Oregon State University

Oregon State University
motto	Open minds, open doors
founding	1868
Sponsorship	state
place	Corvallis , Oregon
president	Edward John Ray
Students	approx. 30,000
Employee	3,481
University sports	Pacific-12 Conference
Website	www.oregonstate.edu

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Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon

The Oregon State University (OSU short) is located in Corvallis , Oregon , United States. About 30,000 students are registered there. It is part of the Oregon University System .

history

The history of Oregon State University goes back to the Corvallis Academy , founded as a private academy in 1856 . In 1858 it was renamed Corvallis College and in 1865 the first college-level courses were offered. In 1868 the state college was formally founded under the name Agricultural College of the State of Oregon . The name was soon changed to Corvallis State Agricultural College . In 1870 the first college students finished their education. In 1890 there was another name change to Oregon Agricultural College . In 1927 it was renamed Oregon State Agricultural College and in 1937 Oregon State College . The university has had its current name since 1961.

Faculties

• Forest sciences
• Humanities
• Health and Human Services
• Engineering
• Agriculture
• Natural sciences
• Ocean and atmosphere
• pedagogy
• pharmacy
• Veterinary medicine
• Defense Education
• Economics
• Graduate school
• Honors College

Other facilities

OSU is one of only 25 universities in the US, where the program "Nuclear Engineering" ( nuclear technology ) can be occupied. As such, the school has its own research reactor on the university campus.

The OSU Campus is home to the OSU Open Source Lab , a worldwide unique institute for the promotion of free software projects . The laboratory represents the technical backbone for many of the most important open source projects in the world, such as the Linux kernel or the projects of the Apache and Mozilla Foundations.

In addition, the OSU is a leader in the field of tsunami research . It has a large laboratory for researching water waves ("OH Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory"). The tsunami warning signs, which were designed at the OSU and have been in Oregon (also at risk of tsunami) on the Pacific coast for years, are now used as standard warning signs worldwide.

In Newport at Yaquina Bay is the Hatfield Marine Science Center , which was founded in 1965 oceanographic research institute and Aquarium OSU.

Sports

Reser Stadium, the stadium of the OSU Beavers

The OSU sports teams call themselves the Beavers (“beavers”). The university is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference . The Beavers have a sporting "enmity" with the teams from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon , who call themselves the Ducks . The annual football game between the two universities is popularly known as the Civil War Game . It takes place alternately in Eugene and Corvallis.

Oregon State University's football stadium is constantly expanding, largely with the help of main sponsor Reser's Fine Foods , an American food brand. Hence the stadium is called Reser Stadium .

Craig Robinson, the older brother of former American First Lady Michelle Obama , coached the OSU basketball team.

Personalities

Professors

• Dennis Erickson , former Oregon State Beavers football team coach
• Hans Kaufmes , Professor Emeritus Animal Science, previously "Country Farmer Leader " of the "German Ethnic Group in Romania"
• William Luther Pierce , former physics professor, notorious for his position in the “White Supremacist” movement
• George O. Poinar , Department of Entomology, known for his idea of ​​extracting DNA from insects trapped in amber
• Helmuth Resch , former head of the Department of Forest Products

Graduates

Nobel Prize Winner

• Linus Pauling , Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954 and Nobel Peace Prize 1962

More graduates

Sports

• Brent Barry , basketball player
• Victor Butler , football player
• Michael Conforto , baseball player
• Brandin Cooks , football player
• David Fall, high diver, silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Dick Fosbury , high jumper, gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Marie Gülich , German basketball player
• Steven Jackson , football player
• Chad Johnson , known as Chad Ochocinco , American football player
• Andy Levitre , football player
• Gary Payton , basketball player
• Jean Saubert , skier, silver and bronze medals at the 1964 Winter Olympics
• Vic Sears , football player
• Forrest Smithson , hurdler, gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics
• George Svendsen , football player
• Len Younce , football player

Other areas (except sports)

• Frits Bolkestein , former EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
• Daniel R. Carter , founder and CEO of Windmill Investments in Salem / Oregon
• Pinto Colvig , voice simulator and tuner for Bozo the Clown
• Doug Engelbart , inventor of the computer mouse
• Timothy S. Leatherman , inventor of the Leatherman tool
• Katharine Jefferts Schori , Bishop of the Episcopal Church
• Reinhard Hüttl , forest and soil scientist
• Michael Charles Smith , Republican candidate for the 2008 presidential election

literature

• William Robbins: The People's School: A History of Oregon State University. Oregon State University, Corvallis 2017, ISBN 978-0-87071-898-4 .

Web links

Commons : Oregon State University  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• oregonstate.edu

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1. ^ About OSU. Oregon State University
2. ^ Tsunami Research and Experts at Oregon State University. ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Oregon State University 
3. ↑ Oregon State University press release: OSU-developed tsunami signs go global ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 44 ° 33'52.9 "  N , 123 ° 16'48.9"  W.