Oregon Revised Statutes Education and Culture § 352.039

(1) A university with a governing board is created to carry out public missions and services in keeping with principles of public accountability and fundamental public policy, guided by the legislative findings in ORS 350.001 and 350.005 and consistent with the goals and mission described in ORS 350.009 and 350.014.

(2) A university with a governing board is an independent public body with statewide purposes and missions and without territorial boundaries. A university with a governing board shall exercise and carry out all of the powers, rights and privileges, within and outside this state, that are expressly conferred upon the university with a governing board, or that are implied by law or are incident to such powers, rights and duties.