Oregon State University
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The Oregon State University ( OSU short ) is located in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. Currently there are 24,977 students enrolled. It is part of the Oregon University System.
- 4.1 professors
- 4.2 graduates 4.2.1 Nobel Laureate
- 4.2.2 Other graduates
History
The history of Oregon State University dates back to 1856, founded as a private academy Corvallis Academy. In 1858 it was renamed in Corvallis College and since 1865 the first courses at college level were offered. In 1868 the formal establishment of the state university under the name of the Agricultural College of the State of Oregon. The name was fairly soon changed to Corvallis State Agricultural College. 1870 completed the first college students their education. In 1890 another name change to Oregon Agricultural College. In 1927 she was again renamed Oregon State Agricultural College and 1937 in Oregon State College. Your present name, the university since 1961.
Faculties
- Forestry Science
- Humanities
- Health and Human Services
- Engineering
- Agriculture
- Natural sciences
- Ocean and atmosphere
- Education
- Pharmacy
- Veterinary medicine
- Defense Education
- Economics
- Graduate School
- Honors College
Other Facilities
OSU is one of only 25 universities in the U.S., where the program " Nuclear Engineering " (nuclear technology) can be assigned. As such, the school has its own research reactor on campus.
The OSU campus is home to the OSU Open Source Lab, a world unique institution for the promotion of free software projects. The lab represents the technical backbone for many of the most important open source projects in the world, such as the Linux kernel or the projects of the Apache and Mozilla Foundations.
In addition, OSU is a leader in the field of tsunami research. It has a large laboratory for the study of water waves ( " OH Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory "). The tsunami warning signs that were designed at OSU and Oregon ( also tsunami endangered) are on the Pacific coast for years, are meanwhile used worldwide as a standard warning signs.
In Newport Yaquina Bay at the Hatfield Marine Science is the center, the oceanographic research institute and Aquarium OSU was founded in 1965.
Sports
The sports teams call the OSU Beavers ( "Beaver "). The University is a member of the Pacific -12 Conference. A sporty "enmity " cherish the Beavers with the teams of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, the Ducks call themselves ( "duck "). The annual football game between the two universities has dubbed the vernacular Civil War Game ( " Civil War Game"). It takes place in Eugene and Corvallis alternately.
The Stadium at Oregon State University is constantly expanding, especially with the help of the main sponsor Reser 's Fine Foods, an American food brand. Therefore, the Stadium Reser Stadium is called.
Craig Robinson, the older brother of American First Lady Michelle Obama, is coach of the OSU basketball team.
Famous people
Professors
- Dennis Erickson - former coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team
- Hans Kaufmes - Professor Emeritus of Animal Science, previously " country peasant leader " of the "German minority in Romania "
- William Luther Pierce - former physics professor, notorious for his position in the "White Supremacist " movement
- To extract the Department of Entomology, known for his idea of DNA from insects trapped in amber - George O. Poinar
Graduates
Nobel Laureate
Other graduates
Sports
- Brent Barry - Basketball Player
- Victor Butler - Football Player
- David Fall - diver, silver medal at the Summer Olympic Games in 1924
- Dick Fosbury - high jumper, gold medal at the Summer Olympics in 1968
- Chad Johnson, aka Chad Ochocinco - Football Player
- Gary Payton - Basketball Player
- Jean Saubert - skier, silver and bronze medals at the Olympic Winter Games in 1964
- Vic Sears - Football Player
- Forrest Smithson - Hurdler, gold medal at the Summer Olympics in 1908
- George Svendsen - Football Player
- Len Younce - Football Player
Other areas (excluding sports )
- Frits Bolkestein - Former European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
- Daniel R. Carter - Founder and CEO of the company Windmill Investments in Salem / Oregon
- Pinto Colvig - voice imitator and tuner of Bozo the Clown
- Doug Engelbart - Inventor of the computer mouse
- Tim Leatherman - inventor of the Leatherman tools
- Katharine Jefferts Schori - Bishop of the Episcopal Church
- Reinhard Huettl - Forestry and soil scientist
- Michael Charles Smith - Republican candidate for the presidential election in 2008