Commencement Season is Here
The commencement schedule begins with graduation at Boeing on Thursday, June 8. The next day, we travel back to Portland for an exercise there. It is the 20th commencement for our Portland programs and is a real milestone. There are currently 628 students who have petitioned for graduation for the three upcoming ceremonies.
In Klamath Falls, graduation is set for Saturday, June 17. Martha Ackmann will be the keynote speaker. She is a member of the Gender Studies Department at Mount Holyoke College, and author of The Mercury 13. She is nationally known as an author and journalist. Her work is inspiring. She brings previously untold history to light. I am sure this will be a memorable commencement address. Her Web site is http://marthaackmann.com/.
We will see our first Geographic Information Science minor presented at the Klamath Falls commencement to Bill Morgan. He’s created a couple of wonderful animated maps – one of Crater Lake and the other of campus. We are hoping to use the animation of campus on OIT’s Web site. It’s very good to see our students doing such professional work. Bill also created an interactive map of Klamath Basin birding trails. You can access it at http://www.klamathbirdingtrails.com/Map.html.
Speaking of students, I want to make sure to congratulate Oregon Tech senior outfielder Derek Bodeen who was selected to the 2006 All-Region I Baseball team by a vote of the Region I coaches. The softball team also received honors.
Amanda Doherty was selected Region I Player of the Year. Jenni Bittle shared the Co-Pitcher of the Year with Melissa Oddie of Simon Fraser, British Columbia. Lisa Erwert and Kelsi Haylett were also named to the All-Region I team, and coach Greg Stewart was honored as Region I Coach of the Year.
I’m off to meet with a delegation visiting from China’s Honghe University, Yunnan Province. We are discussing opportunities for students from OIT and Honghe to have educational experiences abroad. I appreciate the efforts of Dr. Wangping Sun in facilitating this invigorating discussion.
Talk to you again next week.
In Klamath Falls, graduation is set for Saturday, June 17. Martha Ackmann will be the keynote speaker. She is a member of the Gender Studies Department at Mount Holyoke College, and author of The Mercury 13. She is nationally known as an author and journalist. Her work is inspiring. She brings previously untold history to light. I am sure this will be a memorable commencement address. Her Web site is http://marthaackmann.com/.
We will see our first Geographic Information Science minor presented at the Klamath Falls commencement to Bill Morgan. He’s created a couple of wonderful animated maps – one of Crater Lake and the other of campus. We are hoping to use the animation of campus on OIT’s Web site. It’s very good to see our students doing such professional work. Bill also created an interactive map of Klamath Basin birding trails. You can access it at http://www.klamathbirdingtrails.com/Map.html.
Speaking of students, I want to make sure to congratulate Oregon Tech senior outfielder Derek Bodeen who was selected to the 2006 All-Region I Baseball team by a vote of the Region I coaches. The softball team also received honors.
Amanda Doherty was selected Region I Player of the Year. Jenni Bittle shared the Co-Pitcher of the Year with Melissa Oddie of Simon Fraser, British Columbia. Lisa Erwert and Kelsi Haylett were also named to the All-Region I team, and coach Greg Stewart was honored as Region I Coach of the Year.
I’m off to meet with a delegation visiting from China’s Honghe University, Yunnan Province. We are discussing opportunities for students from OIT and Honghe to have educational experiences abroad. I appreciate the efforts of Dr. Wangping Sun in facilitating this invigorating discussion.
Talk to you again next week.
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