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Post by lebaneaver on Oct 18, 2016 0:42:40 GMT -8
Not only has uncle Phillip given gazillions of dollars to Nike u's athletic dept., he just gave "hole" half a billion dollars to build a science campus. A half a BILLION DOLLARS...U.S.
The largest single gift from anyone to any public university, ever.
Must be nice....
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Post by 93beav on Oct 18, 2016 7:00:35 GMT -8
I agree with ftd. When you have a billion+ dollars it's hard to see how you can give millions to sports but none to education. philly, to his defense, has balanced off his donations.
We did a really good job last year (or was it the year before?) with the capital drive for the endowment fund.
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Post by atownbeaver on Oct 18, 2016 7:04:02 GMT -8
I agree with ftd. When you have a billion+ dollars it's hard to see how you can give millions to sports but none to education. philly, to his defense, has balanced off his donations. We did a really good job last year (or was it the year before?) with the capital drive for the endowment fund. We did. Nobody should be disappointed in the effort Oregon State is putting into building their academic side up. There has been huge expansion in both program offerings, recruitment of talent and facility building. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Oct 18, 2016 7:35:51 GMT -8
I agree with ftd. When you have a billion+ dollars it's hard to see how you can give millions to sports but none to education. philly, to his defense, has balanced off his donations. We did a really good job last year (or was it the year before?) with the capital drive for the endowment fund. I actually H8 PK, but to be fair, he gives a load to education....at Stanford. Somewhat telling. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Oct 18, 2016 7:36:57 GMT -8
I agree with ftd. When you have a billion+ dollars it's hard to see how you can give millions to sports but none to education. philly, to his defense, has balanced off his donations. We did a really good job last year (or was it the year before?) with the capital drive for the endowment fund. We did. Nobody should be disappointed in the effort Oregon State is putting into building their academic side up. There has been huge expansion in both program offerings, recruitment of talent and facility building. True, but it is disappointing that I still haven't been able to locate the Engineering Board. I have a hot take on thermodynamics I wanted to lay out somewhere! |
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Post by beavers91 on Oct 18, 2016 7:48:11 GMT -8
Not only has uncle Phillip given gazillions of dollars to Nike u's athletic dept., he just gave "hole" half a billion dollars to build a science campus. A half a BILLION DOLLARS...U.S. The largest single gift from anyone to any public university, ever. Must be nice.... Granted, it's not the main campus, but OSU did just start the process of building a branch campus in Bend and expanding it's Oceanography school in Newport. Nothing to sneeze at. OSU has also built up it's science and engineering structure. We've just had to do it with a lot more donors. |
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Post by beaverbeliever on Oct 18, 2016 7:56:12 GMT -8
To be fair, this is not the first donation he's made to the academic side of UO - I believe he paid for the law library down there among other things. Good for him - the donation should help the school and the Eugene economy.
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Post by spudbeaver on Oct 18, 2016 8:20:33 GMT -8
Not only has uncle Phillip given gazillions of dollars to Nike u's athletic dept., he just gave "hole" half a billion dollars to build a science campus. A half a BILLION DOLLARS...U.S. The largest single gift from anyone to any public university, ever. Must be nice.... Granted, it's not the main campus, but OSU did just start the process of building a branch campus in Bend and expanding it's Oceanography school in Newport. Nothing to sneeze at. OSU has also built up it's science and engineering structure. We've just had to do it with a lot more donors. "We've just had to do it with a lot more donors." Hmmm....where else have we heard that before? |
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Post by 93beav on Oct 18, 2016 12:11:08 GMT -8
I agree with ftd. When you have a billion+ dollars it's hard to see how you can give millions to sports but none to education. philly, to his defense, has balanced off his donations. We did a really good job last year (or was it the year before?) with the capital drive for the endowment fund. I actually H8 PK, but to be fair, he gives a load to education....at Stanford. Somewhat telling. Sorry - that's what I was saying. Philly balances out his donations between sports and education. |
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Post by lebaneaver on Oct 18, 2016 12:20:31 GMT -8
I just hate seeing "them" get an edge on us regarding ANYTHING. Anyone else see the Wall St. Journal's ACADEMIC ranking of the PAC 12 members? Hole was dead last......we were just one ahead. That's not the type of ranking we should be proud of. Why the poor academic rating? What can we do about it? I'll cite it when I find it again. Upset the hell out of me.
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Post by bennysdentist on Oct 18, 2016 15:24:30 GMT -8
Nice gesture by the Knights. What really chaps me is the little o's continuing references to the bogus "flagship university". We all know that is total hole PR bulls%#t
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Post by beavers91 on Oct 18, 2016 15:51:37 GMT -8
Nice gesture by the Knights. What really chaps me is the little o's continuing references to the bogus "flagship university". We all know that is total hole PR bulls%#t No kidding. How can a university be a "flagship university" when they don't even offer ALL the majors. They have journalism, law and architecture and we've got pretty much all the Engineering Majors, Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine. With footprints, in Bend and Newport, OSU is more of the State's university. |
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Post by beavers91 on Oct 18, 2016 15:56:15 GMT -8
I just hate seeing "them" get an edge on us regarding ANYTHING. Anyone else see the Wall St. Journal's ACADEMIC ranking of the PAC 12 members? Hole was dead last......we were just one ahead. That's not the type of ranking we should be proud of. Why the poor academic rating? What can we do about it? I'll cite it when I find it again. Upset the hell out of me. Just came out with the OSU Alumni Beaver News and E-Clips.
Starts out with the good news, then some "needs improvement".
At least we are continually working on being the best Land-Grant school as possible.
Like anything else, it takes money.
leadership.oregonstate.edu/president/student-success-and-quality
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Post by lebaneaver on Oct 18, 2016 16:14:40 GMT -8
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