Portland-Metro

Thanks to the generosity of both individuals and organizations, the Oregon Tech Foundation proudly hosted the annual Scholarship Awards Banquet for 2019-2020, awarding a record $845,000 in scholarships for this academic year

Providing immediate investment in the initiative, Sky Lakes recently announced a generous gift of $200,000 to Oregon Tech in support of the DPT program. Approval by HECC allows the university to apply for approval from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education

In support of those students who are the first in their families to attend college, Oregon Tech participated in a nationwide event, First-Generation College Celebration, on Nov. 8.

The Energy-Environment Future Summit, which attracted more than 120 practitioners, academic experts and students in the field, focused on issues facing leadership and communities in planning for and delivering renewable and other energy in the context of effective environmental management

New freshmen in fall 2019 increased more than 14 percent from 2018, the largest freshman class increase in 30 years; and this is on top of a fairly large increase of 9 percent in the same category last year

The Board approved the appointment of a new board chair, vice chair, and welcomed a new board member in the student position

Oregon Tech ranks 179th in the nation out of 4,500 colleges and universities for 40-year return on investment and as the highest earning graduates of any four-year Oregon university

Sponsorship of area high school business clubs kicks off Diploma to Degree program

The Oregon Tech Traffic Bowl team earns a second place finish in the Institute of Transportation Engineers Traffic Bowl

Civil Engineering students Kayla de Hoop and Karah McCulley awarded scholarships from the Asphalt Pavement Association of Oregon (APAO) Educational Foundation