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Memorial Union (Oregon State University)

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Memorial Union at Oregon State University
Memorial Union at Oregon State University

The Memorial Union (MU) is the student activity center at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. It contains a ballroom, cafeteria, bowling alley, shops, and study areas. It was designed by Oregon Agricultural College (a predecessor of OSU) graduate Lee Arden Thomas.

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Memorial Union (Oregon State University)
Southwest Jefferson Way, Corvallis

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Austin Hall (Oregon State University)
Austin Hall (Oregon State University)

Austin Hall is a building located at 2751 Southwest Jefferson Avenue on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The building, home to the Oregon State University College of Business, is named after and primarily funded by Ken and Joan Austin. Mr. Austin, an alumnus of the College Business, founded A-dec, a dental office furniture and equipment manufacturer based in Newberg, Oregon, United States, with his wife Joan in 1964. The building was designed by THA Architecture, and built by Andersen Construction (the later founded by Oregon State alumnus David Anderson).Opened in September 2014, Austin Hall comprises 100,000 square feet over four floors. The first floor has a large lecture hall, study spaces, academic advising and counseling offices, study spaces, student project rooms and Trader Bing's Cafe. The second floor features smaller classrooms, more study rooms, and a common area with computers, printers, and study spaces. The third floor has more small classrooms, project rooms for graduate students, various study spaces, the College of Business research lab, and faculty offices. The fourth floor has conference rooms, as well as more faculty offices, including the office of the Dean.The US$55 million building was funded with a mix of private philanthropy ($30 million+) and states bonds ($20 million+). Notable donors include Ken and Joan Austin ($10 million) as well as Al and Pat Reser ($6 million). Al Reser is a College of Business alumni and founder of Reser's Fine Foods.

Oregon State University College of Business
Oregon State University College of Business

The Oregon State University College of Business is one of 12 colleges based at Oregon State University's Corvallis, Oregon campus. The college offers business coursework and degrees to students studying at the main campus, the Central Oregon OSU-Cascades campus in Bend, or anywhere in the world through the university's Ecampus. Business classes have been offered at the school since the late 1800s.As of 2022, the college of business claimed an enrollment of nearly 4,000 students. The college offers undergraduate degrees in accounting, business information systems, finance, management, marketing, apparel design, graphic design, interior design and merchandising management. An MBA program is also offered through the college with tracks in organizational leadership, accountancy, business analytics, commercialization, global operations, marketing, research thesis, and wealth management. Classes in business analytics are offered in Portland, in addition to Corvallis, as well as a track in executive leadership. In 2014, the college expanded graduate-level instruction by adding a Ph.D. program with options in accounting and innovation/commercialization The college moved into its new $55 million, 100,000-square-foot home in 2014. Austin Hall is named after college alumnus and A-dec founder Ken Austin and his wife, Joan, who are the principal donors for the building project. The college's Austin Entrepreneurship Program and Austin Family Business Program are also named after the longtime university philanthropists.