University Administration

Accreditation evaluation scheduled

By Theresa Hogue on Jan. 5, 2026

Oregon State University will host a comprehensive evaluation visit for renewal of its accreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities this spring. The site visit will be at OSU-Cascades in Bend on April 7 and at the Corvallis campus April 8-10 as part of the regularly scheduled year seven Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness process. During the visit, an evaluation team will hold a series of meetings and forums with faculty, staff, students, administrators and members of the OSU Board of Trustees.

EH&S program supports researchers and improves lab safety at OSU

By Theresa Hogue on Oct. 21, 2025

Environmental Health and Safety is helping build sustainable laboratory safety programs by engaging with researchers, faculty and students across the university and offering support, process improvement and recommendations.

Prior to 2018, EH&S noted that laboratories were struggling to maintain compliance with certain safety regulations. As EH&S staff and resources expanded, they began formalizing processes and developing a stronger culture of safety practices in laboratories.

Years of work culminate in new Core Education for OSU students

By Theresa Hogue on Oct. 14, 2025

A new general education curriculum has been launched at Oregon State University that will prepare students to be proactive members of society who are ready to build a better world.

In the early 1990s, when Oregon State’s Baccalaureate Core was first implemented, it was considered visionary, and was even featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education for its unique and thoughtful approach. But as the world changed, the core didn’t quite keep up.