For Ariko Iso, a stint with one of the NFL’s perennial powerhouses may have only been a path to achieve her ultimate goal.
Category: Alumni
Birth Knowledge
As a midwife in Eugene, Ore., Bonnie Ruder has overseen more than 150 successful homebirths. When she leaves for Uganda with her family in November, she will be investigating circumstances when things don’t go so well.

OSU alumna and Oregon native Connie Weaver was awarded the Linus Pauling Prize for Health Research at the biennial Diet and Optimum Health Conference held on campus
In June, OSU alum Ariko Iso (’93) returned to the Beavers to become the Head Football Athletic Trainer. It makes Iso, 40, only the third female football trainer at the Division I level.
Community Conscience

Alumnae Lauren Fein has found her passion and her purpose in public health. She’s working with the OSU Extension Service in Hood River, relishing the ‘can do’ attitude of this rural community.

Athlete and scholar Krista Stengl was inspired by her professor and mentor Kate MacTavish. “She’s passionate about what she teaches and she cares about students.”