Oregon State University – Cascades will host a series of open houses for adults in the area interested in returning to school to finish a bachelor’s degree. 

The open houses will feature representatives from OSU-Cascades who can provide an overview of the university's new campus and advise attendees on admissions and transfer requirements, academic degree programs, undergraduate research opportunities, career counseling services, and financial aid. The application deadline for fall term is Sept. 1.

Bank of the Cascades Foundation has established a needs-based scholarship fund for incoming freshmen at Oregon State University - Cascades.  The Foundation recently gave $50,000 to OSU’s growing campus in Bend to assist first-year students who might not otherwise be able to afford college.

The Distinguished Student Award is one of the top honors given to students by members of the faculty at Oregon State University - Cascades. The annual award recognizes a graduating student from within each degree area for outstanding achievement in academics and contributions to their field.

Among the student honorees are:

Oregon State University – Cascades has announced the next slate of public engagement meetings that will inform the long-range planning efforts for the new campus.

Oregon State University - Cascades’ Science Pubs are where community members can meet some of OSU’s leading researchers and learn firsthand about the impact of their work and discoveries.

At its 15th Commencement on Sunday, June 12, Oregon State University - Cascades will set a record when it awards 379 bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and graduates the largest class in its history for the third consecutive year. This marks a 20 percent increase in degrees conferred over the previous year.

Campus officials anticipate that more than 2,500 family and friends of graduates will attend the ceremonies at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend. Nearly 270 students plan to participate in the ceremonies.

The Deschutes Public Library will host second-year students from Oregon State University - Cascades’ Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing for a Pop-Up Science Fair, an event where scientific method and creativity collide. The event will take place as part of the Second Sunday Reading Series at the downtown Bend branch on Sunday, June 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

One in five students at Oregon State University – Cascades participates in experiential learning outside of the classroom, and increasingly, both undergraduate and graduate students at OSU-Cascades are engaging in experiential projects centered on research. 

Emily Carr, the director of the low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program and poet at Oregon State University – Cascades in Bend, Ore. is celebrating the release of her third collection of poems, “Whosoever Has Let a Minotaur Enter Them, Or a Sonnet --,” published by McSweeny’s.