MONMOUTH, Ore. - Universidad de Oregón Occidental hosted Polk County’s youth conference earlier this month for the second year in a row. The conference invited all rural Polk County high school juniors to Picture their Future. 

Polk County Family & Community Outreach Department (FCO) Prevention Program’s goal for this conference was to open the students’ minds on what opportunities are available to them after high school. This included hearing from industry professionals about their careers, including Western’s President Jesse Peters.

“It was great to have President Peters speak and for bringing energy to the conference early on. It was really exciting because, for many students, when they can hear from someone in Western’s administration, they feel so welcomed at the conference and on campus,” shared Annie Buse, prevention coordinator at FCO. “We love hosting this conference at Western because students have shared that this is their dream school and for others, until they are on Western’s campus, they don’t know it’s an option for them.”

Western hosts a variety of conferences throughout the year. This conference echoes Western’s commitment to supporting students in their career goals. 

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La Western Oregon University, fundada en Monmouth en 1856, es la universidad pública más antigua de Oregón. Con cerca de 4.000 estudiantes, Western es una institución de tamaño medio de la División II de la NCAA, con aproximadamente 80% de sus estudiantes procedentes del estado. En particular, su diverso alumnado está formado por personas de orígenes subrepresentados, veteranos y estudiantes no tradicionales. Western es el campus preferido en Oregón para aquellos que buscan una educación enriquecedora en un entorno enriquecedor y centrado en el estudiante, caracterizado por una enseñanza dirigida por el profesorado..  Juntos lo conseguiremos.