Christine Pollard has been named senior associate dean at OSU-Cascades. She talked with us Monday about how she looks to the future, including more integration with the community and expanding the courses the Bend campus offers.
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Oregon students with disabilities have often seen reduced classroom hours for years, due to behavioral issues and/or lack of staff. A bill lawmakers passed in July is aimed at reversing that trend, by giving parents the ability to deny “abbreviated school days.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — On Sunday evening, Portland Public Schools confirmed that there will be no school on Monday, as the district’s first-ever teachers strike continues into a new week, KGW reported. Meanwhile, in Bend, the Bend Education Association is continuing contract talks Monday with Bend-La Pine Schools and plans rallies from 4:15-5:15 p.m. at Pilot Butte and
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The month of November is when a lot of families sign up for turkey trots before turkey day. Families ran their hearts out on Saturday at COCC for the Turkey Trot and the Toddler Trot.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Applications for the OSU Master Gardener™ Program in Central Oregon are now available. The program targets individuals interested in becoming a trained volunteer who wants to learn and share research-based gardening information. The program will be a hybrid training, with both online and in-person learning. Once you apply and have been
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The Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs recently awarded grants to 14 schools, including Central Oregon Community College. The agency is investing $1 million to expand Veterans Resource Centers, which play a key role in helping student veterans succeed in this new chapter of their lives.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Since 2006, October has been recognized as National Bullying Prevention Month, a time to consider the effects on children. A NewsChannel 21 social media post brought a number of responses from concerned parents. Kelsey Shane has a daughter at Crook County Middle School. Kelsey said: “… One of the siblings came
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(Update: Adding video, comments from Redmond School District) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Redmond School District is holding a community meeting later this week to focus on the impacts social media has on students, both at school and at home. The district has more than 7,000 students at 13 schools, with four being middle and
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Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) said Monday she is backing the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2023 as a cosponsor.
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The Oregon Department of Education released on Thursday the At-A-Glance School and District Profiles for the 2022-23 school year, and continued low post-pandemic attendance levels are one key reason the agency’s new director says she’s “in no way satisfied” with this year’s results.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Backed by a new cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, researchers at Oregon State University will soon begin testing approximately 1,600 wild animal specimens for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. Researchers in OSU’s Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine want to learn
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Christine Pollard, a professor of kinesiology and the founding director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Oregon State University–Cascades, has been named senior associate dean. Pollard will serve as chief academic officer and second-in-command for the Bend campus.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A study spearheaded by Oregon State University has shown why certain polyunsaturated fatty acids work to combat a dangerous liver condition, opening a new avenue of drug research for a disease that currently has no FDA-approved medications. Scientists led by Oregon State’s Natalia Shulzhenko, Andrey Morgun and Donald Jump used a
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(Update: Adding video, comments by author) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – October marks National Bullying Prevention Month. Author Samantha Childs has focused her efforts on writing Henri and the Magnificent Snort, inspired by her own experience of being bullied when she started a new middle school. The tale is told through the eyes of Henri, her french bulldog.
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The Oregon Department of Education is defending a controversial state board decision to continue a pause on a high school graduation testing requirement for another six years, saying the state still has some of the nation’s toughest requirements for a diploma, in terms of skills and coursework.
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The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday accepted a university strategic plan that will guide Oregon State through 2030, and in which OSU seeks to increase research activity, improve graduation rates and increase enrollment online and at OSU-Cascades in Bend, the latter to 2,200 students.
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Jefferson County School District 509J announced Tuesday a new collaboration with the City of Madras, signing a lease agreement for 35 acres of land designated for an Agricultural Science and Technology Land Lab.
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Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven Cook sent a letter to school district staff and families on Monday, condemning the terrorist acts by Hamas and mourning the loss of lives and suffering in the region, providing links to resources for parents and voicing the district’s support for the Jewish community, “now and always.”
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Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the 1980s, a new study has found.
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Bend-La Pine Schools presented its Administrator of the Year award Thursday to school district Director of Transportation Kim Crabtree. The presentation, with bus drivers and other Transportation Department employees cheering her on, capped a week of honoring district employees who stand out in their fields.
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