Oregon Tech Health Arts and Sciences

On the 23rd of November, Junior dental hygiene student, Carson Weaver, was presented with the Dennis Muir Award of Excellence. Sue Sanzi-Schaedel, Chair of the Oregon Dental Hygienist’s Association Dennis Muir Scholarship Committee presented the award in person. She was nominated by DH faculty last spring and received a monetary award this summer.
Link below describes the award:
https://ordha.memberclicks.net/dennis-muir-scholarship-and-awards-of-excellence

Congratulations, Carson!! well-deserved!

Congratulations Will and Cody!

See what our EMS department hosted over the weekend!

AMR hosts clinical safety competition at Oregon Institute of Technology American Medical Response (AMR) hosted a dynamic Clinical Safety Competition on Saturday at the Oregon Institute of Technology's Portland Metro Campus.

In BIO 216 class students performed physical exams on the horses, and learned basic techniques when working with horses, husbandry, and they also had a chance to walk a horse in the arena or ride the horse! So many fun opportunities at Oregon Tech!

STEM students from OIT bring science to life at local elementary school: Kyra Morris, a Renewable Energy Engineering major, and Isaias Peña, a graduate student in the Biomedical Masters program, partnered to host a STEM Night at Roosevelt Elementary School. The event featured hands-on science activities aimed at sparking curiosity and building connections between college students and young learners in the community. Driven by a shared passion for inspiring a love of STEM in youth, the organizers aimed to make science engaging, approachable, and fun.

Sophomore students learning to manage medical emergencies.

We had an incredible visit from Brixner Junior High’s functional skills class this past week where we did some Lego activities and then they were treated to some science demonstrations with Professor Travis Owen.

Last week Junior Dental Hygiene students did a dental materials lab session. They were taking impressions on each other and making impression models.

The communication faculty and students attended the 49th Annual Northwest Communication Association (NWCA) this past week. Some notable accomplishments include:
Student Research Presentations: Kiana (KJ) Jacobson and Addison Brown (left to right) presented their research projects.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kevin Brown reflected on his 40 years of attending NWCA and provided insight and inspiration that communication scholars should provide expertise and guidance to their local community.
Program Planner Success: Dr. Matt Schnackenberg completed his year as Vice President of the association and conducted program planning for the annual conference.
Faculty Top Paper: Drs. Richards, Brown (left to right), and Koehn (not pictured; former Oregon Tech faculty) received the conference Top Faculty Paper award.
Sharing Pedagogy & Embracing OER: Andie Fultz and Markie Scheidegger and Drs. McCracken, Richards, Grimshaw, and Schnackenberg presented innovative teaching activities, the value of Open Education Resources (OER), and various research projects.

These are students in a microbiology course for the medical lab science program. Students were asked to display organisms on their cookies. We love to see interactive and fun classes!

Give A Hoot Day starts April 9th!

You’ll have 36-hours to support the cause at Oregon Tech that you’re passionate about. Whether it’s your department, student club, athletics team, scholarship, or program, it’s our time to rally together and raise funds that impact students!

GIVE
You can double the impact of your donation on Give A Hoot Day – every dollar counts and impacts students. Some favorite ways to give are:
Online: Visit oit.edu/give to give via our online donation form.
Payroll Deduct Form: Fill out our newly launched online e-form to donate!

COMPETE
Exciting new challenges have been released! You can check out all of them on the landing page.
Hoot For A Cause (Sponsored by Drs. Nagi and Kasturi Naganathan): All funds will be competing for an additional $1000 for most donors and $500 for most money raised within 4 bigger categories: Academics/Admin/Programs, Scholarships, Athletics, and Student Clubs & Support. Every Hoot Counts!

SHARE
Spread the word to your network via email, social media, and the Give A Hoot Day donation page.
Leverage this advocate toolkit to craft your fundraising strategy and find templates for social media and email.
Fill out this form to feature your fund, or what you’re raising money for, on the donation page. We will also send you a link that has the fund/designation prefilled to give your supporters!

VISIT
Dutch Bros is offering $1 per drink donated back to Oregon Tech at all 5 locations in Klamath Falls. What’s a better excuse to treat yourself on a Wednesday??
On campus, students, faculty, and staff are joining together to fundraise – stop by to grab some sweet treats, swag, and play some games!
Klamath Falls: College Union
Portland-Metro: Main Lobby