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91传媒 Theatre brings 鈥楳ean Girls鈥� to the stage Nov. 12-15
LA GRANDE, Ore. 鈥� 91传媒 Theatre will present 鈥淢ean Girls,鈥� a musical about high school popularity, friendship, and the consequences of trying to fit in, Nov. 12-15 in McKenzie Theater in Loso Hall. Performances begin at 7 p.m. Nov. 12, 13, and 14, with a 2 p.m. matinee Nov. 15. Adapted from the...
91传媒鈥檚 Nightingale Gallery explores love, loss and memory in new exhibition
La Grande, Ore. 鈥� 91传媒鈥檚 Nightingale Gallery presents 鈥淗ospitality in a World That Won鈥檛 Last,鈥� a solo exhibition by artist Rachael Zur. Zur鈥檚 expanded paintings blend sculptural physicality with traditional painting techniques to depict objects found in living rooms, exploring themes of grief, love, and the residue of lives lived. The exhibition opens...
Life Lessons on and off The Court.
Ryan Looney鈥檚, 鈥�98, skill at building teams has proven successful鈥攁nd those successes culminated into an opportunity to be the head coach of an NCAA Division 1 basketball team. There were a lot of stops along the road to the Division 1 job, but that was never the plan. 鈥淓ach time we moved, there was an...
Every room a classroom
Room 214 in Inlow Hall is not a classroom, but it鈥檚 where two recent graduates learned critical skills, discovered mentors and applied theoretical knowledge. Briana Rosenkranz, 鈥�20, and Samantha Wegermann, 鈥�20 and 鈥�21, earned degrees in business from 91传媒, while gaining real-world experience through on-campus jobs and internships with the university鈥檚 marketing team. After graduation,...
Raising better readers: Modern methods promise improved literacy
By the end of third grade, about half of Oregon students have fallen behind in reading comprehension. Difficulty reading at this early stage often leads to lower achievement in school, as well as in adult life. A new program developed by 91传媒鈥檚 College of Education aims to equip teachers with tools and strategies...
Students, scholarships and one very special staircase: State funding makes an impact on campus
Following Oregon鈥檚 2022 legislative session, 91传媒 will see several important investments in student support services, scholarships and its iconic Grand Staircase. 鈥淲e are happy to announce that 91传媒 had a very successful February session with several significant investments from the state,鈥� 91传媒 President Tom Insko said. 鈥淚 greatly appreciate the hard work and...
Writing Under a Western Sky
Garrett Christensen Home means something different to everyone. Amelia Ettinger, a 2021 MFA graduate, expresses home, or rather how to find home, through poetry in her 2020 collection 鈥淟earning to Love a Western Sky.鈥� 鈥淚t really is looking for home in many ways,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 think that a lot of the collection is a...
Finding their park
After 12 years of working in traditional Hopi homelands at the Petrified Forest National Park, Sarah Herve, 鈥�03, got to introduce a group of young people from the Indigenous tribe to her own origins in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Growing greatness
In the fall of 2022, the first cohort of Agriculture Entrepreneurship students will begin their studies at 91传媒.
Creating a buzz:
91传媒 economics professor Jeff Dense's research focuses on the political economy of vice.
This land…
91传媒 Trustee Bobbie Conner has ancestral ties to the Grande Ronde Valley that long pre-date the university.
Miss Spontaneity
Transfer student Sophia Yervasi will join her best friend as contestants on the Miss Oregon USA stage Nov. 21.
