Impact

Whether they come from private individuals, charitable foundations, or business partners, recent gifts to OSU are making a major impact on students, Oregon, and the world.

For students: Scholarships for future healthcare providers

This spring OSU received gifts from the estate of Frances Cripps in support of the Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Student Support Endowment Fund. Gifts from this late friend (pictured right with Biochemistry and Biophysics teacher Kevin Ahern) now total more than $5 million. Each year the fund provides scholarships to more than 20 students in the College of Science who are interested in the life sciences and careers related to human health. The Cripps Fund directly supports a signature area of distinction identified in OSU's recently updated Strategic Plan: Improving Human Health and Wellness.

For Oregon: Resources for rural communities

OSU is currently accumulating research grants and contracts at a rate that is $18 million ahead of last year's pace. A $115,000 private grant, announced this spring, from the Seattle-based Bullitt Foundation will support an Institute for Natural Resources project to help rural communities in the Pacific Northwest develop ecosystem service markets. The INR project is aimed at enhancing rural economies and sustainability while promoting wise stewardship of the natural world.

For the world: Free software for users around the globe

TDS Telecommunications Corp. has made a bandwidth donation to OSU's Open Source Lab worth more than $1.4 million, bringing its cumulative contributions to the lab to nearly $3.4 million. The TDS gift represents 600 megabits of bandwidth being provided over three years, equivalent to about two-thirds of OSU's total current capacity for Internet access. The Open Source Lab hosts some of the world's largest and most far-reaching open source efforts, used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

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