28 ForOregonState.org/Stater C u Lt uR E E V E N T S MARINE SCIENCE RICE: LYNN KETCHUM; ATWOOD: JEAN MALEK he was in high school. At 14, he overcame his shyness to volunteer at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, helping people understand what they were seeing. “Today, that’s really the focus of my major — education, outreach, that sort of thing,” he said. He worked as a kayaking tour guide in Newport’s Yaquina Bay but will take to the water in a much larger vessel this fall: he’ll spend a year on the crew of the three-masted schooner Denis Sullivan, sailing up and down the East Coast and into the Caribbean. The trip will delay his graduation, he said, and he’s somewhat surprised that he mustered the courage to apply. “But then, when I told Jack [Barth], he was practically jumping out of his seat,” he said. “I SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WAISTDEEP IN THE OCEAN OR EXPLORING TIDEPOOLS. ” ↓ Scan this code with your smartphone camera to learn more about the MAST program and how you can support it. PROVOST’S LECTURE SERIES: MARGARET ATWOOD Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. An evening in conversation with Margaret Atwood, acclaimed author of works including The Handmaid’s Tale. The Provost’s Lecture Series is sponsored by the OSU Foundation, Office of the Provost and College of Liberal Arts. This event will also be livestreamed. For details, see beav.es/provost-lecture. How to Carry Water Sept. 20–Dec. 21 Stirek Gallery, PRAx 470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis This exhibition brings together contemporary visual artists and humanities scholars to consider different ways of witnessing the human relationship to water. Learn more at beav.es/carry-water. Love Letters Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. Ray Theater, PRAx 470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis In two performances of the Pulitzer Prize nominated play, OSU President Emeritus Ed Ray and Professor Emerita Charlotte Headrick read letters exchanged by friends — who might have been more. See details at beav.es/loveletters. Huang Yi & KUKA Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. Detrick Hall, PRAx 470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis Choreographer, dancer and inventor Huang Yi and his robot companion KUKA weave together the art of dance and the science of mechanical engineering in a gorgeous, poetic work. For tickets, see beav. es/yi-kuka. Find more events at ForOregonState.org/events and prax.oregonstate.edu. SAVE THE DATE continued
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