Bend Beavs New HangoutStudent Success Center opens at OSU-Cascades.

OSU-Cascades celebrated the opening of the Bend campus’s new Student Success Center this January. The building provides a central home for a variety of student services, from student clubs and organizations to academic advising and career development to student government. Built with sustainable mass timber, it includes spaces for socializing and for studying, a coffee shop, geothermal heating and cooling, a wood-burning masonry heater, regionally sourced Douglas fir siding and plenty of state-of-the-art tech. Students played a critical role in securing funding. Not only did they appeal to state legislators —in 2017, they also voted to increase student fees for the additional space and enhanced success services. This raised $5 million for the $20 million project. The building’s completion marks a major milestone in OSU-Cascades’ growth. Learn more here.