College of Health

OSU student leader named 2025 National Student Veteran of the Year

By Theresa Hogue on Jan. 16, 2026

Nikki Gold, an undergraduate health student at Oregon State University and U.S. Navy veteran, was named the 2025 National Student Veteran of the Year by Student Veterans of America. Selected from a pool of more than 600,000 student veterans nationwide, Gold is the first openly LGBTQ+ veteran to receive this honor.

10 Questions With… Veronica Irvin, endowed professor with the College of Health

By Theresa Hogue on Nov. 20, 2025

10 Questions With… Veronica Irvin, Celia Strickland Austin and G. Kenneth Austin III endowed professor in public health. Irvin uses a community-engaged approach to develop, implement and evaluate behavior change programs across a list of health priorities, including breast cancer and environmental exposure. We’ll be providing a special focus on Integrated Health and Biotechnology, a research focus in Prosperity Widely Shared, throughout 2026.