Staff Newsletter, 1961-2009

Series 1 consists of the weekly Staff Newsletter for employees of Oregon State University. The Newsletter was published weekly during the academic year and approximately 35 issues were published in the volume for each academic year. The Staff Newsletter included announcements and news of campus-wide interest; reports regarding budgets, academic programs, gifts and grants received, and other campus programs and activities; a calendar of campus events; and announcements of new faculty and administrators. This series includes bound volumes (with an index for the issues in that volume) for 1961-1962 thru 1973-1974 as well as some individual (unbound) issues for those years. The Faculty Senate minutes were distributed as an appendix to the Staff Newsletter and are included in this series for the 1969-1970 academic year (volume 9) through 1973-1974 (volume 13). Only one issue of the Staff Newsletter from the academic years 1974-1975, 1975-1976, and 1976-1977 is available in this series. Those issues are available in the History of OSU book collection.

Series 2 consists of OSU This Week, the weekly faculty and staff newsletter for Oregon State University, that was published weekly during the academic year, with approximately 35 issues published per year. The new title, OSU This Week, debuted in April 1987. Beginning in September 1994, the publication transitioned to a tabloid-sized format on newsprint. OSU This Week included articles about initiatives and programs at Oregon State; announcements of upcoming campus-wide events; notices of import to faculty and staff; a list of academic and classified staff vacancies; and information and campus buildings and facilities, especially new structures and major modifications. Notices of retirements, deaths, honors, and appointments were also included. The newsletter was printed on Tuesdays (with a submission deadline the previous Friday), distributed through campus mail on Wednesdays, and arrived in campus mailboxes on Thursdays. Most of the issues of OSU This Week are available online in Oregon Digital.

Series 3 consists of the summer staff newsletter, OSU This Summer. Two or three issues of the newsletter were published each summer beginning in 1993 and continuing through 2008. As with its sibling publication, OSU This Week, the format changed to a tabloid-size on newsprint in 1995. The content included announcements of new initiatives and appointments of new administrators; stories about Oregon State facuty and staff; and calendar notices of upcoming campus-wide events. Most of the issues of OSU This Summer are available online in Oregon Digital.

Series 4 consists of LIFE@OSU, the official newsletter for employees at Oregon State University, that was produced in print every other week during the academic year. The content was also available online through an interactive website. This color publication featured stories of the people and programs of Oregon State University and included limited announcements and calendar notices. Production of a print publication ceased with the August 13, 2009 issue and LIFE@OSU transitioned to an online-only publication.