{"id":2574,"date":"2024-06-13T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2024-07-24T12:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:01:45","slug":"graduation-2024-tania-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/graduation-2024-tania-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State University\u2019s Class of 2024 features record-setting number of online learners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the first time, OSU\u2019s annual graduating class includes more than 2,000 students who earned a degree online<\/h2>\n

The soft smile on Tania Davis\u2019 face was telling. It revealed a lifetime of gratitude for a woman she hadn\u2019t seen or talked to in decades.<\/p>\n

Davis spoke of a Massachusetts social worker who \u2014 alongside the love and support she received from her ailing mother and grandmother growing up \u2014 helped ensure Davis succeeded in school, attended camps, played sports and enrolled in drama classes.<\/p>\n

She remembered the woman\u2019s passion for giving children the support they needed, a passion that inspires Davis to this day. But it had been so long. Could she remember her name?<\/p>\n

\u201cElizabeth Hastie,\u201d she recalled in an instant. \u201cH-a-s-t-i-e. I will never forget her name.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tania Davis is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in human development and family sciences from Oregon State.<\/p><\/div>\n

And with good reason. When Davis participates in Oregon State University\u2019s Commencement ceremony on Saturday, she will receive a diploma that propels her closer to a career supporting families in need the same way Hastie helped hers as a child.<\/p>\n

Davis earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in human development and family sciences online<\/a> through Oregon State Ecampus. She is one of the 2,049 Ecampus students who will take part in commencement this weekend \u2014 representing 26.8% of all OSU graduates this year (7,648)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That means 1 in 4 graduates in Oregon State\u2019s Class of 2024 completed their degree online, and it marks the first year that the number of students who earned a degree online has exceeded 2,000.<\/p>\n

Many of those learners are like Davis, a working professional who took classes while raising children and caring for family. She moved from Georgia to Oregon in the midst of her studies, and throughout the process she gained skills that will further prepare her to realize her goal of helping at-risk youth and women.<\/p>\n

She plans to enroll in a master\u2019s in counseling program, with the long-term goal of opening a youth center in her community.<\/p>\n

\u201cKids don\u2019t have a lot of the resources they used to have, and I want to be a source of support,\u201d said Davis, who was born in Jamaica. \u201cSometimes they just need to get over that hump and feel that somebody has their back. I was<\/em> that child, and now I want to give them whatever they lack so children and families can live a sustainable life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like Oregon State and my degree program have given me the skills I need to make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

OSU’s online learners live in all 50 states and 60 countries. Students in the Ecampus Class of 2024 earned degrees in 61 academic programs, which is an indicator of the breadth of OSU students\u2019 educational and career interests.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s Ecampus graduates inspire all of us through their hard work and commitment to advancing their careers and making a difference in their communities,\u201d said Lisa L. Templeton, the vice provost for OSU\u2019s Division of Educational Ventures. \u201cOregon State\u2019s new strategic plan sets an ambitious goal of helping every student graduate, and this record-breaking class is progress toward increased student success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of this year\u2019s 2,049 Ecampus graduates are notable for their success. That includes Carla Perscky, a U.S. Navy veteran from Florida who is graduating with a bachelor\u2019s degree in environmental sciences. Her online degree program\u2019s experiential learning requirement led to a National Science Foundation internship and opportunities to conduct research while traveling abroad with a faculty mentor from the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n

That helped Perscky kick-start a successful career in conservation during the course of her Oregon State studies. She will travel to Corvallis for graduation and give a speech at OSU President Jayathi Murthy\u2019s annual commencement dinner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe quality of education at Oregon State impacted my life because it has prepared me to achieve my goals to help mitigate climate change in Florida,\u201d said Perscky, who will start graduate school this fall.<\/p>\n

More than 15,000 students have now earned an Oregon State degree online since 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/span> 3<\/span> minute read<\/span><\/span>Tania Davis earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in human development and family sciences online with Oregon State. She is one of the 2,049 Ecampus students who will graduate this weekend \u2014 representing 26.8% of all OSU graduates this year (7,648).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2037,"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":[1,6,677,8],"tags":[688,640,64],"class_list":["post-2574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-ecampus","category-students-and-alumni","category-students","tag-commencement","tag-health-and-human-science","tag-human-development-and-family-sciences"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/out-there-graduation-cap.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-Fw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1191,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/native-american-online-degree-support\/","url_meta":{"origin":2574,"position":0},"title":"Oregon State offering enhanced support services to help Native American students earn degrees online","author":"Tyler Hansen","date":"May 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Oregon State University is increasing its outreach to Native American communities in Oregon and across the country by enabling tribal members to earn college degrees through OSU\u2019s nationally ranked online programs. 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