Be indispensable

Named one of Portland’s “40 under 40” in finance by the Portland Business Journal, Scott Christianson reflected on his road to success and the importance of giving back.

Setting students up for success

Anita Winn ‘79 wasn’t sure what she wanted to study when she arrived at Oregon State as a first- year student. Her epiphany came in class, when a buyer from Macy’s spoke about his career. Winn listened, and was sold.

Financial Quick-Stop for Families and Students

Fall 2023: What’s been going on this term? 

What's been going on this term? Plenty! Another best in class Career Fair – and much more. Here are some quick highlights for you to catch glimpse of a day in the life of your college student!

What Can I Expect When My College Student Gets Home?

Campus Connection: Fall Term at the College of Business

Connecting you with the resources you need is part of what we do together to support your student. First up is a guide to the health and wellness services available to your student while at OSU. As well, we’re upping our links to our FERPA information to help you get familiar with the rights and privacy we grant every student.

Kernutt Stokes and Moss Adams establish endowed accounting scholarships in the College of Business

The College of Business is grateful and excited to have received scholarship funds from two of our most valued industry partners.

Marneli Pascacio: Expressing her gratitude

Senior Marneli Pascacio says “¡Vamos Beavs!” and expresses her thanks for the scholarship that is helping fund her fall term in Spain.

Kelsey Landforce swapped C-suite aspirations with owning a business

After Kelsey Landforce became a mom, she wanted to design her own career. So she became a business owner.

Striving for diversity in Portland’s creative business

In the summer of 2020, longtime Portland designer Audrey Desler was paying attention to promises creative, advertising and marketing agencies made to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion and create positive change.

Hire an Intern, Celebrate National Intern Day

National Intern Day comes once a year – always the last Thursday in July – and this year we celebrate on July 27. At that moment, on that day, students across the country – not just our OSU College Business students! – have crossed the halfway point on a career-defining experience: their summer internship.

Launch Academy Earns Top Prizes at InventOR

The entrepreneurs from Launch Academy, the incubator program run through OSU’s InnovationX brought home top honors and prize money at the 2023 Invent Oregon Collegiate Challenge.

College of Business Celebration of Achievement 2023 – Dean Carroll Remarks

Something inspirational about the College of Business, and about higher education, is that we are all choosing to be here. We choose higher education because we are passionate about serving others and teaching students to do the same.

Mallory Strand: On the Importance of Trying Everything

"I am so thankful for the career-enriching opportunities to connect with industry professionals at Austin Hall – and beyond. I'm looking forward to bringing my merchandising expertise and management skills to this new opportunity. I am enthusiastic about participating and having a positive impact on the company and my community. I can't wait to see what the future holds!"

Trent Daiuto ’09, ’23 Adds MBA to his List of Accomplishments

After ten years in the U.S. Navy as an aviator and flight instructor and a career he describes as “progressively increasing responsibility and direct organizational leadership in the maintenance and management of multi-million dollar aircraft assets,” Daiuto turned to his graduate degree.

Becca Ziegler Curates a Portfolio of Experience, Opportunity

"I am most proud of all the opportunities that I have been able to take part in that have put me outside of my comfort zone. I've gotten to grow personally and professionally through taking on new experiences that challenged my normal."

Cyndi Latorre Makes Lasting Contribution to MBA Program

Cyndi Latorre '23, MBA Organizational Leadership, has made a lasting contribution to the college during her studies, but she also takes away a rich set of skills for herself.

Betty Pasewe: Recognition, Prestige, Validation – and Future Success

“My college journey required me to adjust to the goals I wanted to achieve, which meant practicing habits that would be conducive to a successful career. I am proud of the person I have become in this time ... I have learned a lot about myself.”

With One Social Post, Jacob Teeny Turns to Entrepreneurship

"My goal was to teach engineering to high-school students, and I had been working as an engineer for a few years already in high school."

J.D. Power Fellow Leslie Kruempel Prepares for Leadership

"I think it’s important for women on the pathway to leadership to be confident in their abilities and contributions to their organizations. There are several ways to build this confidence: through formal and informal education, mentorship, peer support, and the best teacher of them all… practice!"

Rylee Henderer: From Demolition to Two Design Degrees

In just days now, Henderer earns two bachelor’s degrees – a B.S. in Interior Design and a B.S. in Design and Innovation Management – as well as a minor in family business. And then she returns to work full time for the family business, Henderer Design + Build.

Consistency pays off for finance graduate Ryan Hogan

Investing since the age of 13, OSIG alum and finance grad Ryan Hogan '23 has this advice: Consistency, not dramatic changes, is what counts in investing and life.

Jack Lundgren Ready for Teamwork, New Places

"I'm most proud of the many friends and acquaintances I've made here at OSU over the years. I have built connections and learned from a diverse background of people, something that would have been difficult without my enrollment in the College of Business, and I'm proud of the personal growth that has come as a consequence of that."

Finding a true north

With his company HundredX, Rob Pace ‘84, might have cracked a difficult code: how to make sure a business does well while it does good in the world.