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State of Oregon | |||||
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Nickname(s):
The Beaver State |
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Motto(s): Alis volat propriis (English: She flies with her own wings) |
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State song(s): "Oregon, My Oregon" | |||||
Official language | De jure: none[1] De facto: Pacific Northwest English |
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Demonym | Oregonian | ||||
Capital | Salem | ||||
Largest city | Portland | ||||
Largest metro | Portland metropolitan area | ||||
Area | Ranked 9th | ||||
• Total | 98,381 sq mi (254,806 km2) |
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• Width | 400 miles (640 km) | ||||
• Length | 360 miles (580 km) | ||||
• % water | 2.4 | ||||
• Latitude | 42° N to 46° 18′ N | ||||
• Longitude | 116° 28′ W to 124° 38′ W | ||||
Population | Ranked 27th | ||||
• Total | 4,190,713 (2018) | ||||
• Density | 39.9/sq mi (15.0/km2) Ranked 39th |
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• Median household income | $60,212[2] (21st) | ||||
Elevation | |||||
• Highest point | Mount Hood[3][4][5] 11,249 ft (3,428.8 m) |
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• Mean | 3,300 ft (1,000 m) | ||||
• Lowest point | Pacific Ocean[4] Sea level |
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Before statehood | Oregon Territory | ||||
Admitted to the Union | February 14, 1859 (33rd) | ||||
Governor | Kate Brown (D) | ||||
Secretary of State | Beverly Clarno (R) | ||||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||||
• Upper house | State Senate | ||||
• Lower house | House of Representatives | ||||
U.S. Senators | Ron Wyden (D) Jeff Merkley (D) |
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U.S. House delegation | 4 Democrats 1 Republican (list) |
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• primary | Pacific: UTC −8/−7 | ||||
• primary for Malheur County | Mountain: UTC −7/−6 | ||||
ISO 3166 | US-OR | ||||
Abbreviations | OR, Ore. | ||||
Website | www.oregon.gov |
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The Seal of Oregon |
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Bird | Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) |
Crustacean | Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) |
Fish | Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) |
Flower | Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) |
Grass | Bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata) |
Insect | Oregon swallowtail (Papilio oregonius) |
Mammal | American beaver (Castor canadensis) |
Tree | Douglas-fir |
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Beverage | Milk |
Dance | Square dance |
Food | Pear (Pyrus) |
Fossil | Metasequoia |
Gemstone | Oregon sunstone |
Rock | Thunderegg |
Shell | Oregon hairy triton (Fusitriton oregonensis) |
Slogan | The Union |
Soil | Jory soil |
Other | Nut: Hazelnut |
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Oregon was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before Western traders, explorers, and settlers arrived. An autonomous government was formed in the Oregon Country in 1843 before the Oregon Territory was created in 1848. Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Today, at 98,000 square miles (250,000 km2), Oregon is the ninth largest and, with a population of 4 million, 27th most populous U.S. state. The capital, Salem, is the second most populous city in Oregon, with 169,798 residents. Portland, with 647,805, ranks as the 26th among U.S. cities. The Portland metropolitan area, which also includes the city of Vancouver, Washington, to the north, ranks the 25th largest metro area in the nation, with a population of 2,453,168.
Oregon is one of the most geographically diverse states in the U.S.,[7] marked by volcanoes, abundant bodies of water, dense evergreen and mixed forests, as well as high deserts and semi-arid shrublands. At 11,249 feet (3,429 m), Mount Hood, a stratovolcano, is the state's highest point. Oregon's only national park, Crater Lake National Park, comprises the caldera surrounding Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States. The state is also home to the single largest organism in the world, Armillaria ostoyae, a fungus that runs beneath 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) of the Malheur National Forest.[8]
Because of its diverse landscapes and waterways, Oregon's economy is largely powered by various forms of agriculture, fishing, and hydroelectric power. Oregon is also the top timber producer of the contiguous United States, and the timber industry dominated the state's economy in the 20th century.[9] Technology is another one of Oregon's major economic forces, beginning in the 1970s with the establishment of the Silicon Forest and the expansion of Tektronix and Intel. Sportswear company Nike, Inc., headquartered in Beaverton, is the state's largest public corporation with an annual revenue of $30.6 billion.[10]
As of 2015, Oregon ranks as the 17th highest in median household income at $60,834.[2] The gross domestic product (GDP) of Oregon in 2013 was $219.6 billion, a 2.7% increase from 2012; Oregon is the 25th wealthiest state by GDP. In 2003, Oregon was 28th in the U.S. by GDP. The state's per capita personal income (PCPI) in 2013 was $39,848, a 1.5% increase from 2012. Oregon ranks 33rd in the U.S. by PCPI, compared to 31st in 2003. The national PCPI in 2013 was $44,765.[101]
Oregon's unemployment rate was 5.5% in September 2016,[102] while the U.S. unemployment rate was 5.0% that month.[103] Oregon has the third largest amount of food stamp users in the nation (21% of the population).[104]
High technology industries located in Silicon Forest have been a major employer since the 1970s. Tektronix was the largest private employer in Oregon until the late 1980s. Intel's creation and expansion of several facilities in eastern Washington County continued the growth that Tektronix had started. Intel, the state's largest for-profit private employer,[128][129] operates four large facilities, with Ronler Acres, Jones Farm and Hawthorn Farm all located in Hillsboro.[130]
The spinoffs and startups that were produced by these two companies led to the establishment in that area of the so-called Silicon Forest. The recession and dot-com bust of 2001 hit the region hard; many high technology employers reduced the number of their employees or went out of business. Open Source Development Labs made news in 2004 when they hired Linus Torvalds, developer of the Linux kernel. In 2010, biotechnology giant Genentech opened a $400 million facility in Hillsboro to expand its production capabilities.[131] Oregon is home to several large datacenters that take advantage of cheap power and a climate conducive to reducing cooling costs. Google operates a large datacenter in The Dalles, and Facebook built a large datacenter near Prineville in 2010. Amazon opened a datacenter near Boardman in 2011, and a fulfillment center in Troutdale in 2018.[132][133]
Especially since the 1990 passage of Measure 5, which set limits on property tax levels, Oregon has struggled to fund higher education. Since then, Oregon has cut its higher education budget and now ranks 46th in the country in state spending per student. However, 2007 legislation funded the university system far beyond the governor's requested budget though still capping tuition increases at 3% per year.[193] Oregon supports a total of seven public universities and one affiliate. It is home to three public research universities: The University of Oregon (UO) in Eugene and Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis, both classified as research universities with very high research activity, and Portland State University which is classified as a research university with high research activity.[194]
UO is the state's highest nationally-ranked and most selective[195] public university by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes.[196] OSU is the state's only land-grant university, has the state's largest enrollment for fall 2014,[197] and is the state's highest ranking university according to Academic Ranking of World Universities, Washington Monthly, and QS World University Rankings.[198] OSU receives more annual funding for research than all other public higher education institutions in Oregon combined.[199] The state's urban Portland State University has Oregon's second largest enrollment.
The state has three regional universities: Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Southern Oregon University in Ashland, and Eastern Oregon University in La Grande. The Oregon Institute of Technology has its campus in Klamath Falls. The quasi-public Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) includes medical, dental, and nursing schools, and graduate programs in biomedical sciences in Portland and a science and engineering school in Hillsboro. The state also supports 17 community colleges.
Oregon is home to a wide variety of private colleges, the majority of which are located in the Portland area. The University of Portland and Marylhurst University are both Catholic universities located in or near Portland, affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross, and the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, respectively. Reed College, a rigorous liberal arts college in Portland, was ranked by Forbes as the 52nd best college in the country in 2015.[200]
Other private institutions in Portland include Concordia University; Lewis & Clark College; Multnomah University; Portland Bible College; Warner Pacific College; Cascade College; the National University of Natural Medicine; and Western Seminary, a theological graduate school. Pacific University is in the Portland suburb of Forest Grove. There are also private colleges further south in the Willamette Valley. McMinnville is home to Linfield College, while nearby Newberg is home to George Fox University. Salem is home to two private schools: Willamette University (the state's oldest, established during the provisional period) and Corban University. Also located near Salem is Mount Angel Seminary, one of America's largest Roman Catholic seminaries. The state's second medical school, the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest, is located in Lebanon. Eugene is home to three private colleges: Northwest Christian University, New Hope Christian College, and Gutenberg College.
Online Business or e-business is any kind of business or commercial transaction that includes sharing information across the internet. Commerce constitutes the exchange of products and services between businesses, groups and individuals and can be seen as one of the essential activities of any business. Electronic commerce focuses on the use of ICT to enable the external activities and relationships of the business with individuals, groups and other businesses, while e-business refers to business with help of the internet. The term "e-business" was coined by IBM's marketing and Internet team in 1996.
E-commerce (short for "electronic commerce") is trading in products or services using computer networks, such as the Internet. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web for at least one part of the transaction's life cycle, although it may also use other technologies such as e-mail.
E-business systems naturally have greater security risks than traditional business systems, therefore it is important for e-business systems to be fully protected against these risks. A far greater number of people have access to e-businesses through the internet than would have access to a traditional business. Customers, suppliers, employees, and numerous other people use any particular e-business system daily and expect their confidential information to stay secure. Hackers are one of the great threats to the security of e-businesses. Some common security concerns for e-Businesses include keeping business and customer information private and confidential, authenticity of data, and data integrity. Some of the methods of protecting e-business security and keeping information secure include physical security measures as well as data storage, data transmission, anti-virus software, firewalls, and encryption to list a few.
A Bachelor of Information Technology (abbreviations BIT, BInfTech, B.Tech(IT) or BE(IT)) is an undergraduate academic degree that generally requires three to five years of study. While the degree has a major focus on computers and technology, it differs from a Computer Science degree in that students are also expected to study management and information science, and there are reduced requirements for mathematics. A degree in computer science can be expected to concentrate on the scientific aspects of computing, while a degree in information technology can be expected to concentrate on the business and communication applications of computing. There is more emphasis on these two areas in the e-commerce, e-business and business information technology undergraduate courses. Specific names for the degrees vary across countries, and even universities within countries.
This is in contrast to a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology which is a bachelor's degree typically conferred after a period of three to four years of an undergraduate course of study in Information Technology (IT). The degree itself is a Bachelor of Science with institutions conferring degrees in the fields of information technology and related fields.
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School: University of Phoenix Program: The Bachelor of Science in e-Business (BSB/EB) Program blends business and information technology to address the emerging field of e-Commerce and e-Business. The curriculum is designed to produce graduates ready to function in e-Business positions with the competencies, skills, and attitudes necessary for success in the workplace.
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The e-Business Program blends business and information technology to address the emerging field of e-Commerce and e-Business. This program was developed to further enhance existing core competencies and skill sets, applying the traditional business models to the virtual marketplace.
The curriculum is designed to produce graduates ready to function in e-Business positions with the competencies, skills, and attitudes necessary for success in the workplace.
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