INSTAWORTHY @osucascades Students frolicked in the snow early this year at OSU-Cascades in Bend. @oregonstate A record crowd filled Gill Coliseum for Beaver Wrestling. @beavergym The always-amazing Jade Carey surpassed 100 career event titles this February. 18 ForOregonState.org/Stater N EwS A LIVING, SHREDDING CLASSROOM SNOWBOARD COMPANY TRANSFORMED INTO HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE. By Oregon Stater staff OSU-Cascades students drawn to the snowy slopes of Mt. Bachelor will soon be able to experience first-hand what operating an outdoor products company is like. The founders of Bend-based SnoPlanks have donated their snowboard business to OSU-Cascades, to create a unique hands-on learning opportunity. “We’re extremely grateful for the doors this extraordinary gift will open for OSU-Cascades students and faculty, transforming how they approach learning and teaching with experiences that can also help attract and retain students,” said Sherm Bloomer, chancellor and dean of OSU-Cascades. The student-run company is expected to draw from OSU-Cascades’ undergraduate business; engineering; outdoor products; and arts, me- dia and technology programs. A cross-disciplinary faculty team, jointly sponsored by OSU-Cascades and OSU’s College of Business, has developed a model for how students will take part in the operation and growth of the for-profit venture. The ۄ SnoPlanks’ snowboards are carried by national resellers and have been featured in Outside Magazine and Snowboarder. COURTESY OF SNOPLANKS
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