NewsThe 4-H Participatory Evaluation with Youth program at Oregon State University will receive the MetLife Foundation Award of Excellence Oct. 27 at the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents convention in Rochester, NY. (11/04/2009) Five adult volunteers from across the state will be inducted into the Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame during their county recognition nights in November. The 2009 Hall of Fame inductees are: Patricia Combest, Marion County; Mike and Gail Mann, Linn County; Nellie Oehler, Benton County; and Vern Struble, Benton County. (11/03/2009) Nine 4-H high school students from Oregon have been selected as the 2009 Oregon delegation to attend the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Ga., during Thanksgiving weekend. (07/10/2009) Amateur and professional gardeners, as well as trained Master Gardener volunteers are invited to attend the 26th annual Gardener’s Mini College August 5-8 at Oregon State University. Early registration is due June 19 and can be made online. (06/05/2009) Oregon State University students brought home the top award from the 2009 national conference of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS). The national Chapter of the Year Award came with a $1,000 prize. (05/15/2009) Oregon State University will host its 33rd annual gerontology conference April 2-3. The conference, which is aimed at health and human service professionals but is also open to the public, will feature 40 educational workshops. Keynote speakers will be Brenda Sulick, the director of federal health policy at the Alzheimer's Association, and Jerry Cohen, the state director for AARP Oregon. (03/20/2009) Seven people from across the state were inducted into the Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame during a ceremony Dec. 3 at the Oregon State University Outreach and Engagement awards banquet on campus. (12/19/2008) Water experts and owners of wells will meet on Dec. 11 in Salem to learn about and discuss growing concerns over Oregon's limited ground water and identify potential solutions. The conference, called Wells and the Well-being of Oregon, is sponsored by Oregon State University's Institute for Water and Watersheds and OSU's Oregon Sea Grant Extension Service. Kevin McCray, the executive director of the National Ground Water Association will give the keynote address on the ground water industry in the United States. (12/05/2008) An agricultural economist and two biochemists from Africa visited Oregon State University for seven weeks to get training and do research that aims to improve the diets, health and financial conditions of people in their countries. The three came to Corvallis through the Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellows Program. The three participants are: Phyllis Mends, a principal agricultural economist at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana; Haoua Sabo, a biochemist at Abdou Moumouni University in Niger: and Olufunke Ola-Davies, a veterinary biochemist at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. (11/07/2008) Four Oregon universities will sponsor a conference in Salem on Nov. 14 that will aim to strengthen links between the state’s rural and urban areas. Oregon State University, Portland State University, the University of Oregon and Eastern Oregon University will sponsor the event. The conference, called Toward One Oregon: Rural-Urban Interdependence is targeted to an audience of researchers, policymakers, journalists and community leaders. (10/22/2008) (10/07/2008) (10/07/2008) A researcher at Oregon State University has used a new method of combining multiple sources of data to identify counties in Oregon with high numbers of methamphetamine-related problems per capita. The analysis found that on a per-capita basis, these problems were most common in Umatilla County when compared with other counties and the entire state. The study, authored by associate professor Daniel Sudakin, gathered countywide data on 2,570 meth-related incidents documented by the Oregon Poison Control Center, the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association, the Oregon State Police’s Medical Examiner Division, and the Oregon Public Health Division’s Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance System. After Umatilla, the study identified Multnomah, Marion, Linn and Lincoln counties as having significant meth-related problems per capita, but it did not rank these four counties. (09/15/2008) Rising food and energy prices will be examined at an upcoming conference in October hosted by Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences. (09/15/2008) Seventeen 4-H high school students from Oregon will join 1,300 other 4-H members at the National 4-H Congress during Thanksgiving weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. (07/14/2008) Three summer camps to reach Latino youth are offered in July and August by the Oregon State University Extension Service 4-H Youth Development program. (07/10/2008) The 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program of the Oregon State University Extension Service has been selected to receive the inaugural 2008 Fish and Wildlife Service—4H Natural Resources Conservation Award. (03/20/2008) Oregon State University will host a 32nd annual gerontology conference April 3-4 at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center. The event will feature more than 40 educational sessions plus keynote presentations by Jeffrey Kaye, the director of the Layton Aging & Alzheimer's Disease Center in Portland, and Clara Pratt, professor emeritus in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at OSU. (02/25/2008) Oregon blueberry growers are expected to set new records for 2007 gross production and harvested acreage, and enjoy record-high market prices, according to an Oregon State University Extension Service berry crops expert. (11/02/2007) (10/19/2007) After completing his master-level training with OSU experts, Matt Epstein volunteered his time helping others in Jackson County, as part of the community service network that OSU Extension fosters. For the last two years, Epstein has co-chaired the statewide Extension Community Advisory Network, helping county offices of OSU Extension throughout Oregon organize their own corps of volunteers. This month, Epstein will be honored with the Governor's Volunteer Award for outstanding senior volunteer from Oregon's southwest region. (09/21/2007) Over 100 children from military families throughout Oregon are converging on the Oregon 4-H Center near Salem to take part in “Operation Purple” a special summer camp for kids separated from parents serving in U.S. military units deployed overseas. (07/12/2007) The Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences is sponsoring an art exhibition called “Layer Cake,” from May 3 through June 27 in the LaSells Stewart Center on campus. The exhibition features works by three Pacific Northwest artists: the late Betty Feves (1919-1985), ceramics, formerly of Pendleton; Charles “Chuck” Guildner of Everett, Washington, gelatin silver photographic portraits; and Nancy Pobanz, mixed media earth pigments and fibers, of Eugene. (05/11/2007) The Oregon 4-H Conference and Education Center will host an open house Saturday, May 19, 2007 for potential Camp Counselors and the public. (04/13/2007) The Oregon Seed Growers League will be holding their 2006 annual meeting on December 4 and 5 at the Red Lion Hotel on the River in Jantzen Beach, Portland. Talks will feature topics including conversion of cereal grain straw to ethanol, biofuels, carbon credits, endophyte research and weed science. For more program information and registration and hotel information, visit Oregon State University’s Oregon Seed Extension Program website at: http://cropand soil.oregonstate.edu/seed-ext/ (11/09/2006) The Oregon State University Extension Service recently recognized several outstanding cooperators and friends of Extension during an awards presentation ceremony held on Sept. 20 at Extension Annual Conference in on the OSU campus. (10/09/2006) The Oregon State University Extension Service and OSU Extension Association recently honored several top Extension educators from throughout the state for outstanding achievement and dedication to serving Oregon communities. The award winners were recognized at an awards ceremony on the OSU campus in late September. (10/09/2006) The Oregon State University Extension Service Dean and Director recently honored several top Extension educators from throughout the state for outstanding achievement and dedication to serving Oregon communities. The award winners were recognized at an awards ceremony on the OSU campus in late September. (10/08/2006) Oregon 4-H honors ten people with induction into Hall of Fame on June 22, 2006. The Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame was launched in 2004 to celebrate the program’s 100th year anniversary in the state. One hundred people were inducted that first year, one for each year of the program’s existence. In 2005, ten more people were honored for their contributions to the OSU Extension Services 4-H Youth and Development Program. (06/23/2006) On May 18, more than 100 students from rural schools in the Willamette Valley will converge on the OSU campus to present research findings from a yearlong project on bees and pollination. The OSU-K12 Discovering Partners in Nature Conference is part of OSU’s Rural Science Education Program funded by the Toshiba America Foundation and the National Science Foundation. (05/08/2006) Oregon 4-H in partnership with the National Military Family Association will host a week long summer camp from July 16-22 for children in grades third through eighth whose parents are members of the uniformed services. Registration for the camp runs through May 15, but campers should register early at http://www.operationpurple.org.
(04/13/2006) Patti Warner, Corvallis, has been awarded the 2006 National 4-H Wildlife and Fisheries Adult Volunteer Leader Award for outstanding service to the Oregon State University Extension Service 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program in Benton County. (03/17/2006) A team of Oregon State University animal sciences students earned high honors recently, finishing second in the National Beef Quiz Bowl held annually at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) convention in Denver, Colorado. (03/03/2006) During his 29 years at OSU, Tom Cook has single-handedly established by example and education and research modern golf course management standards in the Pacific Northwest, according to the Golf Course Superintendents Association that awarded Cook its 2005 Distinguished Service Award. (03/03/2006) Two outstanding Oregon 4-H members recently traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in a special community youth action training conference at the National 4-H Conference Center. (02/17/2006) Attitudes for Success, an Oregon State University Extension Service 4-H Youth leadership program, has been honored as one of the nation’s five top 4-H programs in 2005 for helping rural, disadvantaged families build better futures. (01/27/2006) The OSU Extension Service and Oregon Department of Agriculture are co-sponsoring the 6th annual farm direct marketing conference on Saturday, February 18, 2006, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The one-day conference will be held in LaSells Stewart Center on the campus of OSU in Corvallis, Oregon. (01/20/2006) H. Joe Myers, retired state leader of the Oregon 4-H Youth Development program and Oregon State University professor emeritus, has been inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame. (11/04/2005) The Oregon State University Extension Service and OSU Extension Association recently honored several top Extension educators from throughout the state for outstanding achievement and service to Oregon communities. (10/21/2005) Mike Gamroth, dairy specialist with the Oregon State University Extension Service and professor of animal sciences, is a recipient of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents Distinguished Service Award. He was honored at the Association’s 90th annual meeting and professional improvement conference in Buffalo, New York, on July 19. (08/05/2005) Shelby Filley, animal scientist with the Oregon State University Extension Service is a recipient of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents Achievement Award. She was honored at the Association’s 90th annual meeting and professional improvement conference in Buffalo, New York, on July 19. (08/02/2005) The Oregon 4-H program selected delegates to the 2005 National 4-H Congress and recognized the State 4-H Citizenship and Leadership Award winners at the recently held 4-H Summer Conference held on the OSU campus. (07/15/2005) Four Oregon 4-Hers have been selected as members of the Oregon 4-H program’s first forestry skills team to participate in the National 4-H Forestry Invitational competition in West Virginia July 24-28. (07/15/2005) Roger Rennekamp has been named the new Oregon State University Extension Service 4-H youth development program leader and head of the Department of 4-H Youth Development Education in the OSU College of Education. (07/14/2005) Oregon, the berry capital of the United States, will be the backdrop for the First International Berry Health Benefits Symposium, to be held Monday and Tuesday, June 13 and 14, 2005, at the LaSells Stewart Center on the OSU campus in Corvallis.
(06/01/2005) Five Oregon State University Extension Service faculty members have been recognized for outstanding career accomplishments in their service to the Oregon 4-H Youth program. (04/28/2005) Methods and processes required to achieve quality beef production will be featured in a two-day workshop at the LaSells Stewart Center on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, April 20-21. (04/13/2005) The 29th Annual Oregon State University Gerontology Conference, the largest annual conference on aging in the Pacific Northwest, is scheduled March 31 – April 1 at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center on the Oregon State University campus. (03/18/2005) Hundreds of metro area landowners will be learning everything from safe chainsaw use to mushroom identification at the 15th annual Tree School, on Saturday, March 19. The conference, sponsored by the Clackamas County office of the Oregon State University Extension Service will be held at Clackamas Community College. Registration for this year’s school, now topping 500 enrollees, closed on February 28.
Tree School has become the largest annual forest education event in Oregon—or the West, said Mike Bondi, forester with the OSU Extension Service. Bondi created OSU’s first Tree School fifteen years ago, as a broader alternative to annual landowner’s association meetings. The “mini-college” approach was an instant success— since 1991 it has grown from the 125 to 575 attendees in 2004. (03/04/2005) The Oregon State University Extension Service’s Small Farms Program will host the 5th annual farm direct marketing conference on Saturday, February 26, 2005 at the LaSells Stewart Center at OSU in Corvallis. Co-sponsored by the Oregon Farmers’ Markets Association, the day-long conference will have programs for growers who market their production directly to the public, for farmers’ markets managers and for community food advocates. Find registration materials on-line at http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/, or call the Benton County office of the OSU Extension Service in Corvallis at 1-800-365-0201. (01/21/2005) Mary Arnold, OSU Extension Service 4-H Youth specialist, has been honored as winner of the 2004 Excellence in Evaluation Training Award. (12/03/2004) A new soft white winter wheat variety developed by Oregon State University has exceptionally soft kernel texture, high break flour yields, large diameter cookies and high sponge cake volume. The superior quality of this variety may be of economic value to millers and bakers if its identity can be preserved throughout the process of production and marketing. (11/23/2004) The Food Innovation Center, a partnership program of Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Agriculture, will host a series of webcast conferences designed to help the northwest food industry understand the new law and adjust their products and labels to help consumers. (11/16/2004) The Oregon 4-H Conference and Education Center has completed a greatly needed facilities upgrade, thanks to a successful $1 million 4-H fundraising effort. (11/12/2004) The Oregon State University Extension Service honored several Friends of Extension and outstanding Extension Cooperators during an Extension conference held recently at OSU. (10/15/2004) Four OSU Extension Service faculty members have been recognized for outstanding career accomplishments in service to the Oregon 4-H Youth program. (06/21/2004) While Greek and Turkish Cypriots seek to resolve one of Europe's longest disputes, two scientists from Oregon State University are working to unite a divided country at ground level – through soil. (04/27/2004) Young people in Oregon 4-H programs experience more positive growth and involvement when they participate as full partners with adults in planning and conducting activities, according to recent research findings at Oregon State University. (02/13/2004) The OSU Extension Service and the Oregon Farmers' Market Association is sponsoring a day-long conference, “Farm Direct Marketing in Oregon: The Niche is Growing.” The conference will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2004 at the Valley River Inn in Eugene. Registration for the farm direct marketing conference is $25 per person or $40 per couple, including refreshments and lunch. Information and registration materials are posted on the WWW at: http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/farmdirect/FDM2004_Brochure.pdf. For more information or registration materials call 541-766-6750 or 800-365-0201. (02/13/2004) The 3rd annual meeting of the Organic Seed Alliance will be at Oregon State University’s LaSells Stewart Center in Corvallis, Oregon on January 9-11, 2004.
The three-day gathering aims to bring together organic seed farmers, seed industry professionals, breeders and university specialists from Oregon, Washington and Idaho to share information and skills.
(12/19/2003) Lyla Houglum, the dean and director of the Oregon State University Extension Service, has received a national professional organization's most prestigious award. (09/23/2003) The Oregon State University Extension Service is co-sponsoring a 2-day conference, “Mold in Buildings: Prevention, Assessment and Resolution,” September 17 and 18 in Portland, Oregon at the Airport Holiday Inn. Registration for the 2-day conference is $95. Professional continuing education credits (CEC) will be available. For more information on CECs, call Ann at 1-800-424-4372, ext. 25. For a registration form and more information, call Margaret at the American Lung Association of Oregon, 503-924-4094, ext.18. (08/15/2003) Fred Stormshak, a professor of reproductive physiology and endocrinology in the Oregon State University Department of Animal Science, was cited for his accomplishments in graduate student training at the 95th annual conference of the American Society of Animal Science held recently in Phoenix, Ariz. (07/11/2003) Oregon State University (OSU) and Washington State University (WSU) are cosponsoring an international conference, titled “Biotechnology: Science and Society at a Crossroad,” on June 1 - 3 at the Westin Hotel in Seattle. The conference, nicknamed NABC 15, is the 15th annual conference of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC).
Leading scientists and policy experts from around the world will discuss and debate biotechnology and it’s many nuances, including addressing the question:.
Is biotechnology a tool with unprecedented potential for humanitarian and environmental benefit, or an unproven technology with the potential for unforeseen catastrophe?
(04/25/2003) Oregon State University will hold its 27th annual Gerontology Conference, "Creating New Insights into Aging," April 29-30 at the CH2M-HILL Alumni Center on the OSU campus. (04/02/2003) Trained volunteers in the Oregon State University Extension Service 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program have become effective partners with Oregon public schools in teaching children about nature, science and the environment, according to an OSU Extension educator speaking at a national conference in Tucson, Arizona. (02/14/2003)
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