PHOTO BY KAI CASEY BEAVER BRAGS 6 -million-year-old ice — the oldest ever directly dated — was discovered in East Antarctica by researchers with COLDEX, a collaboration of 15 U.S. institutions led by OSU. 100 YEARS of stewardship of the McDonald Research Forest, north of Corvallis, is what Oregon State’s College of Forestry is celebrating this year. ORGANIZING FOR OSU THE BEAVER CAUCUS MARKS 10 YEARS OF ADVOCACY IN SALEM AND BEYOND. By Caley Henderson For the past 10 years, the Beaver Caucus has helped Oregon State University supporters make their voices heard in the halls of government. What began as an effort to organize OSU’s influence in state policymaking has grown into a coalition that includes students, employees, alumni, donors and experts in the legislative process — all focused on advancing OSU’s priorities through coordinated advocacy. When the Beaver Caucus launched in 2015, the university had no centralized system for mobilizing supporters. “We have always had good people rooting for us,” said Jill Eiland, ’73, vice president of the Beaver Caucus Board. “But we didn’t have an organized, orchestrated plan with messages people could help us deliver.” The Caucus was created in response to that need. It serves to coordinate strategies and train volunteers to communicate effectively with elected leaders. Caucus leaders point to a number of high-profile outcomes as evidence of the group’s impact. One is the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts, OSU’s new performing and visual arts center in Corvallis. Alumna Patricia Valian Reser, ’60, ’19 (Hon. Ph.D.), kicked off the construction project with a key $25 million gift. The Caucus used that momentum to 94 MILLION views is what a viral video about OSU’s O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Lab got across social media in 2025. Watch it at beav.es/wave-lab. 1ST PLACE in the nation is what the OSU student literary magazine PRISM earned in the College Media Association’s Pinnacle awards. 14 OregonStater.org
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