Staff Pick – Heaven Official’s Blessing

By Jennifer Mixell A perennial question for any book lover is “What should I read next?” This is often followed by the overwhelming slew of thoughts regarding length of book, genre, time available for reading, and so forth. We at Oregon East understand this all too well. So for my staff pick, I am suggesting […]

EOU and Treefort

Of the many experiences EOU has to offer its art students, one of the newer classes is one that may go under the radar. Offered every other year is ART 310: Concert Photography—an experience that is well worth the wait.

I took the class in the spring of 2024 and can offer some insights and tips into how to make the class an unforgettable one. But before you can take the class itself, taught by Michael Sell, you are required to take either beginning digital or film photography previously. Those classes will give you the full foundation of what you need to know to shoot great photos.

Introducing the OE Blog

Welcome to the Oregon East Blog! Our goal is to create a dynamic space for the EOU community to discuss literature, arts, and culture—and to promote the literary and arts events happening on the EOU campus. Blogging East extends the mission of Oregon East’s annual print journal, whichserves as a place for EOU students to […]

Rebecca DeLore: Four Ways to Discover Art in Your Next Nature Walk

As a nature writer I enjoy finding ways to slow down and embrace wild spaces—inching through a forest after snowfall, climbing a mountain to reach greater heights, smelling damp sand on a beach, and in general discovering and exploring micro and macro ecosystems. In my mind, my nature walk then becomes a narration, sometimes transformative, […]

Melissa Brindley: What I Learned About Returning to College Later in Life

I was in my thirties when I decided to go back to college. I spent years working what felt like dead-end retail jobs at stores like Hallmark and Hollywood Video, and it seemed as if each store I worked in eventually went out of business. It happened so many times, my friends started calling me […]