Oregon State alumni are health navigators, helping Lincoln School students and their families get health insurance through Healthy Kids, an expansion of the Oregon Health Plan.
Category: Alumni
“For both of us, education is our highest priority,” Jennylee ’59 home economics education says, describing the $7,000 gift of stock that she and her husband, Greg ’58 engineering, gave to the Hallie Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families.
Jordann Henkelman ’04 was an active student at OSU, volunteering with the Student Dietetic Association and as president and advocate for SPEDA – Students Promoting Eating Disorder Awareness. Those experiences helped shape Jordann’s career path that started with her 12-month dietetic internship at Oregon Health and Sciences University.
“As an alum of Oregon State and a gerontology educator for the past 30 years, I am so proud of my alma mater’s strong involvement and increasing national-level visibility in gerontology education and research…”
Celia gazes out the arched window of the Women’s Building as a breeze catches red and yellow leaves swirling against a vivid blue fall sky. “I see things differently now, Even simple fall colors mean more,” says the courageous survivor of breast cancer.
“I have always been keenly aware of the nutrition needs of children and the plight of abused children,” says Elizabeth Menashe ’57 nutrition and food management. Giving knowledge and service back to her community has been a lifelong practice. Elizabeth recently made a $25,000 pledge to the College of Health and Human Sciences.