Since 2021, the Portland Internship Experience has connected UO students with mission-driven organizations, creating career pathways while enriching the local community. Meet the 2025 cohort.
Now in its second year, the donor-funded program provides stipends and resources to connect UO students with small, nonprofit Portland employers with a mission of positive social change.
Shirley Rippey, a University of Oregon alumna, advocate for children’s education and wellbeing, and philanthropist, died Thursday, Jan. 19, in Tigard. She was 91
Lorry I. Lokey, the Oregon-born entrepreneur and philanthropist whose financial generosity was exceeded only by the size of his heart, died on October 1 in Atherton, California. He was 95.
There is a new classroom dedication in Straub Hall honoring longtime Duck, administrator, and friend of the UO, Ray Hawk. It reads: Befitting a man who “bled green and yellow,” Ray Hawk was a lifelong Duck. Ray Hawk 1918-2006
Victor Flach – Vic to those who knew him – earned his BS in 1952 and MFA in 1957 at the UO’s College of Design (formerly the College of Architecture and Allied Arts). His mentor was the celebrated artist and professor Jack Wilkinson.
Philip H. Knight Professor of Law Mary Christina Wood transforms legal practice through groundbreaking research and scholarship. This innovative work is possible, says Wood, because of her donor-supported faculty position.
A steadfast donor, Ducks fan, and advocate for the university, Bob DeArmond, BBA ’52 (business administration) died October 17 at the age of 91 in his home at the Rogue Valley Manor
Recipient of chair funded by Ann and Lew Williams is a champion for change, researching earthquakes, tsunamis, and innovative ways to keep us all safer
