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Clinical Director, Family Nurse Practitioner, and OHSU School of Nursing Assistant Professor
Raylene joined the Student Health Center in January 2024. She has served the community of the Grande Ronde Valley as a Family Nurse Practitioner in Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Urgent Care settings since moving here in 2017. Before that, she practiced in Missouri. Raylene enjoys working with the team at the SHC, who she says have “welcomed her with open arms.” She looks forward to getting to know the students and providing holistic, compassionate, patient-centered care for the students at EOU.
When she is not working, she enjoys reading, gardening, traveling, sewing, music and spending time with family.
Megan is a native of Eastern Oregon who is thrilled to return to the EOU campus, where her college career began in 2002 for pre-nursing studies. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Oregon Health and Science University in La Grande in 2006. Following a ten-year career as a registered nurse in intensive care, she shifted her focus toward health promotion and disease prevention, obtaining her Master of Science in Nursing from Georgetown University in 2015. She worked as a Family Nurse Practitioner for Salem Health, managing a patient panel in primary care while seeing students as walk-in patients at a school-based health center for three years. In 2019, she returned to Eastern Oregon to practice in Urgent Care, but in 2020, she was recruited back to her alma mater to teach undergraduate nursing as a clinical instructor. She most recently obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nursing Education to advance her knowledge in research and evidence-based practice and now teaches pathophysiology for OHSU. Having 18 years in nursing, she has gained a diverse background in acute care, primary care, student health, urgent care, and education. She is passionate about creating a safe, respectful, collaborative environment for her patients and students.
Her professional interests include family planning, women’s health, STI health, behavioral health, sports injuries, and preventative care.
When not teaching or in the clinic, she enjoys camping, hiking, biking, gardening, swimming, rock climbing, riding horses on the farm back home, and spending time with her husband and son.
Patient Access Specialist
Melanie starting working for OHSU in 2006 and is from La Grande. She is also a Certified Veterinary Technician and likes spending time with her two dogs and Quarter horse. Some more interests are being with friends and family, and trail riding in the Blue Mountains.
Office Manager
Cathy began working for OHSU in 2020. She enjoys spending time with her family, camping, growing raspberries and flowers, and crafting.
Student Health Center One University Blvd. La Grande, OR 97850 Phone: 541-962-3524 FAX: 541-962-3825 Email: shc@eou.edu