Media coverage and relevant mentions of Southern Oregon University for the most recent week

SOU student, alumni, faculty and staff news and features

News @ SOU • Joe Mosley • USA • Mar 14
New director hired for SOU’s small business center: Marshall Doak begins work as director of SOU’s Small Business Development Center at the Higher Education Center in Medford
Wine Press Northwest • USA • Mar 13
2017 Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year: Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyard: Early on, Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyard turned to SOU wine climatologist Greg Jones, who now is one of the…

Press Release Point • Mar 11
ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award Posthumously Bestowed to Earl H. Potter III: Earl Potter, the former president of St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, served previously as executive vice president and provost at SOU
Medford Mail Tribune • Lee Juillerat • Mar 9
No more passing the Buck: Dan Rubenson, an economics professor at SOU, participates in a cross-country skiing excursion at Buck Prairie
Great Northwest Wine • Eric Degerman • Mar 8
2017 vintage off to cool start in Pacific Northwest: SOU wine climatologist said in a report to the Pacific Northwest wind industry that the region has gotten off to a cold start for 2017
KAJO 1270AM • Sam Marsh • Mar 7
Three Rivers School Board Appoints David Valenzuela as Permanent Superintendent: David Valenzuela holds a Masters of Arts in Secondary Education from SOU and a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Western Oregon University
KTVL-10 TV • Mike Marut • Mar 6
Dutch Bros helps fundraise for SOU’s Coach Howard scholarship: Ashland locations of Dutch Bros donate proceeds to help fund scholarship in memory of SOU football coach Craig Howard
Medford Mail Tribune • Joe Zavala • Mar 10
Ashland’s Hall chosen SOU’s head football coach: Ashland High football coach Charlie Hall has been named the head coach at SOU, Athletic Director Matt Sayre announced

News about SOU academic programs

News @ SOU • Joe Mosley • USA • Mar 14
New director hired for SOU’s small business center: Marshall Doak begins work as director of SOU’s Small Business Development Center at the Higher Education Center in Medford
Business Insider • Aine Cain • Mar 11
4 things Hollywood gets wrong about archaeologists — and 2 things it gets right: SOU research archaeologist Chelsea Rose chimes in on what Hollywood gets right and wrong in depictions of archaeology (This story appeared in at least 15 other publications throughout the U.S.)
News – DailyTidings.com • Mar 10
New pavilion going up on ‘The Farm’ at SOU: SOU and community folk broke ground Thursday for a pavilion on “The Farm” on Walker Street. The Thalden Pavilion will be used for university and community events (This story also appeared March 17 in the Medford Mail Tribune)
News @ SOU • Joe Mosley • Mar 7
SOU: Groundbreaking at pavilion dedicated to “outrageous innovation”: March 9 groundbreaking marks start of construction on SOU’s “Thalden Pavilion: dedicated to outrageous innovation in sustainability and the arts”…
News about fine and performing arts
Revels – DailyTidings.com • Mar 8
Five picks for live entertainment: The rock musical “Spring Awakening” was in SOU’s Music Recital Hall March 9-11

News about politics, policy and national trends impacting SOU and higher education

News – DailyTidings.com • Mar 17
Session focuses on monument research: Students and scientists to talk about their research during fifth annual Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Research Symposium on March 23 (This story also appeared March 16 in the Medford Mail Tribune)
News – DailyTidings.com • Mar 15
Disarmament activists to give public talks in Ashland Thursday and Friday: Prominent nuclear disarmament activists visit Ashland to discuss global security under the Trump administration
Herald and News • Pat Bushey • USA • Mar 14
State universities, students paying for poor decisions of Oregon’s past: SOU and other public universities in Oregon are eyeing tuition increases because of the state’s feast-or-famine history of funding higher education
KTVL-10 TV • Mike Marut • Mar 10
Latino high school students attend Cesar E. Chavez Leadership Conference at SOU: SOU hosts 300 Latino students from southern Oregon high schools at sixth annual Cesar E. Chavez Leadership Conference
Medford Mail Tribune • Nick Morgan • Mar 7
Indivisible members support press freedoms; a dozen Trump advocates gather at Vogel: A Southern Oregon University professor told several hundred anti-Trump demonstrators Tuesday that the president’s attacks on the media….

Miscellaneous news

News Review Today • Vera Westbrook • USA • Mar 18
Sutherlin High School students take first place at regional National History Day competition: Sutherlin 11th-graders were among about 60 students in the regional competition at SOU earlier this month
Yahoo! Finance • Mar 8
Fifth Annual Women’s Leadership Conference of SO (Southern Oregon) to Feature National Keynote Speaker Mona Patel: The Women’s Leadership Conference of SO is presented by SOU with the sponsorship of more than 20 regional… (This story appeared in more than 90 other publications throughout the U.S.)
ZING Blog by Quicken Loans • Mike Young • Mar 7
What You Should Know About Delinquency and Default on Your Student Loans: Stephanie Hanigan, Scholarship Coordinator and Compliance Supervisor at SOU, is in favor of using automated payments