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Alumni Nutrition

Rhonda Smythe ‘08, Nutrition and Dietetics

After living in Oregon my entire life, I wanted to see firsthand how the rest of the country eats and how their relationships and behaviors with food are different.

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Alumni Kinesiology

Kerri Vanderbom: World champion water skier, PhD student, Gatorade rep

“It wasn’t really until junior high that I felt any awkwardness,” says Kerri Vanderbom whose older sister Mari and brother Tobi taught her to play baseball, basketball and cruise around their neighborhood.

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Alumni Public Health

Lindsay Boyce in Swaziland: Expect the unexpected

Her eyes still tear up as she tells the story of the woman who brought her 15-year-old son to the remote village clinic. “He was very sick with rheumatic fever – he couldn’t walk, he had a high fever and was in a lot of pain, and he needed help immediately or he was going to die,”

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Alumni Public Health

Kelley Carter Kaiser ’93, ‘99: Public Health alum named Corvallis’ Junior First Citizen

Growing up I knew I wanted to be in the health care field and I also knew I did not want to be a clinician. I started my time at OSU in the Business School and then switched to Public Health my junior year. I chose to focus on health care administration – a perfect area for me as I got to use both my business skills and public health skills.

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Alumni

C. Joanne Grabinski ’63, gerontology educator and author looks back

“Fifty years ago this fall, a dream came true for me as I began my freshman year in the College of Home Economics at Oregon State,” wrote Joanne Grabinski ’63 recently.

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Alumni

Centenarian is celebrated for life of service, philanthropy

Centenarian Barbara (Burtis) Peck ’32, should have a penny for every life she’s changed, every community she’s touched, every legacy she’s left.