OSU News Service

BEND - Diana Sloane, a college administrator whose broad career has included positions as a registered nurse, an academic leader and a director in the Peace Corps, has been named the new campus executive officer for the Oregon State University Cascades Campus.

Sloane will take over her new duties on July 1, succeeding Jay Casbon, who has led the OSU-Cascades Campus for the last five years.

OSU President Ed Ray praised Sloane's ability to connect with a variety of constituents - a trait that he said will serve her well as the leader of a growing young campus with many needs in a state that is in the bottom tier of funding for higher education.

Sloane's academic career spans 33 years, from her start as a professor of nursing at Santa Barbara City College to her leadership of a branch campus of Antioch University. Most recently, however, she has been in The Gambia, where she spent the last four years as Peace Corps director for the West African country.

As campus executive officer for the OSU-Cascades Campus, Sloane will direct the state's first branch campus, which has about 500 students and an annual budget of approximately $5 million.

The campus has grown steadily each year and is looking at options for expansion.