Sarah with Cross Award Winners

Here's a group shot of Sarah and the other Cross Award winners taken in Washington.

News Release on Sarah's Award

Here is the Oregon State news release on Sarah's award and an accompanying picture:

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Sarah Eddy, a graduate student at Oregon State University, is one of only eight students in the nation to receive the K. Patricia Cross Award.

The award, presented by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, is given to people who display leadership in teaching, civic engagement, and improving the campus culture around teaching.

Although majoring in zoology, Eddy also researched effective teaching practices for the science classroom. She designed and taught three graduate level seminars on science pedagogy and developing outreach activities. She co-founded Broader Impacts and Outreach by Graduate Students, or BIO-GradS, a group that provides workshops to help high school students learn about biology.

“This work is important and really rewarding,” Eddy said. “We don’t always convey the exciting parts of biology that can make students more driven to learn. You have to show what you can actually do with learning.”

In continuing work, Eddy hopes to identify, through large scale classroom experiments, science teaching methods and curriculum that increase retention and learning of at-risk students.

New Music from Miles

You can see two new music performance videos from Miles at Eddy Creative Commons here.

Robyn's Team Wins Sectional 400 Meter Freestyle

Robyn (front) and teammates Shelby and Emmy show off their Sectional win ribbons for the 400 Meter Freestyle Relay. Congratulations! It should be noted that Robyn is a freshman swimming with the varsity.

Lost George Harrison Guitar Solo

Sir George Martin, his son Giles Martin, and Dhani Harrison play around with the mix to "Here Comes the Son" and discover a Geroge Harrison guitar solo that had been lost in the original mix. Who knows what other gems are waiting to be uncovered in the Beatles catalogue?