Oregon Tech is a public university recognized as Oregon's polytechnic based in Klamath Falls and the Portland metropolitan area, with a presence throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The new Center for Excellence in Engineering and Technology is home to multiple departments and includes 70,000 square feet of new classroom and lab spaces.
The student voice is a vibrant and vital component to the university experience. ASOIT student officers advocate to support the social, cultural, physical, and educational interests of Oregon Tech students. Find out more!
It only takes 5 students + 1 advisor (full-time Oregon Tech employee) to start a new club at Oregon Tech. If you have a new club that you'd like to start, please contact the Student Involvement & Belonging team by emailing kim.faks@oit.edu. Find out more here.
The department of Student Involvement & Belonging supports the meaningful growth and development of Oregon Tech students throughout the life of their university experience. Through active partnership with our students, opportunities are created for hands-on learning, self-discovery, leadership, teamwork, diversity, community service, and social justice in an environment that is rewarding, energetic and fun.
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SIB Events & Programs
Get involved in the Oregon Tech community by participating in student organizations and campus activities! There are countless student-led, co-curricular programs that provide students with opportunities to network, build skills, and connect with local industry.
Student Involvement & Belonging also hosts events each term that provide extra support and enrichment for students, faculty, and staff.
The purpose of ASOIT-PM is to supplement the social, cultural, physical, and educational growth of Oregon Tech students, and to represent the individual and collective interests of all students at Oregon Tech.
11:30-12:15pm - Speed Networking: Facilitated by Industry Professionals
12:15pm - Lunch
1:00pm - Diversity and Inclusion: Garima Gautam, Intel
2:00pm - "What I Wish I Would Have Known": Kristina Landen, Garmin and Carina Hahn, Intel
3:00pm - Resume/Interview Workshop - Helping Students Create Power Statements: Desire' Wooten, Oregon Tech Career Services
Ashton Greer
Ashton Greer is an Assistant Professor in Oregon Tech's Civil Engineering Department. She received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The University of Alabama in 2019 and has professional experience in the construction and water management industries. Ashton's educational background is in water resources, with a particular emphasis in using remote sensing and GIS for hydrologic applications. Ashton's primary teaching roles include a core sequence of water resource courses as well as upper-level water resources electives. Additionally, she leads the First Year Engineering sequence for civil, electrical, and renewable energy engineering students. She maintains an active interdisciplinary research portfolio and aims to meaningfully involve undergraduate engineering students in applied research projects. Ashton also maintains an active service profile at Oregon Tech, as a faculty senator and member of various campus committees. In her free time, Ashton enjoys biking and exploring the outdoors around Klamath Falls with her dog.
Rebecca Kobzeff Jordan
Rebecca Jordan is the Manager of Employee experience with DWFritz Precision Automation here in Wilsonville. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University in Economics and Sociology. After 3 years of headhunting for technical experts, Rebecca took a break from recruiting to teach English as a second language in Busan, South Korea. She returned home to the USA a year later with a new perspective on international work culture and collaboration and started internal Talent Acquisition for manufacturing industries. Here, she started including retention building programs and community outreach into her recruiting strategy to build stronger and more engaged teams. Currently at DWFritz, Rebecca is leading the organizations Affirmative Action to ensure engineering and technical industries continue to hire with an inclusive and diverse lens. She understands the obstacles women in technical fields face when it comes to compensation awareness and negotiating competitively. Besides her career, Rebecca enjoys skiing Mt. Hood, weightlifting, walking her dog Birdy, and spending as much time in the sun as possible.
Savannah Loberger
Savannah is a seasoned Software Developer with over 10 years of experience in the tech industry, currently working as an Application Engineer at InComm Payments. As a former Intel engineer, she has worked on various projects ranging from IT troubleshooting to Data Plane Architecture. She is also an active volunteer and STEM outreach program founder, with a passion for inspiring the next generation of makers and innovators.
In addition to her technology career, Savannah is a dedicated community builder and STEM advocate. She founded Girls Get IT! back in high school, the first program to be peer-led and provide hands-on STEM learning opportunities in a supportive community for middle and high school girls. In addition to her work with Girls Get IT!, Savannah has volunteered with several organizations wearing different hats. She volunteered as a judge, emcee, and mentor and coach supporting ORTOP and several robotics teams over the years. She has served a term on the board of Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington. She has been an ambassador at the NCWIT National Summit and participated in the White House roundtable discussion on technology inclusion. She is maybe the only person to have been awarded both the National NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing and the NCWIT Educator Award. She produced the Central Oregon Maker Faire Digital event, which featured over 50% of speakers who were minority and women makers and the following year produced the Central Oregon Maker Faire Education event. Savannah's passion for community building, STEM education, and digital making continue to inspire and empower the next generation of innovators and makers.
In her upcoming talk on imposter syndrome, Savannah will draw on her own experiences to provide insights and advice. Through her talk, she will share practical strategies for overcoming imposter syndrome and building confidence, while also encouraging students to embrace their unique strengths and talents.
Garima Gautam
Garima Gautam is an Engineering Manager in Equipment Productivity Group under Intel’s Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Operations Group. In 2015 Garima started her Intel career in supply chain and has experience in multiple supply chain areas including lithography, wet and dry-etch and advanced filtration. Prior to Intel, Garima worked at other Fortune 100 companies. Garima holds a M.Sc. degree in Global Supply Chain Management and B.Sc. in Computer Science.
Garima is committed to empowering women to thrive through advocacy, mentoring, meaningful connection and strategic opportunities. She is very engaged within Women at Intel Network having held both site and cross-site leadership positions. She drives multiple diversity & inclusion projects inside and outside Intel. She is a recipient of Intel's Global
Diversity, Inclusion and Social Impact Achievement Award. Garima is a recipient of STEP ahead national award and serves on Manufacturing Institute’s Diversity and Inclusion advisory committee. She leads SEMI’s manufacturing ownership diversity group & co-chairs WiS (Women in Semiconductor). She is an adjunct faculty at Portland State University’s School of Business and volunteers at mentoring circles. Outside of work she loves travelling and learning about other cultures with her family.
Kristina Landen
Kristina Landen is a Software Engineer at Garmin AT in Salem, Oregon. She has a BS in Software Engineering with a concentration in Cyber Security, and a Minor in Systems Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ. In her five years at Garmin, Kristina has led the testing efforts of multiple features and driven process changes and improvements benefitting each team she's worked with. Outside of work, Kristina mentors a FIRST Robotics Competition team.
Carina Hahn
Carina Hahn has worked at Intel for over 6 years. She started as a process engineer in Intel’s Logic Technology Development group and is now an Engineering Manager leading an organization helping to develop Intel processors. She graduated from the University of Utah in 2016 with her BS/MS in Materials Science and Engineering. Carina is also involved in the Society of Women Engineers where she has held numerous local and society-level positions including local section President. In 2020 she received the Society of Women Engineers Distinguished New Engineer Award, and in 2015 she received the Outstanding Collegiate Member Award.
Desiré Wooten
Desiré Wooten has over 15 years of experience in Human Resources and Office Management with a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management from Colorado State University- Global Campus. Throughout her education and experience Desiré has specialized in talent acquisition, career, workforce and professional development and training. Desiré has worked in the staffing and hospitality industries before starting her current journey in Higher Education. It was through these experiences and her own struggles as a first-generation college student, that she realized her biggest strength and passion is helping people navigate the barriers and winding path to an individual’s perfect career that often occurs. When Desiré isn’t working with and cheering students on, she is spending time traveling and learning new recipes with her husband.
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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all Oregon Tech sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Disability Services or the Office of Human Resources.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PORTLAND-METRO: Oregon Tech's Portland-Metro campus resides on the ancestral and contemporary home of the Clackamas, Kathlamet, Multnomah, the Tualatin Kalapuya People, Tumwater, and the Watlala bands of the Chinook, who have stewarded this land since time immemorial.
We also respectfully acknowledge the many tribes and bands of the Klamath Basin region, the many Indigenous nations and lands along the Columbia, and the continued sovereignty of the nine tribes of Oregon and Northern Californian tribes that have ties to this land. It is important to acknowledge the ancestors of this place and to recognize that we are all here because of the sacrifices forced upon them. We also respectfully acknowledge the many Indigenous nations, bands, and tribes lands along the Columbia River. In doing so, we hope to honor their legacy and lives, as well as continue to build the relationship with the Native peoples of this region, the state of Oregon, and across the United States.
