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Get your hands dirty at Eastern Oregon University, Oregon’s Rural University. In the Sustainable Rural Systems degree, students learn about the unique nature of rural societies, environments and economies. Directly apply environmental science, resource ecology management and environmental policy to help industry and communities create sustainable development. With the project-based learning model, students become project managers doing ecological and industrial restoration work that engages communities and industry partners.
Dr. Donovan is one of the first Sustainable Rural Systems (SRS) professors at Eastern Oregon University. As a founding faculty member, Donovan will help shape the program as it grows. Donovan received a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Management at the University of New Hampshire, a Master of Science in Recreation and Forestry at West Virginia University, and a doctorate in Environmental Science at the University of Idaho. Her experience extends to bioregional planning, working with animals, forestry, recreation and tourism, education and outdoor education, geography and environmental studies. She also worked in Costa Rica with coffee growers and analyzed ecosystem services.
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Food Drive hopes to collect 20,000 pounds of canned goods LA GRANDE, Ore. – On the heels of a record-breaking year in 2022, Eastern Oregon University will once again partner with Community Connections of Northeast Oregon (CCNO) for the 2023 EOU Food Drive. In 2022, EOU’s Food Drive was able to secure over 19,000 meals […]Read more
Feb. 6, 2023 Future Business Leaders of America flock to EOU for skills conference LA GRANDE, Ore. – Well over 200 area middle and high school students flocked to Eastern Oregon University to participate in the Future Business Leaders of America Blue Mountain Region Skills Conference on Thursday, Feb. 2. An estimated 247 young people […]Read more
Jan. 31, 2023 The Oregon Teacher Pathway™ Grow Your Own Teacher Program: A Two-Year Study of Program Alumni LA GRANDE, Ore. – Eastern Oregon University’s February Colloquium will be showcasing the research work of Dr. Karyn Gomez and Tawnya Lubbes as they discuss their findings of a two-year qualitative case study that investigated participant experiences […]Read more