Oregon State may feel like a big place, but there’s lots of ways for you to connect and engage. Explore this site and find activities that are interesting to you.
Student Experiences & Engagement offers many different options — from participating in community service, to engaging with cultural resource centers, to developing new skills. Get hands-on media experience at the Orange Media Network or learn a new craft at the Craft Center.
Are you an OSU-Cascades student? Check out opportunities through Cascades Adventures, participate in intramurals or join a student club.
Discover your PRAx
The Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx) is a performing and visual arts destination on the Corvallis campus. In four indoor and two outdoor venues, students can attend concerts, exhibitions and performances by international touring artists. Students are invited to attend headliner events for only $5. Plus there are many free activities, including Free Film Fridays, a partnership with Darkside Cinema.
Engage with community
From Beavs Volunteer projects to dialogues exploring social issues to Alternative Breaks across the West Coast, Community Engagement & Leadership (CEL) organizes programs that challenge students to lead with intention and care. Students practice relational leadership, contribute to community building, and progress positive change. CEL helps students engage with our local communities.
Check out Clubs & Organizations
Oregon State University has about 400 clubs and organizations! Looking to boost your app development skills? Join the App Development Club and learn how to develop and publish apps. Interested in learning to farm organically? Join the Organic Growers Club, a volunteer student-run organic farm that provides experience in growing and marketing plants. Want to get active? Join the Dodgeball Club and have fun competing at tournaments around the Pacific Northwest.
Don't see anything you like? You can fill out an application and create a new organization.
Orange Media Network (OMN)
Keep up to date on the Oregon State University community through Orange Media Network publications and platforms. Through this national award-winning student media program, OMN boasts six student-run mediums including a newspaper, three magazines, a radio station and a TV station. Explore their mediums below and consider joining one of the teams.
Attend an Oregon State event
Visit this page often to see what student life events are coming up. Looking for other ways to connect? Check out Student Experiences & Engagement.