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Soon after graduating college with a bachelor’s in accounting, Mark started at Oregon State University in 1997. His first couple years were on a limited duration where he worked in several departments. Eventually, Mark settled down in central Research Administration. He has spent the past twenty-three years across three roles: an accountant from 1999 to 2005, an accounting manager from 2005 to 2012, and currently as a business system analyst since 2012. He has submitted the NSF Higher Ed Research and Development report for over fifteen years. He provides data for the annual press release about research expenditures and provide datas to Institutional Research for the research expenditures by college. Mark also had the opportunity to be a presenter of individual sessions at a few Banner conferences, Ellucian Live and regional Banner conferences.
Thomas began his publishing career at OSU in 1997, serving as OSU Press’s first marketing manager. At the time, the Press wanted to expand its presence in Portland, where he lived, so he became a work from home trailblazer. He was named associate director in 2007, when the Press joined OSU Libraries, and appointed director in 2019. In the past quarter century, the Press has increased its staff, title output, and reach, with its books now distributed nationally and internationally. Thomas continues to be inspired by the talented, hardworking Press staff and heartened by its rich community of publishing partners—authors, faculty editorial board members, booksellers, librarians, and readers. As OSU Press begins its seventh decade, he knows that it will continue to play a vital role in the region’s literary life, telling Oregon’s stories and providing readers with new ways to understand what it means to live here.
Ed Brook is the director of COLDEX, an NSF Science and Technology Center formed in 2021 that is in search of the oldest ice in Antarctica. The main goal of this work is to extend the continuous ice core record to at least 1.5 million years, to grow our understanding of how the earth responded during warmer periods.
Linda joined the OSU faculty in 1997, originally working in the Department of Food Science & Technology. In 1998, she was hired by the Department of Microbiology as an instructor, teaching classes and doing academic advising. In her 25 years at OSU, she has taught at least 15 different courses, including lecture and lab classes, in multiple modalities. In 2012, she was awarded the Frederick H. Horne award by the College of Science for Sustained Excellence in Teaching Science.
For 25 years, Carol had the pleasure of managing the financial operations of the Research Forests. Favorite memories during her time at the Forests include helping with our annual Get Outdoors Day, assisting with forest tours, being part of the ‘Dream Team’ that developed a new plan for the College of Forestry in the early 2000s, leading several search committees, completing a Master’s in Public Health, and working with a great bunch of co-workers, students and volunteers.
Woody’s 25 years have all been in youth development. He has maintained a strong county wide 4-H club-based program. The program has a mix of traditional and non-traditional 4-H projects as well as programs focused on health & wellness and outdoor challenge and adventure. The 4-H Striders Cross Country running club has occurred for over 10 XC seasons. the Run Girl Run program, the original 4-H running program, that pairs at-risk youth with running female mentors has been replicated across the state. His passion for Challenge and Adventure has been shared with the Oregon Youth Authority, local juvenile departments, county and state programs, school programs, professional groups and colleagues across the state and nationally. Woody has enjoyed working with youth, volunteers, partners and staff and the support for the 4-H program in Columbia County.
Jessica serves on the executive leadership team at Oregon State Ecampus, the University’s centralized online learning division. In 1998, after completing her MBA, she accepted a marketing role at OSU’s Distance and Continuing Education, a nascent online education unit eager to expand its programs to learners around the state. For many years, Jessica directed marketing and market research for Ecampus. Today, Ecampus serves more than 12,500 students from 50 states and 60 countries with 90-plus degree programs. In her current executive director role, she oversees the following units: Marketing & Enrollment Services, Student Success, Corporate Education, and Data Analytics. Jessica is passionate about serving OSU’s online adult learners and believes we still have lots of work to do – collectively in higher education and in society-- to make college more accessible and affordable.
Together with Professor Gary Egbert over the last two decades, Lana continues her work on development of TPXO series which are fully global models of barotropic ocean tide used in many applications worldwide. The latest TPXO has about 1000 registered academic users worldwide. The TPXO models are created with OSU Tidal Inversion Software, implementing the approach, described in the 2002 paper by Gary Egbert and Lana Erofeeva titled, "Efficient Inverse Modeling of Barotropic Ocean Tides," which has more than 3300 citations. Lana has also supported the operational Oregon and Washington data assimilative model (OSU ROMS) and associated websites, providing daily sea surface temperature and currents forecast data for Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems project.
Laura has had the pleasure of working with hundreds of students who have engaged in education abroad programs at OSU and partner institutions in Oregon and beyond. She is constantly inspired by student openness to new experiences that challenge them personally, culturally and academically. She is also thankful to have been pushed and nurtured by amazing colleagues. It remains rewarding to grow and change alongside OSU and to encourage all students to engage in international experiential learning.
Carey received her M.S. in Human Performance from OSU in 1995 and began working as an academic advisor in 1996 in what was then the College of Health and Human Performance. She has seen HHP become HHS when it merged with Home Economics in 2002, and then become the College of Public Health & Human Sciences in 2012. She served the college as Head Advisor, then transitioned to her current role as Associate Head Advisor and Pre-Med & Allied Health Coordinator in 2016. She is active in the national and regional Associations of Health Professions Advisors, part of the OSU pre-med committee, and is the developer and coordinator of OSU’s Mock “Multiple Mini Interview” event for pre-med applicants for the past 6 years (minus the spring of 2020). Carey has also been teaching in the Faculty Staff fitness program since January 1997.
In 1990, Anita started as a student laboratory assistant testing samples for vitamin E, selenium and bile acid. She was able to continue working for the same lab until her graduation. Due to the variety of research projects, she was able to gain experience in different types of chemistry and microbiology. The year before graduating, Anita was trained to test for endophyte alkaloids in feed that can cause health problems for livestock. After graduation, she applied and obtained a faculty research assistant position. She continues to test for endophyte alkaloids, though the techniques have changed quite a bit since starting. She is also part of a team of people doing mycotoxin research which helps people in our state and beyond. With their support, Anita also trains students to work in the lab and do quantitative testing. She finds a great since of pride in knowing that what she does here helps people and animals every day.
She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from Columbia University and specializes in both China and Japan. She has been teaching a range of Asia-related courses for the department including Chinese Politics, Japanese Politics, International Politics of Asia Pacific and U.S.-China Relations. Her research includes China’s political economy in the early 1950s and Stalin/Soviet impact on the CCP (Chinese Communist party) and China. She is the author of Mao and the Economic Stalinization of China: 1948–1953 (2006), and co-editor (with Thomas P. Bernstein) of China Learns from the Soviet Union: 1949–Present (2010), and Chinese edition (2019). Currently she is working on a book Stalinism and the Chinese Communist Party under Mao. She is the director for Asian Studies/Minor Degree Program, College of Liberal Arts. Since 2013, she has served as a member, International Advisory Board, Journal of China in Comparative Perspective (UK) and as an Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, June 2007–present.
Luh’s research focuses on environmental data management, and particularly software development for integration, analysis and modeling of heterogeneous environmental data. He helps Integrated Plant Protection Center scientists manage, process, and analyze agricultural management data. Hans builds and maintains databases to contain the agricultural information, and create web sites for end users to process, analyze, visualize and interpret data.
Debbie is an after-hours Veterinary Technician at the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine. She helps instruct fourth year students during their large animal rotations, and treats hospital inpatients, as well as help with the intake of emergencies. Her favorite patients are horses and goats.
Mindy came to OSU to go to college and never really left. She feels it’s been a great place to work and grow professionally while raising a family. She has worked in Human Resources, Oceanography, EMT, OWRI, and now PCMM. She’s loved every position having worked with amazing people. Minday is grateful for the flexibility her supervisors have allowed and their support of Work-Life balance. She looks forward to retiring from OSU at some point and always recommends OSU positions to friends and family.
Sara has worked on development of the website for the College of Agricultural Sciences along with the websites for many of its departments and programs. She started the social media presence for the College of Agricultural Sciences. During her time at OSU, she has also worked on the websites for the Department of Human Resources, the Business Centers, along with other Division of Finance and Administration groups.
Myers holds the Baggett-Frazier Endowed Chair of Vegetable Breeding and Genetics where he breeds green beans and broccoli for processing and dry bean, edible podded pea, broccoli, tomato, winter and summer squash and pepper for fresh markets. His main interest has been to improve vegetable and field crop varieties for disease resistance, human nutrition and organic production systems. At OSU he has released several vegetable varieties including ‘Legend’, ‘Indigo Rose’, ‘Indigo Cherry Drops’, ‘Indigo Pear Drops’, ‘Indigo Kiwi’ and 'Midnight Roma' tomatoes, ‘OSU5630’ bush blue lake green bean, 'Sweet Gem' snap pea and 'Cascadia' broccoli. He has contributed to knowledge of vegetable genetics and genomics through research on plant disease resistance, human nutrition and adaptation to organic production systems.
Janet is an Associate Professor with the 4-H Youth Development Program at OSU. Her education includes a Master of Science in Extension Education with a focus in Natural Resource Development from Michigan State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources from Cornell University. Janet has 33 years of combined experience with the Extension Service in Michigan and Oregon, with an expertise in Natural Resource Education, School-based Programs, and Outreach to Underserved Audiences. She has developed and implemented a wide range of experiential, place-based STEM programs for youth, schools and Latinx audiences.
Jasmine is responsible for the processing and dissemination of oceanographic data collected by the Ocean Microbial Ecology Laboratory team. The types of data studied range from in situ measurements to satellite data. To make the results of our research available to outside users, Jasmine is also responsible for creating and maintaining the OMEL lab websites.
Peggy was searching for a way to work and still be home with her young children. A friend told her about medical transcribing. She took a correspondence course and was soon hired by OSU Student Health Services. Peggy worked remotely for 10 years then applied for and was accepted in a medical assistant position. She became the lead MA and is now the MA Manager. She is thankful for the opportunities and friendships she has made along the way and is proud to say she works at Student Health Services.
Cynthia leads a statewide Extension program in the diagnosis and management of diseases of field and vegetable crops Oregon. She is based in the department of Botany and Plant Pathology on the main campus. Her responsibilities include co-editing the Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook as well as conducting applied research and outreach on the biology and management of plant diseases. Cynthia has enjoyed a smorgasbord of crop investigations including diseases affecting basil, bean, corn, hop, broccoli, canola, carrot, grass for seed, hemp, potato, radish, rhubarb, flower seed crops, turnip and wheat. My specializations include soilborne pathogens (especially Fusarium spp.), controlling seedborne fungi through novel seed treatments including chemical and physical disinfestation processes, application of microbial mixtures for suppressing soilborne diseases and development of rapid diagnostic testing.
Rankin works in Collection Maintenance, which involves making sure materials are in their proper place, easily accessible and well-maintained. It often involves shifting the collection, moving materials from one place to another. Trying to optimize collection accessibility has been a major goal of his. Checking in books, paging materials from storage and handling materials during building closing have been among my many other duties. Currently, he is involved in a project moving materials and reorganizing the library, including storage, which has been moved to a new location. It is good exercise, moderately challenging mentally and kind of fun. It is also a chance to stay in contact with youth and academia.
Laura has served in Admissions and a couple of other academic departments prior to Economics where she has found a home, working with awesome faculty, wearing different hats as the needs of the program changed. As an academic advisor, she has had the additional privilege of working with thousands of students. To daily inspire students to dream larger, help them to create incredible degree plans, advocate for and cheer them on to personal and academic success and graduation is not work. It is an honor.
Dr. Rockey has taught bacterial pathogenesis at all levels during his time at OSU. He has had departmental homes both in Microbiology and Biomedical Sciences. His research focuses on the ways different Chlamydia species infect and cause disease in humans and farm animals.
Patty supports reporting and analytics for OSU. She graduated from OSU with a BS in Business Administration and a concentration in accounting. After getting her CPA license and spending several years auditing state agencies for the Oregon State Audits Division, she returned to OSU to provide user support, training and administration for OSU's finance data warehouse. She now supports additional tools and data areas.
Kim started in the Registrar’s Office at OSU on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1997. She was a record’s clerk and helped students at the counter with registration issues. During those years, there were still long lines of students seeking help. She joined the Speech Communication department in June of 2000 and has been there ever since. Speech Communication is now a part of the new School of Communication which includes Speech Communication and New Media Communications. Kim is very grateful to work with such amazing faculty and staff in both areas! She’s really enjoyed helping students meet their academic goals over the years. OSU is also where she met her wonderful husband several years ago. He has been employed at OSU a couple more years than Kim. They are proud to be Beaver Believers. Go Beavs!
Patti Sakurai has been on the faculty in Ethnic Studies since its founding in 1996 and has taught courses in Asian American studies, comparative and critical ethnic studies, race and film, and various courses in literature. Her research has included the Japanese American internment, Asian Americans in Oregon, and race, gender, and pedagogy. She has also been involved in media production both as a filmmaker and as part of the production collective for the radio program APA Compass on KBOO 90.7 FM in Portland.
Shaw’s work focuses on issues of inclusion, equity and justice. She served as director of the Difference, Power & Discrimination Program from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2007-2010. She was also the director of the School of Language, Culture, & Society from 2010 to 2016. She was the original Principal Investigator for OSU’s NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant and is a founding co-editor of the ADVANCE Journal. She teaches courses on gender, race and pop culture as well as feminism and religion. Her research is in feminist theology and Southern Baptist women. She is passionate about study abroad and has led a number of both short term and full semester programs focused on gender, race and class in London. She is also an avid Beavers women’s basketball fan!
Eric's research interests are on upper ocean turbulence, mesoscale coastal internal waves and ocean-atmosphere coupling. His current research includes simulation of the coastal circulations, modeling of turbulence under sea and ice leads as well as resonant interaction between surface winds and upper ocean turbulence.
Mark joined Engineering Information Technology in the summer of 1996 back when they would run their own network cables in the steam tunnels under Campus Way. He started out providing website development, desktop support, and community outreach through the Network for Education and Research in Oregon program when it was housed in the College of Engineering. Mark went on to focus more specifically on web, multimedia and technology platform support for the college and its schools. In 2013, he received recognition from the Professional Faculty Leadership Association for his service to the college, and more recently was recognized as a "Stay At Home Hero" for his efforts at supporting a remote workforce during the first year of the pandemic. Over all these years, the most gratifying part of his work is knowing that he’s helped students and faculty do important work in a discipline that makes real, quantifiable improvements in the lives of people all over this planet.
In 2022, Dr. Steel was designated as a University Distinguished Professor of Public Policy. He is also director of the Public Policy Graduate Program. His research and teaching span the areas of international relations, comparative politics, public administration and public policy. He has served as principal investigator on grants totaling more than $25 million, including from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He has been instrumental in leading the development of doctoral and bachelor degrees in public policy, a graduate minor in rural studies and a graduate certificate in energy policy, structuring the public policy program to create pipelines for diverse students to gain access to masters and doctoral degrees..
Roles Tornquist has had at OSU include assistant professor of veterinary clinical pathology, associate professor, full professor, Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and Lois Bates Acheson Dean of the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine. She’s run a section of a diagnostic lab and a research lab, taught many years of veterinary students and worked with a number of great colleagues in the veterinary college and at OSU.
Roger Traylor holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University and a MS degree in Electrical Engineering from OSU. He is interested in computer engineering and VLSI design which is the process of creating an integrated circuit by combining thousands of transistors into a single chip.
Vandetta is a 4th generation alum and began her career at Oregon State as a Unix Systems Administrator in the Forest Science Department in the College of Forestry. A merger of the various computing groups in the College of Forestry in 1999 prompted the need for additional responsibilities, including managing our Service Center budget and billing. She became Director in 2017 and enjoys working with her team members in the College of Forestry as well as colleagues across campus. Terralyn’s true claim to fame is as the 'Soup Lady' during the annual Food Drive in February. She also creates quilts each February to raffle off in support of the Linn-Benton Food Share.
As the county 4-H Youth Development Agent, Deb provides leadership for the county 4-H Program including recruitment for both adult volunteers and members, teaching workshops and working with adult volunteers to provide information and skills to 4-H members. She manages a program with approximately 180 youth involved in the traditional 4-H Club program, an additional 215 participating in school enrichment programs and approximately 65 adult volunteers. She has a major emphasis in animal science and shooting sports programs. In addition, spends concentrated effort on youth leadership, inclusion of youth with special needs and organizing the Urban to Rural Exchange program. As the County FCH Agent, she provides leadership for the SNAP-Ed educational program, works with the local Food Bank, Health Department and schools to provide nutrition education. She manages the Walk With Ease Program, teaches Food Preservation classes and provides community classes.
Dr. Weis is a University Distinguished Professor and the Dr. Russ and Dolores Gorman College of Science Faculty Scholar. She served as Head of Integrative Biology for nine years from 2011 to 2020. Virginia’s research group examines the symbiotic relationship between corals and their microalgal partners. These symbioses are central to the health of coral reef ecosystems and when the partnerships breakdown due to environmental stress such as global warming, the entire reef ecosystem is threatened. Her group studies the molecular and cellular signaling between the coral host and algal symbionts. This work helps inform the development of solutions for saving reefs. Weis’s current focus includes efforts to create coral germplasm repositories to preserve coral biodiversity. She has instructed thousands of undergraduate students in introductory biology, invertebrate zoology, and the biology of symbiosis. Throughout her time at OSU, Dr. Weis has received millions of dollars in extramural funding to support her research program and trainees. She has authored over 100 publications and mentored and trained 20 PhD students, 13 postdoctoral fellows and over 100 undergraduates. Dr. Weis earned a doctorate in biology with a focus area in coral reef biology and coral symbiosis from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Chris states that “OSU and Housing & Dining is great place to work!” He enjoys working with students and fellow OSU staff. As a student, he transferred to OSU the summer of 1994 and became a Resident Assistant that Fall term in the re-opening of Buxton Hall. After graduation in 1996, Chris started working full time for OSU and hasn’t looked back.
Bobbi started at OSU in March of 1997 in the Athletics department and then moved to Human Resources in 1998 for short time. She has been in the Financial Aid Office since February 2000 and enjoy sworking with students each and every day. Go Beavs!
Susan is a digital press operator. She takes digital print files and loads them to the press after programming the files according to instructions. She prints the amount requested and finishes the job. Susan has worked at Printing and Mailing for 25 years and finds it a pleasure working for OSU printing services.
As an instructor in the College of Pharmacy, Ann’s primary role was to coordinate and teach the first-year pharmacy practice course series. Conducting this lab-based course, along with advising many student groups, allowed her to get to know students on an individual basis. She has written countless letters of recommendation, and at this point knows over 70% of the pharmacists in the state. Ann served on multiple college and university committees, which allowed her to grow and interact with many inspiring individuals. She also served on the Oregon Board of Pharmacy, and various state and national pharmacy organizations. Her publications include articles in several pharmacy related journals, and a chapter in a pharmacy textbook. It has been a privilege for her to work on this beautiful campus, and to get to know the diverse students in the College of Pharmacy.
30 Years
Barbour spent many years supporting research at OSU, first, studying wind energy in the College of Engineering and later researching coastal meteorology and oceanography in the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science. He is grateful to have had the opportunity to work with so many great people and on so many interesting projects over the years to be part of the OSU community.
Markie aids students in learning technical and soft skills needed to become successful future leaders. She works in various capacities to help students in all forms of media to give a voice to the OSU community and beyond. Collaborating with other campus organizations in planning and marketing events to engage and inform the community at large.
Cluskey's activities at OSU and in Nutrition have included diverse efforts in creating and managing new undergraduate and graduate programming, and in acting in numerous university and professional service roles (fac. senate, IFS senator, Executive Committee, university curriculum and bacc core member and chair, etc). She developed the OSU shared NFS degree with Linn Benton Community College Culinary program and developed the existing accredited undergraduate and graduate dietetics internship programs. Her research efforts have focused on exploring and promoting healthy eating behavior and food choices. She promotes and supports students and their successes which have been achievements of which she is most proud.
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Sheila serves as coordinator and instructor in the Adventure Leadership Institute within the Department of Recreational Sports. Her enthusiasm for teaching and student development are realized in her work with students.. Sheila's teaching assignments include Foundations of Adventure Leadership (LEAD 430/530) and Wilderness Medicine (PAC325 - Wilderness First Aid and PAC329 - Wilderness First Responder) courses. Sheila serves as the advisor for the Adventure Club and coordinates certification/training programs for Recreational Sports.
OSU welcomed Cindy Franklin to the Admissions office as a transcript clerk in February 1992. September 1993 saw Cindy move to the Alumni Relations office at the MU and then the CH2M HILL Alumni Center. Cindy's voracious appetite for new challenges continued when she moved to Disability Access Services in 2006. She continues at DAS as the front desk greeter, and assists any and all students who find her smiling face.
Graham's research at OSU investigates the geochemistry of volcanic rocks from mid-ocean ridges, ocean islands and continental rifts. The primary focus is on using noble gases, especially helium isotopes, to study the structure and dynamics of Earth’s interior, the degassing of the Earth, the origin of magma in different tectonic environments, and the evolution of volcanic systems.
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Over the past 30 years at Oregon State, Dr. Lee has worked on various research areas including Solid State Drives, multimedia streaming, wireless networks, embedded systems, computer architecture, multithreading and thread-level speculation, and parallel and distributed systems. He has published 135 journal, conference, and book chapters and advised 45 PhD and MS students. Lee received Loyd Carter Award in 1994, Alumni Professor Award in 2005, and HKN Innovation Teaching Award from Eta Kappa Nu, School of EECS in 2008. He has been on the program and organizing committees for numerous international conferences. He was also an invited speaker at the 2007 International Conference on Embedded Software and System and a Keynote Speaker at the 2014 ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication. He was the TPC-Chair and then the General Chair for Annual IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) in 2018 and 2020, respectively.
Dr. Lesser has been on the faculty since 1992. She has been the Director of the Survey Research Center since 1993, managing over 200 surveys for state and local government and University. She has over 30 years of experience in survey methodology, and has authored numerous refereed publications in the field of survey methodology. Dr. Lesser is currently Professor and has been the Department Chair in the Statistics Department since 2011.
Elaine Schrumpf taught the fundamental science of food preparation in the Department of Foods and Nutrition for 12 years. She transitioned to 4-H Youth Development in OSU Extension where she helped manage statewide special events before becoming State Specialist for Home Economics and Expressive Arts project areas. As part of the state team for the SNAP-Ed grant in Extension Family & Community Health she helps provide low-income Oregonians with resources to make healthy food choices.
Dr. Selker's research includes development of instrumentation (passive capillary sampling devices for vadose-zone sampling, tensiometers and tension infiltrometers for site characterization, and use of LUX light-emitting microbes for continuous in-situ monitoring of microbial colonization and movement in unsaturated media, fiber optics for environmental monitoring using temperature, etc.), the characterization of vadose zone and hyporheic processes (capillary barriers, nutrient and pesticide loss from agricultural fields, groundwater/surface water interactions), and analytical/numerical representations of hydrological processes (Boussinesq equation, HYDRUS simulations, etc).
Inspired by the new science of chaos, Smyth has researched turbulent flow processes that govern the transfer of heat, CO2 and other constituents between the atmosphere and the ocean. He has taught courses on fluid mechanics, waves, instabilities and climate change, authored two textbooks, and has twice been honored to receive the Patullo Award for excellence in graduate teaching. OSU has given Smth the opportunity to join research cruises to the equatorial Pacific and Indian oceans and to accept visiting fellowships in Germany, Wales and China.
Nadine is esearch Assistant for Russ Ingham's plant-parasitic nematode research program and the OSU Extension Nematode Testing Service nematologist.
35 Years
Anita Azarenko has served 35+ years first as a professor of horticulture in support of the students and engaging in research and Extension for the cherry and hazelnut fruit growing industries. Her service then extended to a wide range of leadership roles at OSU, most recently as interim vice provost for the Division of University Extension and Engagement and director of the OSU Extension Service. Prior to that, she served as the associate vice president for university facilities, infrastructure and operations. She was responsible for the maintenance, operations, renovations and construction of all OSU facilities and grounds, and transportation services. She the implementation of Oregon State’s 10-year capital forecast, and annual capital improvement and renewal plans. For nine years, Azarenko also led the Department of Horticulture in the College of Agricultural Sciences; served as associate dean for the Graduate School; and worked as a special assistant to the vice president for finance and administration. She currently serves as the special advisor to the vice provost for the Division of Extension and Engagement.
Bolte is professor and head of the Department of Biological & Ecological Engineering at OSU. He has been conducting environmental systems analysis and modeling in Oregon for the past 25 years. His research interests focus on understanding, anticipating and planning for change in coupled natural and human systems. His research group at OSU develops simulation models and decision tools to project alternative future trajectories of landscape change.
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Tom Dick's career at OSU has focused on the preparation and professional development of mathematics teachers at all levels K-16. He founded the Math Excel program, served as faculty director of the Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center for 20 years, and was chair of the OSU mathematics department from 2011-14. He is internationally recognized for his work in using technology in mathematics instruction, and is a recipient of the Carter, Horne, Boedtker and Ritchie awards.
Hillary is truly honored to have had a long, fulfilling career working internationally on food security in 20+ countries with equally dedicated host-country colleagues, many of whom have become dear friends. At OSU, I have had the distinction of being one of the longest serving, self-funded academic faculty members, having spent 35 years creating and nurturing aquaculture programs through extramural funding.
Providing architectural design and construction support for our Agricultural Research Centers throughout the State and on campus, Lowell finds himself involved in a variety of projects. Currently, he's been focused on developing strategies for the design and implementation of renewal projects ranging from large animal facilities to the modernization of BLS 1 & 2 laboratories. The colles has a variety of projects in design or under construction at ten different Ag Centers around the state along with ten other projects around and/or on campus. In his spare time, he meets with building officials, contractors, engineers, stake holders, etc. along with assisting Principal Investigators with grant proposals that incorporate new and/or remodeled facilities. The past 35 years has been a wonderful experience as he gets to work with so many different and talented individuals.
Rick’s research focuses on developing and implementing integrated pest management programs for the orchards and vineyards of Southern Oregon. His work includes evaluating new management techniques, emphasizing selective or non-disruptive tactics which are compatible with natural biological control agents; development of monitoring and sampling methods; and investigating the population dynamics of new and emerging pests.
For Huber, Oregon State University and the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine has been a great institution and hospital to teach veterinary students, train future surgeons, and pursue orthopedic and soft tissue surgical challenges in large animal patients. He feels privileged to be working with exceptional veterinary professionals and dedicated veterinary students. Although hours and effort are extensive, it does not feel like work!
The majority of his cases relate to arthroscopy, soft tissue injuries, repair of fractures, and equine reproductive surgery. Currently, Huber is pursuing research investigations into methods addressing overpopulation in wild horse herds. Although he has been a vet for 42 years, his excitement level remains high because there is ALWAYS a unique, challenging case just around the corner that will require a creative surgical solution.
Tamara's rich and rewarding career began and ended in HR. In the years in between, she worked in several business offices across campus before accepting the HR Manager position in the Health Sciences Business Center, the first of 7 business centers. After 8 years, she migrated back to central HR as an Employeer and Labor Relations Officer, then as Director of HR Business Partnerships, and finally, Director of the HR Service Center. She is thankful for the friends, colleagues and “characters” she has met along the way.
Kim started working for Extension as a Clerk Typist in the days without having a computer. Her electric typewriter was her go-to equipment. Though the equipment and certainly the technology have evolved, the importance of the people has been the constant. It has been the staff and clientele that has kept Kim here. There is real satisfaction in being able to help people.
Dr. Shawn Mehlenbacher, Oregon Hazelnut Industry Professor in the Department of Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences, developed new disease-resistant hazelnut cultivars for Oregon's hazelnut growers. The hazelnut acreage in the Willamette Valley has more than tripled in the last 12 years. He has collected hazelnut germplasm from around the world, sequenced the genomes of several cultivars, and developed hundreds of DNA markers. He teaches Plant Breeding (PBG 450/550) every Spring quarter.
Penner's laboratory is interested in the general area of enzyme technology, with particular emphasis on projects related to the enzymatic processing of polysaccharides. They typically focus on glycan hydrolases. Their studies aim to advance the current knowledge of how these enzymes function, to determine novel methods by which their specificity may be regulated, and to find applications for the production of value added products. Current projects relate to the enzymatic saccharification of cellulose, the conversion of biomass polysaccharides to ethanol, and the application of polysaccharide debranching enzymes in the food industry.
40 Years
As a research forester, Elizabeth tries to provide managers with information that helps them understand the consequences of management decisions on forests. Over the years, her research has focused on developing habitat for a variety of forest plants and animals, as well as helping with fuel reduction, carbon cycling, and genetics projects. She has worked on projects involving reforestation of Douglas-fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce, grand fir, balsam fir, Ponderosa pine, western larch, white spruce, red spruce, Alaska yellow-cedar, western redcedar, and red alder, as well as documenting changes in shrubs, ferns, and herbaceous species after management. Her research has also included habitat development for deer, elk, moose, small mammals, amphibians, late seral species, trout, salmon, and some birds. Having been around awhile, Elizabeth has been able to follow several of my projects for 20-40 years and witness the dynamic nature of forest ecosystems.
When Janet returned to OSU for grad school, it felt like coming home. She still works in the same office that she started in as a GTA so many years ago. She has enjoyed decades of an academic career filled with amazing students, supportive co-workers and opportunities to contribute to the growth of student support at OSU. She has served on Faculty Senate Executive Committee, been a major professor and committee member on several dozen grad committees, and taught both ESL and CSSA students. What a great opportunity for a farm girl from rural Eastern Oregon!
Nellie's employment with OSU spans over 57 years beginning as a full time 4-H Extension Agent in Linn-Benton County in 1965. She served in that position for 9 years resigning to become a full-time mom. Between 1974 and 1980, she was employed as interim Extension Foods and Nutrition Specialist for two years. In 1980, Nellie was hired to develop the OSU Extension Master Food Preserver Program. After the initial pilot volunteer training, she was hired in 1981 to manage the Lane County Master Food Preserver Program. She has served in that position along with managing the Family Community Leadership program until retiring in 2008. The Lane County Extension Office was forced to close in 2009 due to lack of local programming but began rebuilding in 2010. Nellie was asked to come out of retirement to oversee the rebuilding of the Master Food Preserver Program in Lane County.
Ripple works with the Global Trophic Cascades Program, a research and educational program with the purpose of investigating the role of predators in structuring ecological communities. This program puts special emphasis on the role of potential keystone species in top-down community regulation, with linkages to biodiversity via trophic cascades.
One of the best things that's ever happened to Lisa was being hired in 1981 by Biochemistry & Biophysics professor Don Reed, who had just been named director of the newly created Environmental Health Sciences Center. The EHSC is one of about 25 centers funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences under the National Institutes of Health. Over the past 40 years, she has served as the accountant and business manager for the EHSC and as administrator of the EHSC NIH/NIEHS training grant. Since Don Reed, Lisa has worked for five more EHSC directors (Dale Mosbaugh, Bill Baird, Joe Beckman, Robyn Tanguay, and Emily Ho) and four training grant directors (Ian Tinsley, Dave Williams, Robyn Tanguay, and Craig Marcus). In 2015, she took over as finance manager for the NIH/NIEHS Superfund Research Center under Director Robyn Tanguay. She retired after 30+ years in 2012 and has worked her job on a half-time appointment ever since. To Lisa, the very best part of her job is having the opportunity to work with and get to know so many great people. Another valuable benefit is getting to travel to national meetings in cool places all over the country. One day she’ll fully retire, but for now, she still loves her job.
45 Years
Judy has spent most of her adult life working at OSU, beginning with her first work permit at age 16 (West Hall Dining Service), followed by 5 years as an undergraduate student worker in the Math Department. After 8 years, she returned to OSU and has never left. The first 28 years since her return were spent in Phil Whanger’s lab in Environment and Molecular Toxicology (formerly Ag Chem) where she did research in the newly emerging field of selenium deficiency in pregnancy and lactation and got to travel and work with colleagues in China and New Zealand. When Phil retired in 2005, Judy “graduated” to doing healthy aging research with Tory Hagen in the Linus Pauling Institute. She is the “Lab Mom” in the Hagen group and was given an awesome retirement party in 2012 where they created a life-sized “Cardboard Judy” and the room was decorated with colored copies of my peer-reviewed publications and leis made from them. It has been a wonderful life!
Clara's work at the University has mainly been in accounting, most of it with Computer Science which merged with Electrical Engineering. With her interest in farming, she swtiched to the department of Horticulture. Now, she is in the Agricultural Sciences and Marine Sciences Business Center dealing mainly with Horticulture accounts.
Together with his wife and research partner, marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco, Bruce runs an internationally recognized lab focused on environmental science marine ecosystem studies and the Partnership for the Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, a four-university research, training and outreach collaboration focused on the near-shore marine ecosystem of the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California. One of the largest scientific studies ever led by OSU, PISCO has produced a plethora of exciting, innovative and impactful findings, shared in more than 500 scientific publications. In 2020, Marine ecologist Bruce was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Scott manages the Lewis-Brown Farms (115 acres) in Corvallis and Woodhall Vineyard (14 acres) west of Alpine as part of the Corvallis Farm Unit.
In the early days of Albert's career, he was an experimentalist in a niche - intermediate energy nuclear and particle physics. He did most of hi work at the TRIUMF accelerator in Vancouver, British Columbia, but has also done research at the Stanford Linear Accelerator, the Los Alamos linear Accelerator and the SATURNE Synchrotron in France. This field of research eventually ran its course, and he has turned to writing and teaching in the Honors College. Albert recently published a book on chaos theory, and is currently working on "Physics and Free Will: A Study in Science and Philosophy." One of the wonderful things about teaching seminar courses in the Honors College is that he gets to make up his own courses. He is currently teaching "The Mystery of Consciousness," "The Weird World of Quantum Mechanics" and "The Physics and Philosophy of Time."
50 Years
Schrumpf has had two careers at OSU, the first with the Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory and the excitement of manned space exploration and studying new views of the earth’s surface from the first space flights. With funding from NASA, he developed applications of imagery taken from space to solve questions in natural resource management, changes in land-use, monitoring crops, studying geology and geomorphology, and wherever imagination could take us. The second career, with the Oregon Seed Certification Service, was actually built on the experience of the first, utilizing skills with aerial photography and obtaining “ground truth” from helicopters. Work in Extension seed certification is especially fulfilling given the essential role of seeds in putting food on the table, and from working in the fields of Oregon’s many farm families. We provide an independent third-party oversight to apply standards and protect the interests of plant breeders, seed growers and consumers world-wide.