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CORVALLIS, Ore. — More than 3,700 graduates took part in Oregon State University’s commencement ceremony on Saturday at OSU’s Reser Stadium.
A total of 7,338, students graduated this year from OSU’s Corvallis campus, Ecampus and OSU-Cascades in Bend. The Corvallis ceremony began at 10:30 a.m. and celebrated the university’s 154th graduating class.
The commencement speaker was Dr. Charity Dean, OSU alumna, CEO of the Public Health Company and former co-chair of the state of California’s COVID-19 testing task force. She offered this advice to assembled graduates:
“This is the lesson I have learned: We become the stories we tell. It’s a frightening thought but it’s true: You will become the story you tell about yourself. But it’s also hopeful: you have a choice.
“As you go out from here, OSU graduating class of 2023, you are setting out to tell a story. I know that every one of you can tell it wisely. I know that every one of you can tell it well. But I also know that you cannot avoid telling it, and that the version you choose will shape you.”
Media may use the following materials for stories about commencement:
- News release with graduation statistics: https://beav.es/TU9
- Photos and video of commencement: https://oregonstate.app.box.com/s/7oy6rapvu807wz9kluubaw6t561dj7eu
About Oregon State University: As one of only three land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the nation, 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, OSU Portland Center and award-winning Ecampus, we excel at shaping today’s students into tomorrow’s leaders.
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