Oregon State University - Cascades will hold a public meeting for members of the community to review the branch campus's site plan for the first phase of its expansion.

Workers next week will begin drilling test holes on the site of the future home of Oregon State University - Cascades as part of a geotechnical survey of the property.  The survey is a standard step in assessing the property during the due diligence phase.  The results will provide information that will assist in the design of the future buildings.

A strong sense of ethnic identity can help Latina girls feel positive about their body and appearance, a new study concludes, even as this group slips further into dissatisfaction with themselves when compared to a media-filled world of unrealistic images of thin white women.

Emily Carr, a poet and an academic program administrator at Oregon State University's branch campus in Bend has been nominated for a 2015 Pushcart Prize.  Carr is director of the low-residency master of fine arts in creative writing program at OSU-Cascades.

Oregon State University - Cascades has hired a project manager with nearly two decades of experience in university projects to coordinate development and on-going management of design, sustainability, building systems and landscape standards for the new campus.  Jane Barker recently joined the university and will serve as the liaison between the campus and design consultants, contractors a

The Oregon State Board of Higher Education today endorsed Oregon State University - Cascades' expansion into a four-year university. The Oregon State University branch campus has existed as a '2+2' model since it was founded in 2001, providing upper-division and graduate courses, and bachelor's and master's degrees. The OSBHE endorsement now allows OSU-Cascades to offer freshman and sophomore courses, providing a full four-year experience for students in what has been the state's only major population area without the benefit of a four-year university.

Oregon State University - Cascades today announced that with the passage of an omnibus capital appropriations bill the State Legislature has authorized the use of $2 million in lottery bonds for the purchase of a 28,000 square foot building for OSU-Cascades in Bend.  Provisions in the omnibus bill (HB5006) were drawn from House Bill 3627, introduced by Rep. Jason Conger (R-Bend) and sponsored by Sen. Chris Telfer (R-Bend) and Reps. Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver), Mike McLane (R-Powell Butte) and John Huffman (R-The Dalles).

Oregon State University - Cascades recently posted official fall enrollment numbers, showing a 19 percent increase in undergraduate students and an eight percent increase in students taking graduate level courses.  A total of 936 students are currently taking classes at OSU-Cascades, reflecting a 16 percent growth in FTE*.  

This fall, students who are accessing veteran tuition benefits make up seven percent of the student body at Oregon State University - Cascades, an increase in 36 students over last year. 

Of the 76 students who receive veteran education benefits, 62 served in the military.  In addition:

The Oregon State University - Cascades Board of Advisors will hold its regularly scheduled business meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.