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Alumni Features HDFS

Graduate turns practicum into career helping Corvallis homeless

Regan Benitez, BS ’21, always knew she wanted to work with people and make a difference. A practicum working with the homeless gave her the chance.

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Alumni Features Students

Scholarships support work that matters – and those who get it done

Barbara and Dave Underriner, ’81, recently created the first endowed public health scholarship in the CPHHS at Oregon State University, providing funding to students to reduce the financial barrier to obtaining their degree.

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Alumni Features HDFS

Ex-Beavers running back worked toward his HDFS degree online while playing in the NFL

Jacquizz Rodgers, former Beaver football player and NFL running back, recently graduated with a degree in human development and family sciences

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Alumni Features Public Health

Public health + vet med

Oregon State alum Ryan Scholz draws on public health training in job as state veterinarian

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You don’t know what you don’t know

Rebecca Hernandez, Ph.D. ’05, felt prepared when she enrolled at Oregon State’s College of Public Health and Human Sciences. And so she should. She was bringing along years of experience from previous institutions and experience in the field as a practitioner.

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Alumni Public Health

Public health doctoral alumnus investigates environmental influences on children’s health

Andres Cardenas’s training in environmental and occupational health from Oregon State will help him find the answers