BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As fall term begins, there are nearly 1,000 more Central Oregon Community College students than this time last year. The Office of Student Life has several events planned to foster community on campus, including a dance at the end of the week. But events aren’t the only thing students have to
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NewsChannel 21’s Dylan Anderman was on hand Monday as OSU-Cascades held its fall convocation to welcome its newest class of students to the Bend campus.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Monday joined the first meeting of the Early Literacy Educator Prep Council to set her vision for the work ahead, which is aimed at raising the bar on elementary educator preparation for reading and writing instruction. “There is no question that our reading proficiency rates are unacceptable and that
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Except for modest visitor increases at a small percentage of iconic places, Instagram content is not resulting in more tourist traffic on public lands, according to a study by researchers at Oregon State University.
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The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a coalition of academic and oceanographic research organizations, including Oregon State University, a five-year, $220 million cooperative agreement to continue operating and maintaining the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
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edmond High School educator Dan Kernion is this year’s High Desert Regional Teacher of the Year, as he and everyone at the school learned at a surprise assembly Friday morning.
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Community members were invited Thursday evening to ribbon-cutting ceremonies and open house events at the bond measure-funded additions to Redmond’s Vern Patrick and Tom McCall elementary schools.
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With the first day of fall term just days away, Central Oregon Community College said Tuesday it’s set to begin the new academic year with an 11.1% increase from 2022 in credit-seeking headcount. COCC’s total student headcount — including noncredit students — is up 21%.
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(Update: Adding Crook County, Bend-La Pine school district statements) Redmond says its scores are at, above state average in many areas (Salem, OR) – The Oregon Department of Education released Thursday results from the Oregon Statewide Assessment System’s spring 2023 summative tests. These results, when compared to results prior to the pandemic, show the impact of the
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Researchers, including those from Oregon State University, have shown in a mouse model and lab cultures that a compound derived from hops reduces the abundance of a gut bacterium associated with metabolic syndrome.
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The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, announced Culver Elementary fifth-grade teacher Rebecca Brouillard on Wednesday as one of Oregon’s 17 2023-24 Regional Teachers of the Year.
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With the new school year comes new questions about students in Bend-La Pine Schools using cellphones during the day. At Bend-La Pine Schools, they have expanded to high schools the rules in place to restrict their use.
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Two new additions to the Redmond School District will be available for community viewing this Thursday evening, prior to back-to-school open house events being held at Vern Patrick and Tom McCall elementary schools.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Several Oregon State University researchers are receiving federal funding to study potential solutions for removing carbon dioxide in marine environments. The grants, part of a $24.3 million federal investment to address gaps in knowledge related to marine carbon dioxide removal, were recently announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is the
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Bend-La Pine Schools officials said Friday they will review their policies regarding sponsorships and advertising on district property after some Mountain View High School parents and teachers complained about a visible athletic sponsorship this fall by Bend ammunition-maker Nosler.
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The headline in The Bulletin on Monday, September 9, 1963, read “Bear Creek open, but has too many kids.” Despite the crowded start 60 years ago, Bear Creek Elementary School has served families in Bend’s southeast neighborhood for generations.
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The High Desert Christian Academy held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning to commemorate the transformation of the former Pioneer Memorial Hospital into the school’s new home.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An Oregon State University-led collaboration of ecologists and art historians has demonstrated that landscape paintings from more than 150 years ago can advance environmental science. Researchers from OSU, the U.S. Forest Service, the University of Vermont and the Smithsonian American Art Museum used 19th-century depictions of preindustrial forests in the northeastern
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Researchers at Oregon State University-Cascades brought in $2.3 million in funding during the recent fiscal year to address challenges as varied as the global scarcity of fresh water, the decline of bats in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and the impact of the environment on children’s health.
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The board of Jefferson County School District 509J voted Monday evening to appoint Regina Mitchell to fill a vacancy on the school board. She is filling the vacant Position 2 seat and will finish the remainder of that term, ending June 30, 2025.
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