College of Business student Aaron LaVigne has teamed up with College of Science student Dustin Fernandes and recent Oregon State graduate Vinay Bikkina to put together a TEDx event that has sold out the LaSells-Stewart Center’s 1,200-seat Austin Auditorium.
TEDxOregonStateU, a series of short talks on the theme of disruption, starts at 6 p.m. Thursday. Independently organized TEDx events feature talks, demonstrations or performances that foster learning, inspiration and wonder. Ticket sales have been brisk to hear the lineup of speakers:
- Emily Calandrelli, a co-producer and host of Fox’s new show, “Xploration Outer Space,” who works to scientific literacy and women in science, technology, engineering and math.
- David Edelstein, senior vice president of global programs at Grameen Foundation and director of the Grameen Foundation Technology Center.
- Hanson Hosein, the director of the communication leadership graduate program at the University of Washington and president of HRH Media Group.
- Michelle Lesniak, the season 11 winner of “Project Runway.”
- Matthew Kaiser, an undergraduate student at OSU, who is working toward an honors degree in microbiology with minors in Spanish, chemistry and toxicology.
Tickets are $20, or $15 for students. Tickets and additional information are available at www.oregonstate.edu/TEDxOregonStateU.
