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Insko stepping down as president at Eastern Oregon University
The Observer
LA GRANDE — East-
ern Oregon University Pres-
ident Tom Insko announced
Monday, Aug. 1, that he is
leaving his post at the end of
September.
Insko has been named
president and chief execu-
tive oﬃ cer at Collins, a wood
products company based in
Wilsonville.
“This was a diﬃ cult deci-
sion because serving as pres-
ident, with this outstanding
community of educators, stu-
dents and professionals, has
been among the most chal-
lenging but fulﬁ lling expe-
riences of my career,” Insko
said in a release announcing
his departure. “I am so proud
of what we have accom-
plished together over the last
seven years, and while I will
be serving Oregon in a diﬀ er-
ent way, my goal is to con-
The Observer, File
Tom Insko became the 12th president of Eastern Oregon University in 2015. Insko announced
on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, he has been named president and chief executive oﬃ cer at Collins,
a wood products company based in Wilsonville. He will leave EOU at the end of September.
tinue to support and advance
opportunities for the people
in Eastern Oregon — and
that includes the students and
community at EOU.”
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ern’s 12th president in 2015
after more than 20 years as an
executive at Boise Cascade.
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reorganization of the school’s
diversity, equity inclusion
and belonging programs, and
the just-launched Moon Shot
for Equity project to elimi-
nate achievement gaps.
“Tom was a nontradi-
tional president with a back-
ground in operations and
ﬁ nancial management, but it
proved to be exactly the kind
of leadership we needed,”
EOU Board Chairman Rich-
ard Chaves said. “Tom’s
passion for Oregon cou-
pled with a strategic educa-
tion and ﬁ scal plan brought
together everyone under one
vision, which has led us to
the strong position we are
in today. He set a high bar
for our next president, but
we are conﬁ dent we will
attract a high caliber leader
who can continue to advance
the path forward putting the
people and students of East-
ern Oregon ﬁ rst.”
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long resident of La Grande,
Insko brought his business
experience along with a pas-
sion for expanding opportu-
nities through education to
his role as president.
Under Insko’s leader-
ship EOU increased student
access to higher education
and protected aﬀ ordability by
keeping tuition ﬂ at during the
pandemic in 2021-22. EOU
has had some of the smallest
increases in costs of all public
universities in Oregon during
his tenure while increasing
its diversity and growing stu-
dent retention rates.
Programs
developed
during Insko’s tenure include
the expansion of academic
programs like agriculture
entrepreneurship, reorganiza-
tion of EOU’s academic col-
leges and the addition of two
new deans, securing funding
for the new ﬁ eldhouse, the
addition of men’s and wom-
en’s wrestling, lacrosse, and
baseball, renovations and
upgrades to buildings across
campus, the Rural Engage-
ment and Vitality Center, a
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A
lpine Meadows
Golf Course hosted
two annual tourna-
ments within this past three
weeks. The Elks took place
on the weekend of July
23-24, and the Gail Beck
Ladies Invitational on Tues-
day, Aug. 2.
“We had a good turn-
out. The course had teams
starting on all nine tee
boxes. Because it was not a
crowded ﬁ eld, play ﬂ owed
nicely,” Chad Conrad,
chairman of the Elks Tour-
ney, said. “The sole survi-
vor was quite suspenseful
and fun to watch.”
Marvin Gibbs and Mike
Turner were the top win-
ners, while Dakota Hull and
Terry Lamb took second
place and Jerry Hook and
Mel Jackson ﬁ nished third.
Two-day score win-
ners in the men’s ﬁ rst ﬂ ight
gross were Tim Gilbert
with a 152 and Mel Jackson
with a 154. On the net side,
Terry Lamb carded a 146 to
edge out Chad Stangel with
a 147.
In the men’s second
ﬂ ight gross, Dick Ander-
son ﬁ nished with a 162 and
Mike Walborn ﬁ nished with
a 176. On the net, Dave
Griﬃ th posted a 136 and
Tristin Beck carded a 148.
In the ladies ﬂ ight gross,
Kayla Hull had a 200 and
on the net side, Cindy Grif-
ﬁ th ﬁ nished with a 212.
Carol Marr chaired the
Gail Beck tournament again
this year.
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Grande, Clarkston, Wash-
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a day early to visit Wallowa
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shop the shops,” Marr said.
“Out on the course new-
comers to Alpine Meadows
raved about the marvel-
ous view of the Wallowas.
That’s a winner in itself.”
Helping to make the
tournament a fun-ﬁ lled suc-
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and southeast
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Seaborgium
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mune
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authorization
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to EU
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