-record\/","url_meta":{"origin":1423,"position":0},"title":"Oregon State University Ecampus celebrates record number of online graduates as part of OSU&#8217;s 150th commencement","author":"Heather Doherty","date":"June 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of Oregon State University's 150th graduating class, 1,181 Oregon State Ecampus graduates earned their degrees from 48 states and 17 countries \u2014 the biggest OSU Ecampus graduating class in history.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All Stories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All Stories","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/category\/all\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/Joshua-Chan-Burgos-graduation.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/Joshua-Chan-Burgos-graduation.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/Joshua-Chan-Burgos-graduation.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1100,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/oregon-state-online-top-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":1423,"position":1},"title":"Oregon State online bachelor&#8217;s programs ranked 3rd in the nation by U.S. News","author":"Tyler Hansen","date":"January 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Oregon State University\u2019s place among the nation\u2019s best providers of online education has inched closer to the pinnacle amid the release of new rankings by U.S. News & World Report. 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