The Oregon Institute of Technology, also known as Oregon Tech or OIT, is an accredited university in the Oregon University System, and the only public institute of technology in the northwest United States. Located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, it provides undergraduate and graduate degrees in many technical and health related fields. OIT also maintains a satellite campus in Portland, Oregon, and a partner location with Boeing in Seattle, Washington. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Klamath Falls, is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. ... Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Sheep eating grass in rural Australia Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... The Oregon University System (OUS) consists of seven public, four-year universities in the State of Oregon administered by the Chancellor of the OUS, who serves at the will and pleasure of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (better known as the NAIA) traces its roots to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball. ... The Cascade Conference (or Cascade Collegiate Conference) is a sports conference in the northwestern United States. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... OIT may refer to: Oregon Institute of Technology Out of India Theory IATA airport code for Oita Airport in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture, Japan Category: ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... The Oregon University System (OUS) consists of seven public, four-year universities in the State of Oregon administered by the Chancellor of the OUS, who serves at the will and pleasure of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. ... Klamath Falls, is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. ... Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City 376. ... The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Boeing. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ...

Academics

While not prestigious in a classical sense, OIT has earned a substantial regional reputation for excellent academic programs in the various professional disciplines of engineering, technology and health sciences, resulting in its graduates being heavily recruited by companies in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Admission information reported by the university indicates an average SAT score and GPA of 1060 and 3.51, respectively, with 85% of the student population being residents of the state of Oregon.^[1] For other uses, see SAT (disambiguation). ... The initials GPA can refer, among other things, to Grade Point Average; see Grade (education) Guinness Peat Aviation General Practice Australia, a private, independent medical accreditation society Greyhound Pets of America This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ...

Oregon Institute of Technology earned the No. 10 spot among Baccalaureate Colleges in the West in the 2008 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S.News & World Report. The university also ranked fourth in the Western ranking of the Top Public Baccalaureate Colleges.^[2]

Purvine Hall and Klamath Lake

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Engineering

OIT currently offers a variety of degrees in engineering and engineering technology, including a well-established program in Civil Engineering, as well as the more recent addition of undergraduate curriculums in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. A study of Civil Engineering graduates revealed 92% were successfully employed within 6 months of earning their degree, with a further 6% enrolled in graduate school.^[3] Engineering is the applied science of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Engineering technology (ET) is a cross between engineering (which is more research-based), and technology (which is applications-based). ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... The word mechanical can mean one of several things: A device or principle described as mechanical relates to a mechanism or machine, or the realm of Newtonian mechanics. ... Electrical Engineers design power systems… … and complex electronic circuits. ...

The school of engineering is recognized for producing graduates with a more comprehensive knowledge of practical design principles (in addition to standard engineering theory) than many other institutions, and has seen extensive recruitment by top corporations and design firms as well as state and federal agencies. Starting salaries for OIT engineering grads have exceeded the national average in each of the last 5 years. Additionally, OIT has acquired a solid record of placing students in highly ranked graduate programs at schools such as Stanford, University of California, Berkeley and The University of Washington. Stanford may refer: Stanford University Places: Stanford, Kentucky Stanford, California, home of Stanford University Stanford Shopping Center Stanford, New York, town in Dutchess County. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ...

Health, Arts & Sciences

Fountain in the middle of the OIT campus

Degrees such as Medical Imaging Technology, Respiratory Care and Dental Hygiene are highly sought after and admittance to many of the programs in the School of Health, Arts and Sciences is often exceptionally competitive. In the summer of 2006, OIT began construction on a new $22.5 million facility designated the Oregon Center for Health Professions (OCHP), which will become the new home for its medical-related education. Oregon Institute of Technology is considered one of the regional leaders in health care training, and the university has made clear its intentions to extensively expand its curriculum and enrollment in this area. While the recognition of these programs has been good exposure for the college, there is growing criticism that the ambitious expansion plans propagated by university and state higher education officials will transform the school into simply a health care training institution while traditional university programs like engineering, science, business and management will suffer. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...

Renewable Energy Research

OIT is the only completely geothermally heated university campus in the United States, and is home to the Geo-Heat Center, a national resource for geothermal development, and the Oregon Renewable Energy Center (OREC), which conducts applied research on photovoltaic power systems, ground-source heating systems, fuel-cell systems, wind, biomass and integrated systems. In 2005, Oregon Tech introduced the first Bachelor of Science degree in Renewable Energy offered in North America. The new program uses Electrical and Mechanical Engineering fundamentals, combined with upper-division coursework in energy-specific classes, to prepare students for careers in the energy sector in general, and renewable energy in particular. A solar cell, a form of photovoltaic cell, is a device that uses the photoelectric effect to generate electricity from light, thus generating solar power (energy). ... Methanol fuel cell. ... Renewable energy flows involve natural phenomena such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat. ...

History

OIT was founded as the Oregon Vocational School in 1947 to train and re-educate returning World War II veterans. Under the direction of Winston Purvine, the first classes were held in a deactivated Marine Corps hospital three miles northeast of Klamath Falls. The following year, the fledgling school's title was changed to the Oregon Technical Institute. In 1953, Associate degree programs in Surveying and Structural Engineering Technologies were first accredited by the Engineers Council for Professional Development. The campus was transferred to its current location in 1964, followed by another name change to the Oregon Institute of Technology in 1973. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Former crewmembers of the battleship Missouri pose for photos shortly after the Anniversary of the End of World War II ceremony, held aboard the famous ship. ...

Campus

The present Tech campus overlooks Upper Klamath Lake on the outskirts of Klamath Falls, and is directly adjacent to Skylakes Medical Center. While the physical location of the school often elicits a favorable response with its views of the lake and mountains, the campus architecture, designed by the architect who designed the U.S. Air Force Academy buildings, is generally regarded as bland, but pragmatic (a common symptom of institutes of technology). Newer buildings such as Purvine Hall, the OCHP, and the College Union renovation and expansion have embraced a more modern, aesthetically-appealing collegiate style. Currently, the school has only one residence hall, housing approximately three hundred students. However, development of a new on-campus, apartment-style living facility is planned for the near future. Many students live in the residential area south of the college along Eldorado Avenue, or elsewhere in Klamath Falls.

Surrounding Area

The region offers a variety of outdoor activities, with its close proximity to the Cascade Mountains and popular destinations such as Mount Ashland Ski Resort and Crater Lake National Park. However, the city of Klamath Falls is often the subject of derision by students for its lack of entertainment opportunities and venues, as well as its perceived reputation as a cultural wasteland and the town's overly politically conservative resident population. Bus service is free for enrolled OIT students, and the school is connected to downtown by Basin Transit lines 1 and 2. Image:CraterLake Oregon USA.jpg Crater Lake with Wizard Island Crater Lake National Park is a United States National Park located in Southern Oregon whose primary feature is Crater Lake. ...

Athletics

Oregon Tech competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC), participating in cross-country running, track and field, soccer, basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball. The mascot for OIT Athletics is the Hustlin' Owl (seen at right). While the official logo is crudely drawn and almost comical compared to the flashy, stylized logos often found in college athletics, it has become a source of pride for many Tech students. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (better known as the NAIA) traces its roots to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball. ... The Cascade Conference (or Cascade Collegiate Conference) is a sports conference in the northwestern United States. ...

OIT's traditional athletic nemesis is Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. The close proximity of the schools and alternate academic foci (science and technology at OIT, liberal arts at SOU) result in a natural rivalry between the two. Southern Oregon University is a university in Ashland, Oregon. ... Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Jackson Settled 1852 Government  - Mayor John Morrison Area  - City  6. ...

Basketball

OIT basketball has been consistently competitive in the CCC and at the national level, while earning a somewhat infamous reputation within the conference for its passionate crowds and rowdy student section. In March 2004, the Oregon Tech men's basketball team made school history by winning the NAIA Division II National Championship. It was OIT's first team title, and the first for head coach Danny Miles, who is among the top ten winningest coaches in college basketball history (NCAA & NAIA). Entering the 2006-2007 season, Miles' 35-year record at OIT was 788-351 (.691 win percentage) and he earned his 800th win on December 8th, 2006 with a 84-73 victory over George Fox University.^[4] NAIA is an acronym (or an initialism) that can refer to the following: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Clubs & Activities

The university has many different clubs and activities on campus which operate under the umbrella of the school's student government organization, Associated Students of OIT (ASOIT). Among these are student chapters of professional societies, such as the American Society of Civil Engineers and American Dental Hygienists' Association, recreational activity programs, special interest groups, cultural awareness organizations, student media, and academic honor societies. OIT's student chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers competes in the anual SAE Mini Baja event. Also on campus Phi Delta Theta fraternity, noted for its community service efforts has been helping the school and community for over 25 years. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a professional body, founded in 1852, to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. ...

Trivia

• According to the 2006 President's Report, OIT has approximately twenty thousand alumni which represent all 48 states in the US, plus Alaska and Hawaii. The most represented are Oregon (12,243), Washington (2,503), California (1,831), Arizona (391) and Idaho (379).

• KOTI, the local NBC television affiliate in Klamath Falls, was founded at the OIT campus (then the Oregon Technical Institute) in 1956. Student-operated radio station KTEC first broadcast in 1951.

• The old OIT campus location on Old Fort Road, outside of Klamath Falls, is considered by many to be haunted.

• Starting salary for the Class of 2005 was $46,353.

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Degree Programs

Master of Science

• Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Bachelor of Science

• Applied Mathematics
• Applied Psychology
• Biology
• Civil Engineering
• Clinical Laboratory Science (joint degree with OHSU)
• Communication Studies
• Computer Engineering Technology
• Dental Hygiene
• Echocardiography (degree completion)
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics Engineering Technology
• Environmental Sciences
• Geomatics
• Health Sciences
• Information Technology, with options in:
  • Applications Development
  • Business/Systems Analysis
  • Accounting
• Management, with options in:
  • Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management
  • Marketing
• Management Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems/Management Accounting Option
• Manufacturing Engineering Technology
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Nursing (through OHSU School of Nursing)
• Operations Management
• Radiologic Science
  • Radiologic Science/Nuclear Medicine Technology Option
• Renewable Energy Systems
• Respiratory Care
• Software Engineering Technology
• Ultrasound, with options in:
  • Diagnostic Medical Sonography
  • Vascular Technology

Associate Degrees

• Associate of Applied Science
  • Emergency Medical Technology Paramedic (joint degree with OHSU)
  • Office Systems Technology
  • Respiratory Care
• Associate of Arts (Oregon Block Transfer)
• Associate of Engineering
  • Computer Engineering Technology
  • Electronics Engineering Technology
  • Software Engineering Technology

References

External links

• The Oregon Institute of Technology
• Phi Delta Theta, Oregon Delta
• Oregon University System
• ASOIT Website
• City of Klamath Falls
• Computer Systems Engineering Technology (CSET) Department
• Respiratory Care Program at OIT