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OSU Open Campus says local program helped dozens of Crook County students with college applications and scholarships
Summary
Presenters from Oregon State University Open Campus described college-access workshops, college visits and new CTE links that organizers say supported dozens of Crook County students in 2024 and early 2025.
David Gutierrez, Open Campus coordinator for Crook County, and supervisor Jennifer Boyle told the Crook County Board of Commissioners during a work session that OSU Open Campus has expanded college-access and career programming for local students.
"Hi, everyone. I'm David Gutierrez. I'm the open campus coordinator for Cook County," Gutierrez said, introducing the program and its outreach methods. He described family workshops on college applications and financial aid, student clubs and annual college visits to Oregon State University and other institutions.
The presenters said the program increasingly works with the high school and middle school, and that OSU Open Campus runs summer supports and family-oriented workshops. "We continue to serve the county," Boyle said, noting she and staff "are driving into Cook County basically weekly to do some programming." Boyle said Open Campus had been expanding community-college transfer support with Central Oregon Community College (COCC) and was adding career and technical education (CTE) connections.
Program staff described the year-to-year results they track: the presenters said Open Campus helped more than 56 students in 2024, assisted with college FAFSA and college-promise applications, and supported dozens of scholarship applications. Gutierrez and Boyle pointed to individual student success stories, including scholarship recipients and students enrolled at OSU Cascades and the University of Portland.
Presenters told the commissioners that roughly half of the students they serve pursue trade or CTE programs; the team recently hired a CTE specialist to build more pathways. They also described using Google Classroom to organize resources so students can access materials already used by their high school.
No formal action was taken by the board during the presentation. Staff told the board they would circulate the slide deck after the meeting because the slides had not loaded during the session.
The program leaders invited commissioners to follow up with questions by email or in person and offered to work with the county’s future-center coordinator to maintain continuity for seniors through the summer.
