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59-455: Hawaiʻi athletics began more than a century ago, with the first football team being fielded in 1909. Through 1923, the UH teams were called the "Deans." In the final game of the 1923 season, the football team upset Oregon State , with a rainbow appearing over the stadium during the game. Sportswriters began referring to UH teams as the "Rainbows," and the tradition was born that Hawaii could not lose if

118-580: A historic district designation. The Memorial Union was designed by OSU alum and renowned Oregon architect, Lee Arden Thomas . It has been recognized as "one of the finest examples of neoclassical architecture in Oregon." In 2016 OSU completed the construction of a 10-acre branch campus in Bend . This campus is called OSU-Cascades and offers students living in Oregon's central region an opportunity to attend select classes closer to their homes. As of 2023,

177-484: A "comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary" university. It is one of three such universities in the Pacific Northwest to be classified in this category. In 2006, Carnegie also recognized OSU as having "very high research activity", making it the only university in Oregon to attain these combined classifications. OSU was one of the early members of the federal Space Grant program. Designated in 1991,

236-513: A $ 2.06 billion economic footprint. $ 1.93 billion of this total was in the state of Oregon. Corvallis is Oregon's 9th-largest city. It is a relatively small community and many of the local events have a strong connection to the university. OSU has over 400 active student organizations and groups. The campus is only a few hours' driving distance from any number of outdoor recreation opportunities. Several federal and state natural forests and parks are popular student destinations. These include

295-592: A chair/head/director who oversees program coordinators. Each school or department is responsible for academic programs leading to degrees, certificates, options or minors. The OSU Educational Extension is a section for non-students and adult education . The OSU Extension service is an agricultural extension established on July 24, 1911, under the leadership of Vice Provost Ivory W. Lyles (OSU Extension Service Administration). There are OSU Extension offices, Combined Experiment & Oregon Agricultural Experiment Stations , and Branch Experiment Stations located throughout

354-581: A goal of $ 625 million. Donors exceeded the goal in October 2010 nearly a year ahead of schedule, resulting in a goal increase to $ 850 million. In March 2012, the goal was raised to $ 1 billion. At OSU's annual State of the University address in Portland on January 31, 2014, President Edward J. Ray announced that campaign contributions had passed $ 1 billion, making OSU one of 35 public universities to cross

413-541: A land-grant university initially, OSU became one of the four inaugural members of the Sea Grant in 1971. Memberships in the Space Grant and Sun Grant research consortias were awarded in 1991 and 2003, making it one of only three schools in the nation to be designated a land, sun, sea and space grant university. OSU received a record high $ 449.9 million in research funding for the 2022 fiscal year and has ranked as

472-695: A rainbow appeared. The rainbow officially became a part of the school's athletic logo in 1982 and remained until 2000. King Kamehameha the Great and his warriors united the Hawaiian Islands, earning the warrior a place of honor in Hawaiian history and an expectation of strength, skill and a fighting spirit. The UH teams became known as "Rainbow Warriors" long before the name became official in 1974. When women's teams were begun in 1972, founder and first women's athletic director Dr. Donnis Thompson named

531-454: A resource for K-12 educators and the public. OSU's agriculture, oceanography and marine science students have an opportunity to serve as summer interns at the Newport campus, while post-graduate students participate in a wide array of research programs year-around. A $ 16.5 million project to build a 34,000-square-foot dormitory for OSU's post-graduate students, staff and visiting professionals

590-611: A top-10-ranking since 2015. In 2021 College Choice ranked the Ecampus college of liberal arts program the best in the nation. The same faculty teaching on campus also teach many of their programs and courses online through the Oregon State University Ecampus website. Students who pursue an online education at Oregon State earn the same diploma and transcript as on-campus students. In 2017, Oregon State University's Portland headquarters were relocated to

649-560: A volunteer board of trustees. It holds net assets exceeding $ 1 billion and manages most of the university's composite endowment, valued at more than $ 827 million. In October 2022, the Foundation publicly launched Believe It: The Campaign for OSU, the university’s second comprehensive fundraising and engagement campaign, with a $ 1.75 billion goal for student and faculty support, facilities and equipment and strategic initiatives. Donors have stepped forward with over $ 1 billion in gifts since

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708-489: Is a public land-grant research university in Corvallis, Oregon . OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees through all 11 colleges. It has the seventh-largest engineering college in the nation for 2023. Undergraduate enrollment for all colleges combined averages over 32,000 while an additional 5,000 students are engaged in post-graduate coursework through

767-419: Is a UNESCO International Biosphere Reserve . OSU's Open Source Lab is a nonprofit founded in 2003 and funded in part by corporate sponsors that include Facebook, Google, and IBM. The organization's goal is to advance open source technology by hiring and training students in software development and operations for large-scale coding projects. The lab hosts a number of projects, including contracted work for

826-633: Is co-leading the largest ocean science project in U.S. history. The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) features a fleet of undersea gliders at six sites in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with multiple observation platforms. CEOAS is also leading the design and construction of the next class of ocean-faring research vessels for the National Science Foundation , which will be the largest grant or contract ever received by any Oregon university. The first of three planned research vessels,

885-510: Is known for relying heavily on outcome-based data to compile their rankings. In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked OSU tied for 139th nationally, tied for 71st top public and tied for 58th "most innovative" university in the U.S., and tied for 277th best globally. In its 2021 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranked Oregon State University's oceanography program 5th in

944-746: Is located in McAlexander Fieldhouse, named after General Ulysses G. McAlexander , the former commander of Army ROTC. After the Second World War ended in 1945, a Department of Naval Science was added at Oregon State. Providing officer training for both the US Navy and the US Marine Corps , it became one of the largest in the nation and has earned the unofficial title "Naval Academy of the Northwest." On July 1, 1949,

1003-465: Is the largest university in the state and set a new record for enrollment in 2023. Close to 37,000 students attended the university during the year - the most for any Oregon university on record. For fall 2015, OSU received 14,058 freshman applications; 11,016 were admitted (78.4%) and 3,593 enrolled. Fall of 2022 brought in the largest freshman class the university had seen, with 7,146 new students. The average high school grade point average ( GPA ) of

1062-553: Is under one year). The site is shallower than PacWave South and closer to port. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences funds two research centers at OSU. The Environmental Health Sciences Center has been funded since 1969 and the Superfund Research Center has been funded since 2009. OSU administers the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest , a United States Forest Service facility dedicated to forestry and ecology research. The Andrews Forest

1121-948: The Hatfield Marine Science Center and multiple oceanographic research vessels based in Newport . In 2001, OSU's Wave Research Laboratory was designated by the National Science Foundation as a site for tsunami research under the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. The O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory is on the edge of the campus and is one of the world's largest and most sophisticated laboratories for education, research and testing in coastal, ocean and related areas. Oregon State University operates two off-shore research test facilities near Newport, Oregon for commercial wave energy technology companies to stress test prototypes. The North and South PacWave Energy Test Facilities are located several miles off

1180-660: The Linux Foundation . Oregon State University is one of the few universities to have ROTC detachments for each branch of the US Military . Oregon State University Army ROTC is a distinguished program and has been taught regularly since 1873. The so-called Beaver Battalion is known as the West Point of the West for producing more commissioned officers than any other non-military school during World War II . It

1239-606: The Oregon Legislative Assembly designated it Oregon's Land-grant university and the "agricultural college of the state of Oregon". Acceptance of this grant required the college to comply with the requirements set forth in the Morrill Land-Grant Acts . The school was then authorized to grant Bachelor of Arts , Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees. The first graduating class was in 1870, with Bachelor of Arts degrees. In 1872,

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1298-823: The Stan Sheriff Center . The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wāhine beach volleyball team, also known as the Hawaiʻi "Beach Bows", is the NCAA Division I beach volleyball team at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors football team competes in NCAA Division I FBS college football . The team, which is currently coached by Timmy Chang , joined the Mountain West Conference in July 2012. Under former coach June Jones , they were

1357-601: The US Army Air Corps training branch became a separate officer training unit later known as Aerospace Science. The Oregon State Air Force ROTC draws more freshmen scholarships than any other AFROTC unit in the nation and has had over 1,000 officers commissioned. In 1977, two graduates of the OSU AFROTC became the first women pilots in the Air Force. The Army and Air Force ROTC programs at the university share

1416-469: The Women's College World Series in 2010 . The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA Division I college volleyball and play their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center . They are currently coached by Charlie Wade . The team won back-to-back NCAA men's volleyball championships in 2021 and 2022 . The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wāhine volleyball team represents

1475-480: The 1800s and three more in the 1900s. As with many land-grant colleges, name changes were common around the start of the 20th century and helped schools align with the period's largest available federal grants in agricultural research. Corvallis area Freemasons played a leading role in developing the early school. Several of the university's largest buildings are named after these early founders. The school offered its first college-level curriculum in 1865, under

1534-629: The Corvallis campus and major work in the liberal arts and related subjects to the University of Oregon in Eugene. This was the first in a series of actions to make the curricula of the two schools separate and distinct." In 1929 the legislative assembly passed the Oregon Unification Bill, which placed Oregon's public colleges under greater oversight of the newly renamed Oregon State Board of Higher Education . A doctorate in education

1593-717: The Corvallis campus, but an increasing number of endeavors are underway at locations throughout the state and abroad. Research facilities beyond the campus include the John L. Fryer Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory in Corvallis, the Seafood Laboratory in Astoria and the Food Innovation Laboratory in Portland . The 2005 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education recognized OSU as

1652-481: The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wāhine are green, white, black and silver. The white and green colors were chosen by the wives of the faculty. In 2000, a new athletics logo was created that included black and silver, so those colors are now also used by the athletics department. The creation of the first Rainbow Wāhine teams at the University of Hawaiʻi is the subject of the documentary film Rise of

1711-630: The McAlexander Fieldhouse. In 1999, OSU finished a $ 40 million remodeling of the campus library. Known as the Valley Library , the remodeled building was selected by The Library Journal as its 1999 Library of the Year, the first academic library so named. In 2023, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked Oregon State University in the top 1.4 percent out of 20,531 degree-granting institutions of higher education worldwide. The CWUR

1770-565: The Mountain West Conference as a full member in 2026. The Rainbow Warriors have made one appearance in the College World Series , finishing as the runner up to champion Arizona in the 1980 College World Series . Since 2022, the team is led by head coach Rich Hill . The Rainbow Warriors are coached by Eran Ganot . In 2015, the university self-imposed penalties as a result of NCAA violations committed by

1829-749: The Taani, was launched in May 2023 and will be stationed in Newport, Oregon . OSU also manages nearly 11,250 acres (4,550 ha) of forest land, including the McDonald-Dunn Research Forest. In 1967 the Radiation Center was constructed at the edge of campus, housing a 1.1 MW TRIGA Mark II Research Reactor . The reactor is equipped to utilize high-assay, low-enriched ( HALEU ) uranium zirconium hydride fuel. U.S. News & World Report 's 2008 rankings placed OSU eighth in

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1888-473: The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA Division I college volleyball and play their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center . They are currently coached by Robyn Ah Mow . The team is one of the most successful women's volleyball programs in the country having won 4 national championships (3 NCAA, 1 AIAW). The Rainbow Wāhine volleyball team has made the NCAA tournament every year since 1993. The school colors for

1947-570: The Wahine , directed by Dean Kaneshiro. Rise of the Wāhine features the struggles of these first women's teams after the passing of Title IX and the film highlights the roles of coaches Alan Kang and Dave Shoji , first female Athletic Director Dr. Donnis Thompson, Patsy Mink , and first-teams volleyball players Beth McLachlin , Marilyn Moniz-Kaho`ohanonaho, Joyce Kapua`ala, and Joey Akeo. Oregon State University Oregon State University ( OSU )

2006-466: The additional grant program made Oregon State one of only 13 schools in the United States at that time to serve as a combined Land Grant , Sea Grant and Space Grant university. The university's College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS) operates several laboratories, including the Hatfield Marine Science Center and multiple oceanographic research vessels based in Newport . CEOAS

2065-479: The administration of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the school's first president, William A. Finley . On August 22, 1868, the official articles of incorporation were filed for Oregon State University, known then as Corvallis College. Two months later, on October 27, 1868, OSU was chartered as the state's first public college. To help ensure the early college would be well funded,

2124-492: The baseball team became the Rainbows. The women's teams, however, all remained the “Rainbow Wāhine." At the same time, the school changed its athletics logo to the current stylized "H," omitting the rainbow of the old logo altogether. On July 1, 2013, the nicknames of the university's men's sports teams were once again standardized, and all male teams at the university are now referred to as the "Rainbow Warriors." More recently,

2183-489: The billion-dollar fundraising mark and one of only two organizations in the Pacific Northwest to reach that milestone. The Campaign for OSU concluded on December 31, 2014, with more than $ 1.1 billion from 106,000 donors. The Oregon State University Foundation is a nonprofit organization chartered to raise and administer private funds in support of the university's education, research and outreach, governed by

2242-519: The branch campus stretches across 30 acres in southwest Bend , with options to grow into 90 more acres of OSU-owned land nearby. The latest goal is to attract around 5,000 students per year within the next decade. As of 2023, enrollment was around 1,400 students. Oregon State offers more than 80 degree and certificate programs made up from a selection of over 1,500 online courses in more than 110 subjects. US News & World Report ranks OSU's online Ecampus fourth nationally (2024). The Ecampus has held

2301-632: The campaign began in 2017. Oregon State has varied and numerous partnership agreements with international institutions, including James Cook University in Australia , the University of Forestry in Bulgaria , Lincoln University in New Zealand and India's Gokula Education Foundation. Undergraduate admission to Oregon State is rated "selective" by U.S. News & World Report . OSU

2360-606: The centerpiece of Corvallis, Oregon . The campus is 83 miles south of Portland, near the middle of the state's Willamette Valley . Much of the main campus was designed by landscape architect John Charles Olmsted in 1906. In 2008, Olmsted's early campus design was designated by the National Register of Historic Places as the Oregon State University Historic District. It is the only college or university campus in Oregon to hold

2419-406: The coast of Newport and serviced by the university's Hatfield Marine Science Center . The South PacWave Test Facility is an open ocean test site consisting of four berths, which occupy two square nautical miles of ocean with a cable route to shore of approximately 12 miles in length. The North PacWave Test Facility offers a site in state waters with streamlined permitting (the expected time to permit

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2478-524: The enrolled freshmen was 3.58, while the middle 50% range of SAT scores were 480-610 for critical reading, 490-630 for math, and 470-590 for writing. The middle 50% range of the ACT Composite score was 21–28. OSU has more majors, minors and special programs than any other university or college in Oregon. Research has played a central role in the university's overall operations for much of its history. Most of OSU's research continues at

2537-645: The name of the school was changed to Corvallis State Agricultural College. As the school's name changed so did its mission. Coursework in the sciences and technology became the most popular majors starting in 1900. In 1914, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education , known then as the State Board of Higher Curricula, began assigning specific colleges to Oregon State University and the University of Oregon in an effort to eliminate duplication. "...the board confined studies in engineering and commerce to

2596-586: The nation in graduate nuclear engineering . In the early 2000s, researchers at the campus reactor developed the first working prototype Small Modular Reactor (SMR) to power large commercial operations, buildings, and large industrial facilities. More recently, Oregon State University has partnered with a leading manufacturer of SMRs, NuScale (a company started in part by OSU Faculty), to provide continued research and development for commercial applications. The university's College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS) operates several laboratories, including

2655-426: The new academy. He later attended Yale University and became an instrumental figure in the development and administration of several other early Oregon colleges. Within a decade of its inception, college-level coursework was added to the academy's curriculum, making it the first public college in the region and a magnet for Oregon's young adults seeking a profession. The university adopted eight name variations during

2714-879: The newly renovated Meier & Frank building. The historic building features modern offices, classrooms and meeting spaces; which fill the entire second floor of what is now known as the Portland Building. Located next to downtown Portland's Pioneer Square, the OSU Portland Center accommodates offices for the OSU Extension Service, the OSU Foundation, the OSU Alumni Association, and the OSU Athletics Department. The downtown building provides

2773-502: The previous coaching staff that included vacating 36 wins from the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons, reducing scholarships and practice time, and placing itself on one-year probation. The university also agreed to pay a $ 10,000 fine. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 2016 . The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wāhine basketball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. They are currently coached by Laura Beeman . The team plays its home games at

2832-606: The space for lectures and international conferences. The OSU Portland Center is also an important part of the OSU Advantage partnership. The partnership brings members of private industry, from throughout the world, to Portland to discuss proposed commercialization initiatives. Recognized as one of the top marine laboratories in the nation, OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center has been a fixture in Newport, Oregon for over 50 years. The campus serves as an oceanographic research base for six state and federal agencies and also

2891-556: The state's top earner in research funding for over 50 years. OSU is also one of the top five doctoral university destinations in the nation for Fulbright Scholars (2022–2023). The university's roots date to 1856, when it was founded as a primary and preparatory community school known as Corvallis Academy. The school's first administrator and teacher was John Wesley Johnson , a famous figure in Oregon higher education. Johnson received his secondary education in Corvallis and his undergraduate from Pacific University before working at

2950-552: The state. Programs include 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources (includes OSU Master Gardener ), Family and Community Health/SNAP-Ed , Forestry and Natural Resources , OSU Open Campus, K-12 Outdoor School , and Oregon Sea Grant . Together with university leaders, the Oregon State University Foundation publicly launched Oregon State's first comprehensive fundraising campaign, The Campaign for OSU, on October 26, 2007, with

3009-471: The teams the "Rainbow Wāhine" with "wāhine" being Hawaiian for women. Both the men's and the women's teams have long been known as the "Rainbows" or merely the "'Bows." A controversial change in 2000 allowed each team to pick its own team name; the football, men's volleyball, golf, and tennis teams became the Warriors, while the men's basketball and swimming & diving teams remained Rainbow Warriors, and

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3068-626: The third BCS non-AQ team to play in a BCS bowl game, having faced Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 2008, losing to Georgia 41-10. Hawaiʻi was ranked 10th and UGA ranked 5th in the nation. Hawaiʻi was the only undefeated team of the 2007 season, before losing in the Sugar Bowl in January 2008. The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wāhine softball team is the NCAA Division I college softball team for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. They are currently coached by Bob Coolen . The team has made one appearance in

3127-497: The university with a more central location, in the state's largest city, to maintain a base of operations. Aside from offices, the second floor also provides classroom space for teaching, research and meeting space for outreach engagement - similar to the work at OSU's other campuses in Corvallis and Bend. Executives and university scientists working on major initiatives, such as the Marine Studies Initiative, use

3186-515: The university. In 2023, over 37,000 students were enrolled at OSU – making it the largest university in the state. Out-of-state students typically make up over one-quarter of the student body. Since its founding, over 272,000 students have graduated from OSU. The university is classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an R1: Doctoral University with very high research activity. Chartered as

3245-674: The women's beach volleyball team, while still officially "Rainbow Wāhine," generally uses "SandBows" (now colloquially known as BeachBows ). The Hawaiʻi men's teams competed as independents until joining the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 1979. The women's teams were independents until joining the Pacific Coast Athletic Association in 1985, with that conference rebranding as the Big West Conference in 1988. In 1996,

3304-717: The women's teams joined the men in the WAC. In July 2012, most of the school's teams moved from the WAC to the women's former league, the Big West Conference. Since the Big West does not sponsor football, the Rainbow Warriors became affiliate members of the Mountain West Conference . Teams in sports not sponsored by the Big West compete as members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . In October 2024, Hawai’i announced that it will be joining

3363-410: The world, its agricultural sciences program in the top 50 worldwide, and its earth sciences, ecology and water resources program among the top 100 worldwide. Agriculture and forestry at Oregon State University rank 26th in the world (11th in the U.S.), according to QS World University Rankings in 2021. In 2012, ECONorthwest conducted an economic impact analysis that found that each year OSU has

3422-533: Was approved in 2023. The complex will include 70+ studio-style apartments and a small number of two-bedroom apartments near the Newport campus. All academic courses at OSU operate under the quarter-system, which breaks down into four, 11-week terms. The professional disciplines taught at OSU are divided among 11 colleges, an honors college, and a graduate school. Each college has a dean who is responsible for all faculty, staff, students and academic programs. Colleges are divided into schools or departments, administered by

3481-530: Was first offered in the early 1930s, with the conferral of four Doctor of Philosophy degrees in 1935. That year also saw the creation of the first summer session. The growing diversity in degrees offered by the college led leaders to adopt the name "Oregon State College" in 1937. The name Oregon State University was adopted on March 6, 1961, by a legislative act signed into law by Governor Mark Hatfield . . The 420-acre (170 ha), tree-lined main campus serves as an internationally recognized arboretum and

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