Oregon State University to host college affordability summit, including panel with state leaders

By Sean Nealon, 541-737-0787, [email protected]

Source: Steve Clark, 541-737-3808, [email protected]

This news release is available online: https://beav.es/S54

Photos of Oregon State’s Corvallis campus: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAdwfb

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University will host a summit on March 7 about making college more affordable and accessible.

The summit includes a panel discussion with legislative and state higher education leaders addressing college affordability in Oregon that takes place from 9:15 to 10 a.m.

Panelists include Ben Cannon, executive director of the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission, and State Representative John Lively, who chairs the House Higher Education Committee. Oregon State Provost and Executive Vice President Ed Feser will host the discussion.

The remainder of the event will feature 10-minute presentations from OSU speakers on affordability resources, initiatives and programs. Topics include an online humanities degree focused on affordability; how corporations can pay for an employee’s education; and how to best support students who are also parents.

The free event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Memorial Union Horizon Room on the Corvallis campus. It will also be livestreamed on Zoom.

To see the full agenda and to register to attend the summit visit: https://beav.es/Sir.

The event is sponsored by Ecampus, Oregon State’s online education program, and the OSU Office of Academic Affairs.

About Oregon State University: As one of only three universities in the nation designated as a land, sea, space and sun grant institution, Oregon State serves Oregon and the world by working on today’s most pressing issues. Our more than 35,000 students come from across the globe, and our programs operate in every Oregon county. Oregon State receives more research funding than all of the state’s comprehensive public universities combined. At our campuses in Corvallis and Bend, marine research center in Newport and top-ranked Ecampus online degree programs, we excel at shaping today’s students into tomorrow’s leaders.

On-campus TV and radio services: Oregon State University is equipped with on-campus television and radio studios/services that can be used by journalists. Live or live-to-tape broadcast television and radio interviews can be conducted using Vyvx, Zoom, Webex or Comrex (IP Audio). Oregon State staff can also gather b-roll and coordinate live-to-tape interviews on locations throughout campus. For radio, Oregon State’s Comrex (IP Audio) provides a broadcast-quality audio feed.