Travel Talks and Events
Join Kate Sanders for Travel Talks – a webcast series dedicated to the OSU Alumni Association Group Travel Program.
Topics range from travel tips to information on various destinations and more. All Travel Talks are online at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time
May 5 | Smoky Mountains & Pigeon Forge and Montréal & Québec City Christmas tour previews. Register.
OSU Alumni Association Executive Director John Valva and alumni group tour company Premier World Discovery will share previews of both trips, including how you can explore during the tour right before the OSU Football game against Appalachian State in October.
May 6 | Travel Talk: Learn about the Aurora Borealis and Solar Eclipse. Register.
Laura Brandt Edson, project manager for SciAct Aurorasaurus Citizen Science Project, illuminates the science behind auroras and solar activity — some of nature’s most mesmerizing light shows.
Recorded Travel Talk Presentations
- April 2 | Travel Talk: Travel to Ireland - Elizabeth Bell, ’90
- Have Sharks, Will Travel — Studying Sharks Around the Globe with OSU’s Big Fish Lab
- How Will Traveling Change in Our New Political Climate? David Bernell, associate professor of Political Science at Oregon State University.
- Traveling through time: Did medieval people go on vacation? Tekla Bude, Associate Professor in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film.
- Essence of India: A Global Perspective on Ecology & Culture
- Tips for taking your best travel photos with Julia Bradshaw.
- Sustainable Travel: Travel Talks partnered with the College of Health on their Our Health& online series to discuss sustainable travel.
- The Kingdom of the Netherlands: Agricultural Innovations and Culture for the World, presented by Dave Stone
- 2023 post-trip tour review: Uganda and the Gorilla Trek
- Colorado's Historic Trains tour preview with Sandy Doss of Mayflower Cruises and Tours.
- Italian Wine and Coffee with Elizabeth Tomasino, associate professor, Department of Food Science and Technology
Additional recordings are linked below.
About Kate Sanders
Director II, Alumni Programs and Alumni Group Travel
Kate Sanders is the director for academic enrichment and Alumni Group Travel at the Oregon State University Alumni Association, where she is responsible for the travel program as well as the association’s signature events and educational programming. Kate joined the alumni association in 2013 after planning presidential and university-level events at Oregon State University and has a professional background in project management, event planning, writing and environmental education. Travel and tourism have always been part of her life, from family trips when young, to living abroad in Australia, to work and personal travel today.
Kate has been to almost every state in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii, as well as the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico. She has hosted alumni group tours to destination such as Costa Rica, Scotland, Alaska, French Polynesia, the Channel Islands, Peru, Galapagos Island, the Grand Canyon and the Kentucky Derby. She has also visited Norway, Denmark, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Ireland, Mexico, Canada, Bermuda and Caribbean Islands, among others.