by The Beaver Caucus | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog
Together with other public Oregon universities, we will support the messages of a strong future for all students, staff and our state’s economy. This will be the first time that all 7 public Oregon universities are working together to collectively ask the legislature...
by The Beaver Caucus | Jan 1, 2016 | Issue
When the Oregon State Legislature passed the bill that gave Oregon’s public universities the ability to govern themselves through independent boards of directors, it included a provision that enabled universities to invest their funds in stocks. The intention was to...
by The Beaver Caucus | Jan 1, 2016 | Issue
In 2005, the Oregon State Legislature passed an innovative bill to create seed funding for university-based discoveries that have commercial applications. It’s a way of using the tremendous intellectual property developed at Oregon’s public universities to benefit all...
by The Beaver Caucus | Jan 1, 2016 | Issue
Nearly 10 years ago, the Oregon State Legislature began divesting from higher education. The recession that took so much funding away from state government services was Until last year, Oregon had seen a significant divestment in higher education since the 2007...
by The Beaver Caucus | Dec 28, 2015 | Blog
Eric Mortenson – Capital Press – Selina Heppell is the first woman to head Oregon State University’s fisheries and wildlife department. Selina Heppell, a conservation biologist, is the new head of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon...
