Oregon State University – Cascades

Oregon State University – Cascades is Oregon’s first and only branch campus. Below, by academic year, are some of the campus’ most notable achievements and significant events since its founding in 2001.

2012-2013

• Fundraising to demonstrate community support for four-year expansion exceeds $1m goal
• OUS State Board of Higher Education endorses expansion to four-year programs
• MOU with Bend Park & Recreation District offers opportunity to co-develop 11-acre site
• Biology, General Science, Psychology degrees transition to OSU offerings
• Double degree in Sustainability launches
• Master of Arts Teaching Advanced Mathematics and Integrated Science launch
• Natural Resources professor Ron Reuter named 2012 Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor
• Energy Engineering Management professor Chris Hagen receives $700,000 DOE award
• OSU-Cascades Gear Store launches

2011-2012

• Learning Communities create four-year university experience for first-year cohorts
• Enrollment increases 53% over five previous years
• Exercise and Sport Science degree launches
• HDFS professor Shannon Lipscomb receives international media attention for parenting research
• Marina Martinez receives Oregon Career Development Association Esther Matthews Award recognizing  lifetime achievement

2010-2011

• OSU-Cascades celebrates 10th Anniversary
• OSU-Cascades leads OUS campuses with 16% FTE fall enrollment increase
• Spring term lower-division enrollment record set with 230 freshmen and sophomores
• Energy Engineering Management degree launches
• American Studies degree launches
• Student government joins Oregon Student Association
• OSU-Cascades embarks on  $7.5m fundraising campaign
• State Legislature authorizes use of $2m in lottery bonds for purchase of a building for graduate programs and research
• Tykeson Family Charitable Trust gives $250,000 to establish Tykeson Endowed Faculty Scholar in Energy Engineering Management
• First Annual Alumni Celebration held

2009-2010

• Fall enrollment jumps 20% to 611 students, the largest percentage increase in headcount of any campus in OUS system. Additional 162 freshmen and sophomores enrolled at COCC
• Winter enrollment increases 17%, with a 19% increase in freshmen and sophomores enrolled at COCC
• Diversity within student body increases to 10%
• Hospitality Management program, an option within OSU Business Administration program, launches
• OSU-Cascades partners with OSU Alumni Association to launch Science Pub series

2008-2009

• Spring enrollment reaches record high, with 18% increase in students taking courses
• $1 million in scholarships awarded to date through OSU-Foundation
• OSU offers MAT in Secondary Teaching
• UO professor John Leahy awarded European Union Marie Curie Fellowship
• OSU professor Julie Elston awarded College of Business Newcomb Fellow
• OSU professor David Knuff awarded College of Business Newcomb Associate
• OSU Bridge to Success program awards $85,000 in scholarships
• OSU Business students enter American Advertising Federation - NSAC competition,  industry’s leading student competition
• OSU Counseling professor Kathy Biles elected president-elect of the Oregon School Counselor Association
• OSU Natural Resources professor Ron Reuter selected as a fellow of the International Canadian Studies Institute

2007-2008

• OSU-Cascades awards 1,200th degree
• OSU-Cascades students participate in international and study abroad program at higher rate than other state regional schools
• OSU offers dual degree in International Studies
• UO Psychology program establishes Bend Behavioral Research Center at Chandler Lab
• OSU business students form Student Marketing Group, bridging gap between theory and practice
• OSU graduate student teachers serve in 20 of 26 elementary schools in Central Oregon school districts
• OSU Natural Resources instructor Matt Shinderman, students complete carbon footprint for City of Bend
• OSU English professor Neil Browne named finalist for Oregon Book of the Year Award
• OSU professor Henry Sayre’s six-volume humanities text, the best selling in the country, awarded Best Design for a Book Series by New York Book Designers
• UO professor John Leahy initiates breast cancer detection project with OIT and Mexican institute of Technology
• OSU Business professor, Julie Elston awarded Fulbright Fellowship to Study Impact of Science on Policies
• OSU professor Kreg Lindberg  appointed to Deschutes Provincial Advisory Committee by US Secretary of Agriculture
• OSU Art professor Sandy Brooke advocated for Culture, Heritage, Art, Movies and Preservation initiative for Oregon Arts Commission

2006-2007

• OSU-Cascades awards 1,000th degree
• First elections held for new student government association
• UO Archaeology professor Dennis Jenkins and colleagues discover pre-Clovis DNA, more than 14,000 years old, at Paisley Caves
• OSU assistant professor Kate Gronemyer honored as an Emerging Leader by the American Library Association
• OSU Distinguished Professor of Art Henry Sayre named to Oregon Arts Commission by Governor Kulongoski

2005-2006

• OSU offers MAT in Elementary/Early Childhood Teaching
• UO Biology instructor Matt Orr receives $240,000 private gift to establish Field Studies Program in Ecological Restoration
• National Undergraduate Literature Conference accepts papers for presentation from three OSU-Cascades students

2004-2005

• Cascades Hall goes wireless
• Annual Distinguished Students program initiated
• Student Life programming launched
• UO launches BA/BS in Psychology
• OSU-Cascades Foundation established

2003-2004

• OSU offers MS in Counseling, with options in school and community counseling
• UO initiates BS in Mathematics, emphasis on secondary education teaching

2002-2003

• OSU offers BS in Tourism and Outdoor Leadership, the first program of its kind in Oregon
• UO receives funding from Redmond and USFS for archeological assessment of Redmond caves, performed primarily by OSU-Cascades students

2001-2002

• OSU-Cascades opens its doors.  In spite of 9/11 crisis and budget reductions, eight academic majors serve 363 students
• In addition to OSU, degree-offering partners include University of Oregon and Eastern Oregon University
• UO offers degrees in General Science and General Social Science