Campus Operations

Dear OSU Employees and Students,

I am sure you are aware of the record-breaking heat wave forecasted this weekend for the Willamette Valley. Temperatures could go as high as 110+ degrees, which will tax our ability to cool Corvallis campus buildings.

To further complicate matters, university building HVAC systems have been adjusted to bring in full outside air per COVID-19 requirements, meaning cooled air is not recirculated in building cooling systems, as it normally would be.

Dear OSU Community Members,

Please join me tomorrow in recognizing and celebrating Juneteenth, which has traditionally been called Freedom Day by many African Americans. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, the city of Galveston, Texas finally told African American slaves they were free.

Commemorating this day in our history is important as we collectively work to end anti-Black racism and racism in all forms.

Dear OSU students,

OSU Safety and Success policies continue to adhere to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) guidelines, as we work together to achieve Governor Brown’s goal of 70% of Oregonians 18 and older having received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The following message is about an allowable exception to the current face covering policy. The exception only applies to employees, including student employees.

Exceptions to the face covering policy.

Dear OSU Community members,

Dear OSU Student,
 

Dear OSU Community Members,

At its meeting today, the Board of Trustees discussed feedback received from a retrospective review of the 2019 presidential search process and unanimously affirmed the Board’s intention to hold an open search for OSU’s next president. It is the Board’s intention that this would entail announcing finalists, providing an opportunity for broad community engagement with finalists, and soliciting feedback on finalists before the Board makes its final decision.

Dear Oregon State University Community Members,

Thank you to the many of you who engaged so proactively with the Board on the selection of Dr. Becky Johnson as Interim President. As she assumes her role as Interim President, the Board of Trustees is now turning its attention to the search for Oregon State University’s next president.

Dear OSU Community Members,

As I start my appointment as Oregon State University’s interim president, I am honored to be given the responsibility to lead this great university to which I have dedicated my career. I also eagerly look forward to working and engaging with each of you to advance our goals and values as a university community and serve OSU’s mission throughout Oregon and beyond.

Dear students,

In recognition of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, OSU’s Faculty Senate approved an extension of the Change of Grading Basis (S/U) and Withdraw from a Course deadlines. The new deadlines for spring 2021 are:

• Change the Grading Basis of a Course:  June 1^st at 5:00 PM PST
• Withdraw from a Course: June 4^th at 11:55 PM PST

OSU Community Members,