OSU ECAMPUS STUDENTS CELEBRATING THE 1942 28 EXPLORE CORVALLIS 48 ROSE BOWL Online Class of 2016 checks out the main is fall Oregon State will commemorate its campus, some for the first time. first-ever Rose Bowl win. CONTENTS >> INSIDE 4 Editor’s letter: Stuffed animals and social 44 Director’s letter: Dedicated Student Alumni Ambassadors entrepreneurism 46 Making a difference: Oregon surfer dives into his education 6 Letters: Student success; divestiture; fall/fell debate 48 Sports: Celebrating the 1942 Rose Bowl; remembering Sam 8 Campus news: Points of pride; new deans; giving back; Bell Randhawa moves on; much more 52 Athletes’ journal: Student-athletes’ perspectives 10 Ed said: Campus improvements and student success 54 Of note: New life members; One of us; Beavers to remember 12 What do you know? Grammar school 14 Healthy life: New column from the Linus Pauling Institute On the cover: Aerial of Corvallis with the OSU campus in the back- 20 Cover story: A look at our hometown ground. Story on page 20. (Photo by Hannah O’Leary) 32 Looking back: e early life of alumnus John Gray 40 Terra: Building coastal resilience through the Marine Studies Initiative ON THE WEB Oregon State University: oregonstate.edu OSU Foundation: osufoundation.org FACEBOOK OSU Athletics: osubeavers.com Oregon State: facebook.com/osubeavers OSU Alumni Association: osualum.com ONLINE OSU-Cascades: facebook.com/osucascades Oregon Stater: osualum.com/stater OSU Athletics: facebook.com/oregonstatebeavers >> Digital Oregon Stater: osualum.com/digitalstater OSUAA: facebook.com/oregonstatealum 2 << OREGON STATER COMMENCEMENT 2016 24 is year’s talented graduates are ready to take on the world. Photo by Hannah O’Leary TWITTER INSTAGRAM LINKEDIN Oregon State: @oregonstate Oregon State: @oregonstate Search for “Beaver Careers Group” OSU-Cascades: @OSU_Cascades OSU-Cascades: @osucascades Search for Oregon State University OSU Athletics: @beaverathletics OSU Athletics: @beaverathletics International Alumni OSUAA: @oregonstatealum OSUAA: @oregonstatealumni FALL 2016 >> 3 LETTER LETTER Little elephants, big purpose Each summer, my colleagues attend a Students in the OSU College of Busi- one another and become financially national conference for alumni associa- ness sell the elephants (and soon, other self-supporting. Over the past several tion membership and marketing profes- items) via the online marketplace years, Oregon State faculty and students sionals. Attendees are asked to bring an (etsy.com/shop/16xOSU) as part of their from many academic disciplines have item from their school for a merchandise learning about social entrepreneurism. traveled to Uganda to help Terrewode EDITOR’S EDITOR’S exchange. Typically, these are spirit- In Uganda, fistulas often go untreated. with its mission. related, orange and black souvenirs; but Stillbirths are common for fistula suffer- The entrepreneurs-in-training have >> this year, our team chose little stuffed ers, and local cultural norms can cause gone back this summer to return with elephants, made from African-style the women to be labeled as cursed, more stuffed elephants and more ideas printed fabric. which leads to shunning. Adding un- about how to help. You can learn about They had been sewn by Ugandan speakable insult to their injuries, they are their efforts by reading about their 2015 women who suffer from obstetric fistula, sent to the far reaches of local society to trip at beavernation.is/reach, and by caused when labor goes too long and fend for themselves. watching a video at bit.ly/osureach2015. the constant pressure of the baby on Enter Terrewode (terrewodeug.org), The next issue of Terra, OSU’s research the birth canal causes tissue to die and a founded by Ugandan journalist and social magazine, will explore more about OSU’s hole to open between it and the rectum worker Alice Emasu. Terrewode fights work in Uganda. Look for it Oct. 1 at or bladder. Preventable and/or treatable the fistula epidemic through education, terra.oregonstate.edu. q with modern medical care, left untreated by advocating for better medical care it can lead to lifelong incontinence. and by helping fistula sufferers support — Kevin Miller ’78, editor OREGON STATER Photographer: Hannah O’Leary ’13 TABLET-FRIENDLY & PDF VERSIONS Designers: University Relations and osualum.com/stater Fall 2016, Vol. 101, No. 3 Marketing design team Copyright 2016 by the OSUAA, Produced by the OSU Alumni Bookkeeper, chief proofreader: 204 CH2M HILL Alumni Center, Association in collaboration with the Janet Phillips McKensey ’79 Corvallis, OR 97331-6303. OSU Foundation and OSU. STATER ADVERTISING AND Oregon Stater (ISSN 0885-3258) Publishers: OSUAA SPONSORSHIP SALES is a publication of the OSUAA. It appears Kathy Bickel, executive director, Angela McBride, in fall, winter and spring. Postage paid OSUAA, and vice president of alumni Marketing associate director, at Corvallis, OR 97333 and additional relations, OSU; 204 CH2M HILL Alumni Center, locations. Wade Westhoff ’93, president, OSUAA Corvallis, OR 97331-6303 CONTACT OSUAA Editor: Kevin Miller ’78 541-737-7859 [email protected] 877-OSTATER (877-678-2837) Associate editors: [email protected] Alumni news, history and traditions: LETTERS, OTHER ITEMS FOR PUBLICATION Printed with ink containing soy at Journal Ann Cassinelli Kinkley ’77 [email protected], or Oregon Graphics in Portland. Design: Teresa Hall ’06 Stater, 204 CH2M HILL Alumni Center, Philanthropy: Molly Brown Corvallis, OR 97331-6303 Sports: Kip Carlson UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS osualum.com/address 4 << OREGON STATER Top-ranked DEGREES ONLINE When Samantha Diaz enrolled online with Oregon State Ecampus, she was a new mom with a job and a husband in the military. 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Ray’s com- plastics which require byproducts of and internet service at home, the late ments in the winter “Ed Said” article and fossil fuels. The heating, air conditioning hours and free Wi-Fi were invaluable to the printed comments in the spring issue. and the electricity that charges the bat- me. I also just loved the sense of history LETTERS First — I do agree it is part of Pres. teries in cell phones and zero-emission I had studying in a space where genera- Ray’s job to listen to student concerns autos are generated by plants that use tions of OSU students had studied before. and help lead change, when needed. It >> fossil fuels. The roads that we travel on For the most part, unlike the students does sound to me that some change is are mainly composed of asphalt, which is in your magazine, I felt ignored by the needed — by the teaching staff at OSU. made with byproducts of fossil fuels. This university. I suppose some of this was At 65 years old, I’m thinking that about doesn’t take into account the fossil fuels because I had to work and didn’t have 30 years ago I learned not to speak to used in the agricultural arena. as much time to engage in extracurric- someone of color, asking them some- Vital goods are shipped by trucks ular activities or follow up with advisors thing about “their people.” And while I and rail that use fossil fuels. The autos (none of whom made any effort to follow am not up on “live-streaming,” it sounds that these divestitures drive use fuel or up with me, which had fairly disastrous like a dumb idea and probably will not be batteries that are charged by electricity results at times). My time at OSU left me repeated. generated by plants using fossil fuels. with the impression that the onus to suc- Second — thinking about the manda- I suggest that these divestitures get rid ceed was entirely on me, but I did benefit tory training on inclusion and racial is- of all the products and services that use from those free spaces where I could sit sues request. During my 30+ years work- fossil fuels, and see how long they can and do homework between classes. I ing for a major U.S. corporation, I went survive without them. hope that as OSU moves toward focus- through a number of diversity classes. I would also recommend that they ing on student success, Ray and others (No, not because I was a problem!) They eliminate all parking on the campus, as in authority will realize it isn’t rocket were quite expensive and only marginally this venue harbors the “evil fossil fuel science or a shiny new solution that is successful. You do not change human eating automobiles.” The divestitures needed. Talk to students. Get constituent nature with a class — you change it with could walk to their classes in the hot voices at the center of your program and interaction. So I pulled up the Memorial summer and cold winter barefoot, and you will get it right. Union website — did you know there are see how long they could survive without Rhiannon Orizaga ’09 over 400 student organizations? Sounds a fossil fuel infused Nike shoe.