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• Oregon State University is an institution of higher learning, located in Corvallis, Oregon. The university serves nearly 20,000 students each year on a 400-acre campus.Official Site: Who goes there?Official Site: About OSU

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1868
  2. Location: Corvallis, Oregon
  3. President: Edward John Ray
  4. Faculty: 2,918Official Site: Virtual Advisor
  5. Mascot: Beaver
  6. Motto: "Open Minds, Open Doors"
  7. Acceptance rate: 88.1% USA Today: College Acceptance Rates: How Many Get In? (November 8, 2006)
  8. [http: //www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Corvallis%2C+Oregon Current Weather]

• Noted Programs

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Forestry
  • Pharmacy

• University History

  The school was first incorporated in 1858 as Corvallis College. Originally a private academy, the school added college level courses in 1865. It was designated the Agricultural College of the state of Oregon in 1968. The college went through several other name changes in the years since, settling on Oregon State University in 1937.

• Notable Alumni

  • Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of NVIDIA
  • Bernard A. Newcomb, co-founder of ETrade
  • William Oefelein, NASA astronaut
  • Donald Pettit, NASA astronaut
  • Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul
  • John A. Young, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard

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