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Tera Stegner: Serving with purpose

Tera Stegner has a heart for the elderly in Corvallis, the college town she’s come to know and love since transferring to Oregon State her junior year to study gerontology, part of the Human Development and Family Sciences program in the CPHHS.

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Alumni

The world at her fingertips; Home Ec alumna channels her roots

College of Home Economics (now College of Public Health and Human Sciences) alumna C. Joanne (Huffman) Grabinski, ’63, is taking a new direction in life, and channeling her Home Ec roots through needlepoint art.

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Jean Wells: The art of reinvention

As a home economics major at Oregon State in the ‘60s, sewing classes were her favorite. While her dream was to become a fashion designer, Wells enjoyed the diversity of her courses within the home economics department.

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Public Health

Public health students plan Latino community soccer tournament, health fair

¡Campeones de Salud! will feature a soccer tournament for all ages as well as a health resource fair, exercise classes, bike tour, scavenger hunt for kids and various other health-promoting activities.

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GSA appoints CPHHS grad student to international task force

CPHHS doctoral candidate Han-Jung Ko (Koko) has been appointed to serve on the Gerontological Society of America’s Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization’s International Task Force.

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Video: IMPACT for Life creates friendships through group fitness

Adults with disabilities in the Corvallis community now have a unique opportunity to exercise – while making friends – at IMPACT for Life’s new group fitness classes.