Oregon State University Ethnic Studies

04/28/2026

The fall 2026 priority registration schedule is posted.

Graduate Students: at the assigned registration date, all degree-seeking graduate students may begin registering on Monday, May 18, at 6:00 AM, and all professional students may register on Monday, May 18, starting at 7:00 AM.

Undergraduate Students are assigned a registration date and time based on class level and total earned and in-progress hours. It’s possible that students with the same class level and credit hours may have different registration dates/times. Indicated below is the earliest access time for each class level to register.
(Registration Date, Beginning Access Time, Students Eligible to Register)

Monday, May 18
5:00 PM Student-athletes: Senior/Junior, Postbaccalaureate
7:00 PM Honors College & Veterans: Senior
8:00 PM Seniors

Tuesday, May 19
7:00 AM Student-athletes: Sophomore/Freshman

Wednesday, May 20
6:00 AM Postbaccalaureate Veterans
7:00 AM Postbaccalaureate Students

Thursday, May 21
6:00 AM Honors College & Veterans: Junior
7:00 AM Juniors

Tuesday, May 26
6:00 AM Honors College & Veterans: Sophomore
7:00 AM Sophomores

Wednesday, May 27
6:00 AM Honors College & Veterans: Freshman
7:00 AM Freshman

Monday, June 8
6:00 AM Veterans: Non-degree
7:00 AM Non-degree students

Restrictions
Corvallis-campus students can start registering for most online (Ecampus) class sections starting Week 10 of the term (June 1 at 6:00 a.m. (PT) for fall 2026). Other restrictions use different timelines.

04/27/2026

What is happening on campus?

5/8 Che Gosset, speaking on Friday, May 8 at noon: “Catastrophe and Care: Black Q***r and Trans Art & Abolitionist Ecology.” (see attached flyer and link below): https://events.oregonstate.edu/event/catastrophe-and-care-black-queer-and-trans-art-and-abolitionist-ecology

5/13 – Anna Guasco (Marine Studies/SLCS): "Quoth Leviathan Nevermore: Techno-Optimist Fantasies of AI-Facilitated Human-Cetacean Communication"
Cordley 1616, 4 pm
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the People and Nature seminar, about her Critical AI Literacy Fellowship research on efforts to use AI to translate and speak to whales.
https://prax.oregonstate.edu/events/quoth-leviathan-nevermore-techno-optimist-fantasies-ai-facilitated-human-cetacean

5/15 – Stacy Alaimo: "The Abyss Stares Back”
Bexell 412, 11 am
A conversation with University of Oregon environmental humanities scholar Stacy Alaimo on her book The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters With Deep-Sea Life.
https://events.oregonstate.edu/event/the-abyss-stares-back-a-talk-with-dr-stacy-alaimo

6/1 - "Disaster Nationalism: Dispatches from the Sri Lankan Shoreline to the Streets of Minneapolis"
Waldo 240, 2 pm
A book talk (followed by Q&A and refreshments) with Vivian Choi on her book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka. This talk is co-sponsored by MAST and SLCS, hosted by Emily Yates-Doerr. See: https://www.stolaf.edu/profile/choi7

https://events.oregonstate.edu/event/dr-vivian-choi-disaster-nationalism-tsunami-and-civil-war-in-sri-lanka

On Monday, June 1, 2026 at 2 p.m. in Waldo Hall, room 240, Vivian Choi, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at St. Olaf College, will be presenting from her book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka (Duke University Press 2025). The talk is co-sponsored by the Colle...

04/15/2026

FYI...Apr 19: Last day to withdraw from a spring course (50% tuition refund)

04/06/2026

Holocaust Memorial Week: Scholarly Talk with David Lewis
Linus Pauling Center, Room 125
April 14 at 7 p.m.

03/17/2026

How students obtain their diploma after graduating
• Once final grades are recorded and degrees are awarded, each student will receive an email that enables them to order their diploma for free.
• The email comes from [email protected], and it is sent to their OSU student email account.
• The student must open the email and submit the address to which they want their diploma mailed.
o After the response is received, the diploma is printed and mailed to the address provided.
o If no response is received, no diploma is printed or shipped.
• It takes approximately 1 month for diplomas to be delivered after a student submits their address.
• Our notification date for winter term is April 6, 2026. You can view the conferral dates, expected award dates, and notification dates for upcoming terms on our Graduating from OSU page.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

03/16/2026

Assistant Professor Patricia Fifita recently published two articles and co-edited a special issue for the Pacific Studies Journal, entitled “Food Sovereignty in Oceania.” For the special issue, she co-authored the introductory and closing articles, entitled “Introduction: Ethnographic Stories of Food Sovereignty in Oceania” and “Epilogue: Kupu Ka Niu Kupu Ke Kanaka: Transforming Understandings of an Ancient Ancestor through the Niu Now Movement.” She also presented the special issue at an “Author Talk Session” at the recent Conference for the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.

03/12/2026

More undergraduate Corvallis Campus and Ecampus courses added for Spring 2026.

Anthropology on Ecampus -
Anth 211 Indigenous Peoples of North America;
Anth 330 Evolution of Peoples, Technology, & Society;
Anth 345 Biological and Cultural Constructions of Race. Have a wonderful day!

CHN on Ecampus - CHN 111 First Year Chinese

Ethnic Studies on Corvallis Campus - ES 201 Inventing Ethnic America

Spanish on Ecampus - Span 213 Second-Year Spanish

WLC on Ecampus - WLC 236 Japanese Culture II

03/11/2026

Hi everyone. Just a heads-up. If you have not registered for spring term classes yet, please do so asap. Courses with low enrollments have a chance of being cancelled. Thanks!

03/11/2026

The Pacific Islander Association (PIA) invites you to join us for our Talanoa Gathering. This event will provide a welcoming space for students and community members to engage in meaningful talanoa (conversation), connect with one another and participate in a collaborative stamp workshop centered on creativity and cultural expression. Hosted in collaboration with West-Indian and Caribbean Voices for Empowerment and Solidarity (WAVES), Native American Student Association (NASA) and Hui O Hawai'i (HOH), this gathering brings together Indigenous student communities for an afternoon dedicated to relationship-building, storytelling and shared cultural connection. All are welcome to attend as we come together to foster community and strengthen connections across campus. 1-4 p.m., March 13, Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws.

03/03/2026

02/26/2026

I am so pleased to share information below about this year’s Empty Bowls benefit, coordinated every year by Sarah Cunningham and the Food in Culture & Social Justice Program: Saturday, March 7, 5-7pm in McNary Dining Center. The money raised through this event will benefit two local non-profits, our very own Basic Needs Center and food pantry as well as Fresh & Local, First!, which funds SNAP match at Farmers’ Markets in Linn and Benton counties. Thank you, Sarah, for the important work you do to support food security efforts locally and regionally.

And for more information and resources about students and food insecurity, please check out: https://uhds.oregonstate.edu/dining/our-story/food-insecurity
Susan Bernardin,
SLCS Director