Spring2024 19 1. Pelican Girls By Julia Malye, MFA ’17 In 1720, three women, Charlotte, Pétronille and Geneviève, are among nearly 100 taken from Paris’ overcrowded La Salpêtrière asylum and sent to marry French settlers in what’s now Louisiana. Over the course of their voyage, they become close friends. Pelican Girls, Julia Malye’s American literary debut, is a sweeping historical epic about female friendships and colonialism. Malye, an acclaimed writer and translator, is the recipient of several French literary prizes. Learn more: bit.ly/pelican-girls. 2. First Meal By Julie Green, professor, School of Visual, Performing and Design Arts, and Kirk Johnson This was the final work of the late Green, an artist well known for her work exploring issues of criminal justice and the death penalty. Through painting and essay, her collaboration with Johnson, a former New York Times journalist, presents portraits of the first meals of wrongly convicted people after their release. Learn more: beav.es/first-meal. 3. Making the Unseen Visible By Jacob Darwin Hamblin, professor, School of History, Philosophy and Religion, and Linda Marie Richards, Ph.D. ’14 Combining science, history and testimony, this collection uses scholarly research and essays drawn from the OSU Downwinders Project to look at nuclear contamination and its effects. Learn more: beav.es/unseen. 4. Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley By David G. Lewis, assistant professor, School of Language, Culture, and Society This illustrated history of Willamette Valley Indigenous peoples uses oral histories, federal records, photographs and maps to center Native voices and perspectives. Learn more: bit.ly/tribal-histories. 1 2 4 3 BOOKS BY BEAVERS “Brings to light a heretofore largely untold story of courage and resilience. It should be required reading for all who want to understand the true history of Oregon.” — Kerry Tymchuk, Boyle Family Executive Director of the Oregon Historical Society TRIBAL HISTORIES OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY DAVID G. LEWIS “Brings to light a heretofore largely untold story of courage and resilience. Required reading for all who want to understand the true history of Oregon.” — Kerry Tymchuk, Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society inaugural student leadership team is now working on the company’s reinvention as an OSU snowboard brand, with the 2025 product line anticipated to go to market this fall. SnoPlanks Academy, as it will be called, “reflects the dynamism of the Bend business community and OSU-Cascades — entrepreneurial, clever, cross-disciplinary and supportive,” said Tim Carroll, the Sara Hart Kimball Dean of College of Business. “SnoPlanks founders James Nicol and Ryan Holmes have already inspired OSU-Cascades students with their vision, and we are grateful for the chance to develop this platform — for business and learning.” Entrepreneurs Nicol and Holmes got the idea to turn their business creating sustainable, high-performance powder boards into a studentrun experience after serving as guest lecturers in business instructor Todd Laurence’s classes. Each time they spoke, they were surrounded afterwards by students eager to intern and work at the company. “This is the next, best possible chapter for SnoPlanks,” said Nicol, “to pass the brand along to future generations and see its reinvention. Our goal is to continue building a positive community, and to help transform opportunities for teaching and learning at OSU-Cascades.” IN PRINT L E A R N I N G SNOPLANKS ACADEMY, AS IT WILL BE CALLED, REFLECTS THE DYNAMISM OF THE BEND BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OSU-CASCADES.
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