OSPIRG Staff
Nicole Allen is the OSPIRG students Textbook Advocate and director of the Make Textbooks Affordable project. Since 2007, she has worked with students, faculty and decision-makers across the country to address the rapidly rising cost of college textbooks through grassroots organizing, public education and advocacy.
Nationally recognized as a leading issue expert, Ms. Allen's research and opinions have been cited in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.
A life-long activist, Ms. Allen began her career in higher education advocacy as a student at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, where she graduated in 2006 with a degree in Philosophy.
Internships
Work on important issues, learn valuable skills, get hands-on experience, and make a difference.
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OSPIRG Statewide Vice-Chair and SOU Chapter Chair, Tommy Letchworth, with State Senator Alan Bates after their panel discussing how to reduce the influence of money in politics. -
Lane Community College student Bill Shook works to ban plastic water bottles on campus. -
Students at Southern Oregon University gather petitions to reduce plastic bag usage in the city of Ashland. -
University of Oregon students and staff remind their peers to turn in their ballots on election day. -
University of Oregon students with Oregon Attorney General John Kroger. -
Fast Trains ARE Cool. -
Students volunteer at a local garden for the National Hunger Cleanup. -
Southern Oregon University campaign coordinators presenting their campaigns at the fall 2011 kickoff meeting. -
Students campaign for High Speed Rail. -
ASUO President Ben Eckstein speaks at the UO kickoff meeting. -
UO Chapter Chair, Charles Denson, interviewed by the local news regarding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Plastic Bag Monster fights the UO Ducks. Go Ducks! -
Katie Taylor speaking at the Lane Community College kickoff meeting. -
Students travel to Washington D.C. -
Fall 2011 Board of Directors. -
We collect petition signatures - lots of them! -
Power Shift West 2009 organizers with State Representative Jefferson Smith. -
Power Shift West 2011 keynote address. -
Vote Yes for OSPIRG!