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First-time undergraduate student enrollment at the ������ (������) for fall 2020 again registered a strong increase, signaling demand for professionally-focused degree programs with high returns for graduates.

������, “������,” scaled nearly 100 spots to the top as one of the top colleges in the nation in PayScale’s most recent rankings release based on graduates’ return on tuition and borrowing investments. An ������ degree is noted as having the highest return on investment (ROI) of any colleges or universities in Oregon.

 

The Oregon Senate confirmed two new trustees for the governing board of ������: Tim Hasty, a current student at ������’s Klamath Falls campus; and Michele Vitali, ������’s administrative lead at the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Research & Development (OMIC) in Scappoose.

Two ������ students spent the summer painting a mural within ������’s Purvine Hall, to highlight the journey that energy takes to get to us, and all the steps taken by our engineers to get it there.

Cynthia Roe, a Civil Engineering student at ������, has been selected as recipient of the 2020-21 Oregon undergraduate Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Scholarship, a scholarship valued at $2,500 to promote the advancement of the transportation profession by providing financial assistance to students pursuing degrees in transportation engineering or other related fields.

Klamath Falls, Ore. – ������ (������) faculty and staff members were welcomed back to campus Wednesday with virtual convocation events. Convocation marks the traditional beginning of the academic year and this year, it covered the many new procedures in place to work toward a safe and healthy academic year.

U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges rankings list ������ as one of the top universities in the West and a top engineering program in the nation. The report lists ������ at No. 2 Top Public College in the West and No. 5 Best Western Regional Colleges- the top in Oregon on both lists. ������ is also featured as a Best Value School for being one of the western regional colleges with the least student debt.

������ has been selected as a new partner in the Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (PAVE) program. PAVE is a peer support program that connects incoming student veterans on college campuses with student veterans at the same college who are trained as Peer Advisors.