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Bumjoon Kee recently completed his Professional Science Master’s in Environmental Sciences at Oregon State University, focusing on water resource management, GIS, and isotope hydrology. His internship research, conducted with the Ecohydro Engineering Group, involved analyzing evaporation-to-inflow ratios in irrigation canals using stable isotope data and spatial modeling. With a background in e-commerce and international logistics, he brings a multidisciplinary perspective to environmental problem-solving and is passionate about improving water sustainability in agricultural systems.

Alan Sanchez's passion for building useful tools began in childhood and culminates this spring with a Ph.D. in robotics at Oregon State University. Alan (he/him) remembers helping his grandfather at his machine shop. "I was so excited because the idea of building useful tools from scratch was novel and exciting," he said.

My name is Andres De Los Santos, I am graduating with an M.A. in Communication. My research looked at media and identity studies, specifically how minority groups negotiate and form their identity through media representation. I defended my thesis titled “Constructing Mexican American Identity On Screen: An Analysis of the Character Cesar in On My Block”. 

Today's Beaver GRAD is Taryn Hensley!

"My name is Taryn Hensley and I am graduating with my Masters in Athletic Training! I am from Utah and am going to work as an athletic trainer in the high school setting in the state of Washington."

Congratulations to Taryn, and to the Beaver GRADs, Class of 2025! 🎉🎓🦫

Happy finals week, Beavs! This week, we will be sharing graduate students who are graduating this year. "Hi my name is Mya and I’m graduating with a Master of Arts in History. I had the great opportunity to teach dance within the Physical Activity Course program this last year of my time here and it has been life changing.

How can researchers enhance their data analysis skills? For Lindsey Roberts (she/her), the answer is graduate school. 
As a second year Fisheries Science student at Oregon State, Lindsey also works as a graduate research assistant for the James T. Peterson Lab in the Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. She says she is grateful for the opportunity to develop her own sample and collection of data, as well as to gain "invaluable experience in data interpolation and evaluation — exactly what [she] was looking for"

While most people fear sharks, Jessica “Jess” Schulte seeks them out. Jess (she/her), a fourth-year Fisheries Science Ph.D. candidate at Oregon State University, is currently studying sharks at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.

One way to see if you fully understand your research is if you can teach it to others. Sarah Caballero (she/her), a Ph.D. student studying food science and technology at Oregon State University, did just that.

Sarah took home third place at the Regional Three Minute Thesis Competition in Denver, CO. Three Minute Thesis® (3MT) is a program created by the University of Queensland that challenges students to present their research using one slide and three minutes of talking time.

As a graduate teaching assistant, Olivia Schultz (They/Them/She/Her) looks to her students for motivation. They also recognize the privilege of higher education, “I believe that creating accessibility within higher education is significant to providing the public with more information of the impacts of the work we perform.”