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College of Forestry Senior to Speak at Commencement Dinner

Each spring, Provost Sabah Randhawa invites OSU Academic Deans to nominate graduating seniors to speak at the Commencement Dinner hosted by President Ed Ray. This year’s senior is none other than the College of Forestry’s Todd Bertwell! Todd is a Forest Management student who was selected to speak out of every nomination University-wide. The College of Forestry is very proud. He will speak at the dinner on Saturday, June 15 about what Oregon State University has meant to him and his life. Congratulations, Todd!

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OSU College of Forestry Senior Receives State Award

At the 2013 annual meeting of the Oregon Society of American Foresters (OSAF), Gary Batliner, a senior in forest management in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University (OSU), received the 2012-13 OSU Outstanding Student Award.

Finding hope where facts and values intersect

Meet Michael P. Nelson, Ruth H. Spaniol Chair of Renewable Resources and Lead Principal Investigator for the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. When Michael talks about his work, he mentions carcasses and cadavers to a startling degree — startling because Nelson is not a physician or a veterinarian or even a biologist. He’s a philosopher.

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22May2013

Designing a Strand Orientation Pattern for Improved Shear Properties of Oriented Strand Board

Speaker:  Kenton Alldritt, MS Dual Major Candidate in Wood Science and Civil Engineering. Abstract:  http://tinyurl.com/c95l664…
23May2013

PhD Dissertation Defense: Rene Zamora, "Economic Optimization of Forest Biomass Processing and Transport" Major Professor: John Sessions

PhD Dissertation Defense:  Rene Zamora, "Economic Optimization of Forest Biomass Processing and Transport"  Major Professor:  John…
28May2013

Oregon's Grove of the States Arboretum: Managing and Restoring a Cultural Resource

Brad Hamel, MF project presentation in Urban Forestry Major professor: Paul Ries…
29May2013

Effects of BMP Procedures on Migration of Metals from Preservative-treated Douglas-fir Lumber

Speaker:  Min (Jessie) Ye, MS Candidate in Wood Science - Department of Wood Science & Engineering Abstract:  To Be Provided…
30May2013

Starker Lecture -- Forest Biomass: Energy and Beyond

Visit forest biomass production sites and energy facilities in the Benton and Lane County areas.  The discussion will include on-the-ground facility supply and processing considerations, including the technical, environmental, and economic. …