Located in Bend, Oregon State University – Cascades pairs the resources of a leading public research university with the scale and warmth of an intimate campus. Built from the ground up over the past decade, the campus blends striking, sustainably engineered architecture with flexible indoor and outdoor spaces suited to meetings, conferences, receptions, and community events of nearly every size. At the center of campus, the mass-timber Edward J. Ray Hall offers a dramatic, light-filled atrium that comfortably hosts up to 360 guests, alongside large-lecture and classroom-style rooms geothermally heated and cooled from 500 feet below the earth’s surface. Tykeson Hall and Obsidian Hall add a further mix of boardrooms, classrooms, and the Beaver Dam dining commons, while the open lawn of the Oval Green and adjoining courtyards extend programming outdoors against a backdrop of the Cascades Mountains. Thirty minutes from Mt. Bachelor and minutes from downtown Bend’s restaurants, breweries, and trails, OSU-Cascades gives meeting planners, conference organizers, and community partners a setting that feels like nowhere else in the region—backed by a dedicated Event Services team focused on making every event run smoothly, from first inquiry to final strike.