OSU Extension

Service

Scott Reed, director

Forest Research Lab

Thomas Maness,

director

Agricultural Experiment

Station

Dan Arp, director

• The “People’s University” focused on practical education for working class

• Morrill Acts of 1862, 1890, 1994

• Evolved to include agricultural research (1887) and outreach (1914)

• OSU adopted Extended Education as additional mission (1995)

• OSU created Division of Outreach and Engagement (2007)

What is a “Land Grant” University?*

Justin Smith Morrill

* Note: OSU is also a Sea, Space, and Sun Grant university

Building an educated workforce for Oregon’s future

K-12 Higher Education Education Economy

Successful Career

Discover new knowledge

Solve significant social problems

Engage with evidence-based education

Apply research knowledge

Research Extension

Advancing Oregon’s educated workforce through experiential learning

Understand Experience

Discover

Students tackle socially significant problems through applied research and internships to gain career-ready knowledge

beyond the classroom in Oregon and the world

The state is our campus

OSU Statewide Public Service Programs 2015-17 budget Approved by full Ways & Means on 6-16-15; signed by Governor on 7-06-15

Statewide Public Service

2013-15 Appropriation

Program Maintenance

Increment

New and Expanded Inititatives

2015-17 Total State

Funding

Non-state Funding Streams per biennium

Agricultural Experiment

Station $55,175,282 $1,820,784 $6,125,000 $63,121,066

$5.8M federal formula funding

$100M competitive grants

OSU Extension Service

$39,909,526 $1,317,014 $4,375,000 $45,601,540

$9.4M federal capacity funding

$14.5M SNAP-Ed funding

$24.8M county support

$17M annual contracts

Forest Research Laboratory

$6,070,772 $200,335 $3,500,000 $9,771,107

$2M in federal formula funding

$6M industry harvest tax payments

$24M competitive grants

Total $101,155,580 $3,338,133 $14,000,000 $118,493,713

• Stakeholders

• Growers and commodity commissions

• Interest groups

• Governor’s staff

• State agencies

• Legislators

The $14 million addition to the Statewides’ budget was widely supported by:

The addition of $14 million to the Statewides’ budget supports up to 40 new positions and expands research and extension

Urban communities

healthy living and nutrition education small-scale farming and community food systems research and development in fermentation sciences

Willamette Valley

honey-bee and pollinator health integrated pest management and slug control specialty seed cropping systems timber harvest management

Coastal communities

near-shore fishery management dairy industry and commercial cheese-making managing forest lands in marbled murrelet habitat

Eastern Oregon rangeland ecology to support sage-grouse conservation juniper harvest and manufacturing water and nutrient management in rotation cropping

How the Statewides leverage financial resources

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State funding

External grants and contracts

Ten-fold ROI

• Sustainable food and agricultural systems

• Water quality, quantity, and marine resources

• Environmental and human well-being

• Integrated systems biology

• Natural resource stewardship

Note: OSU’s programs in agriculture and forestry are ranked

in the Top Ten in the world.

Agricultural Experiment Station areas of excellence

• $49.4 M in sponsored FY2015 research grants and contracts

• 11 Branch Experiment Stations at 15 locations across the state

• 270 research facilities and buildings maintained by AES statewide

• 225+ research faculty across the state

• 600 students engaged in experiential learning

Agricultural Experiment Station, by the numbers

Oregon's agriculture and food industries 10% of jobs in Oregon and 15% of Oregon's economy

(OSU Rural Studies Program, 2011)

Oregon’s farms and ranches more than 220 commercial commodities over $4.5 billion in annual sales and services

(ODA, for National Association of State Departments of Agriculture)

Oregon’s nursery industry #3 in nation and more than $745 million in annual sales

(Oregon Agriculture: Facts and Figures 2014 ODA)

Oregon fisheries more than 170 commercial species of fish and shellfish over $150 million in annual landings (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commercial landings 2013 Oregon Agriculture: Facts and Figures 2014 ODA)

Also: Agri-tourism, biofuels, environmental and green technologies

Oregon industries served by Agricultural Experiment Station

Agriculture and Natural Resources

4-H Youth Development

Family and Community Health

Forestry and Natural Resources

Sea Grant/Marine

OSU Extension Service base program areas

• 34 funding partnerships with Oregon counties, and more than $10 M invested annually

• 24 counties that have voted to support Service Districts

• 400 faculty and staff statewide; 2/3 work and live in Oregon communities

• 13,000 trained volunteers contribute more than a million hours

• 2.4 million are Oregonians served annually

• 1 in 5 K-12 youth are served annually

• 250 grants worth $17 M

OSU Extension Service, by the numbers

• OSU Open Campus New relationships with community colleges, K-12, and local communities:

• College and career pathways • Degree completion • Community economic development

• eXtension “Ask an Expert” Fast, online turnaround of 3,200 urgent questions • Expanding University responsiveness

• The Creative Economy • Humanitarian engineering • Business development and expansion

OSU Extension Service innovations

Oregon Forest Research Laboratory, by the numbers

• $13.1 million in grants and contracts

• Over $2 million funding from 11 research

cooperatives with 110 industry, and 9 state

and federal agency partners

• $900K in advanced wood product

research awarded in FY 16, and $675,000

RFP

• Over $263,000 awarded by the IWFL, with

a total of over $749,000 by 2018

• Over $337,000 awarded in FY16 for

research on management of fish and

wildlife habitat

• Approximately $1.1 million from the

federal McIntire-Stennis research program

Reframing the Mission of the Forest Research Laboratory

A World-Class Research and Outreach Center for Healthy Landscapes

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Ecosystem Services

HealthyCommunities

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Intensively Managed Forests

Healthy People and Communities

Competitive and Innovative

Products

HealthyPeople

Private Industrial

Forests

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Community& TribalForests

TheHealthy Forest

Landscape

Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) – Coming Soon to a Building Near You

scott.reed@oregonstate.edu Scott Reed Vice Provost, University Outreach and Engagement Director, OSU Extension Service

dan.arp@oregonstate.edu

thomas.maness@oregonstate.edu

Dan Arp Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences Director, Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station

Thomas Maness Dean, College of Forestry Director, Oregon Forest Research Laboratory

OSU’s Statewide Public Service Programs