OSU to lead federal effort to advance semiconductor technologies in Northwest
Oregon State University will spearhead a $1 million National Science Foundation project to advance semiconductor technologies in the Pacific Northwest.
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Meet Quori: OSU is leading a $5 million effort to speed robotics research with this standardized robot
Researchers at Oregon State University are part of a $5 million National Science Foundation effort to accelerate robotics research by making standardized humanoid robots available to the scientific community.
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OSU-Cascades sets record, raises more than $95,000 for scholarships, programs on ‘Dam Proud Day’
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Supporters of Oregon State University-Cascades set a record, raising more than $95,000 for student scholarships and programs during Dam Proud Day, the university’s annual day of giving.
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OSU-Cascades receives $3.9 million federal grant to address shortage of Central Oregon school counselors
OSU-Cascades has been awarded a $3.9 million federal grant to provide full tuition for up to 75 eligible graduate students in a Master of Counseling program designed to address the mental health needs of K-12 school children.
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Crook County School District adds second school resource officer, new security camera system
The Crook County School District has announced that two full-time School Resource Officers will now be assigned to protect local students and staff.
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OSU sets record with eight Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards, one from Bend
Oregon State University has had a record eight applicants earn placement into the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2023-24 academic year.
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COCC set to host regional Early Learning Conference on Bend campus
Central Oregon Community College is hosting the regional Early Learning Conference for the Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children, April 28-29,on the Bend campus.
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Bend-La Pine Schools set to hit the road with kindergarten bus events on Saturday
A new Bend-La Pine Schools outreach effort to connect with families of upcoming kindergarten students kicks off this weekend. The district will roll out mobile kindergarten information and registration centers using school buses scheduled to make eight stops on Saturday.
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New principals named for Rosland, La Pine elementary schools
Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook announced Wednesday the hiring of new principals to lead Rosland and La Pine elementary schools. Both will begin July 1.
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COCC’s JobFest to feature over 50 regional employers
Job-seekers looking for new opportunities will find more than 50 local companies and agencies — representing health care, government, natural resources, technology, food service and other fields — at Central Oregon Community College’s 2023 JobFest from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, at the Bend campus’s Coats Campus Center.
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OSU-Cascades, COCC students not enthused by tuition hikes coming for 2023-24 academic year
Come fall, tuition hikes are coming to both Oregon State University-Cascades and Central Oregon Community College. We talked to officials and some students
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COCC’s High School Math Contest returns to Bend campus this week after three-year absence
The Central Oregon Community College High School Math Contest, a tradition since 1978 and returning after a three-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be held on the Bend campus from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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Sherman Bloomer, OSU’s budget VP since 2012, named new OSU-Cascades chancellor and dean
Sherman “Sherm” Bloomer, associate vice president of budget and resource planning at Oregon State University in Corvallis for the past 11 years, has been named chancellor and dean of OSU-Cascades in Bend.
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OSU Board OKs tuition increases, OSU-Cascades Student Success Center; COCC also hikes tuition
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved tuition rates for the 2023-24 academic year, including a 3.9% increase for returning undergraduate students and a 4.4% increase for new undergraduate students at the Corvallis and Bend campuses. It also approved construction of OSU-Cascades’ new Student Success Center.
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Two Redmond career and technical education teachers are honored as Oregon’s best
Two talented, inspiring teachers from the Redmond School District were recognized at the Oregon Association for Career & Technical Education conference in Bend on Friday.
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‘Love Food, Not Waste’: Bend-La Pine Schools expands food waste composting program
Bend-La Pine Schools serves over 11,000 meals daily across the district. And like any food program, that generates considerable food waste.
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COCC Board approves $5 per-credit tuition hike for 2023-24 academic year
The Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors voted Wednesday evening to approve an in-district tuition increase of $5 per credit for the college’s 2023-24 academic year. This represents a 3% tuition increase, with the college’s in-district, per-credit cost increasing from $113 to $118.
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Redmond high schoolers visit COCC to check out tech and trades, from welding to self-driving cars
Students from Redmond three high schools visited the Redmond campus of Central Oregon Community College on Friday for a Career and Technical Education Preview Day. Rotating from station to station, the students looked at classes to consider when they finish high school.
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University of Oregon receives $800K from EPA for wildfire smoke research facility
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced the University of Oregon has received $800,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to officially launch its Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice.
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Bend-La Pine names new principals for High Desert, Pilot Butte middle schools, Bend Tech Academy
Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook announced Wednesday the hiring of three principals to lead High Desert and Pilot Butte middle schools and Bend Tech Academy.
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