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SOU exploring all options to help students, employees and community through wildfiresSeptember 15, 2020 - 3:29 pm
SOU awarded $1.6 million to help first-generation and non-traditional studentsAugust 27, 2020 - 8:00 am
Peter Wu has found his calling: to teach physics and do research at SOUAugust 21, 2020 - 4:08 pm
Essential workers in SOU’s MBA Program share their storiesAugust 10, 2020 - 4:05 pm
SOU’s Sean O’Skea: from historic preservation to theatrical scene designAugust 4, 2020 - 9:58 am
SOU recognized by niche.com for doing well in conversion to remote courseworkJuly 27, 2020 - 3:36 pm
SOU remains flexible in pandemic, pivots toward remote coursesJuly 27, 2020 - 11:34 am
Cascade Conference delays fall sports for SOU and other member schoolsJuly 17, 2020 - 12:35 pm
Increased to-go options at The Landing to serve as model for fall termJuly 10, 2020 - 3:41 pm
With campus access limited, Raider Receptions and Registrations go onlineJuly 3, 2020 - 4:54 pm
SOU Small Business Development Center helps local businesses weather COVID-19June 30, 2020 - 7:50 am
The Schneider Museum of Art’s new virtual exhibit Celebrating Wild Beauty presented onlineJune 29, 2020 - 9:58 am
SOU awarded $1.6 million to help first-generation and non-traditional students
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The TRIO-Student Support Services (SSS) program at SOU, which helps non-traditional students succeed and graduate, has received a five-year, $1,627,990 federal grant renewal to keep the program in operation through 2026. The U.S. Department of Education grant will provide $325,598 per year in funding for SOU’s Success at Southern/TRIO Program, which is […]
Peter Wu has found his calling: to teach physics and do research at SOU
/in Academics /by mosleyjPeter Ka-Chai Wu has worked in factories and mailrooms, and has held positions ranging from security guard to researcher. But the opportunity to teach physics is what brought him to SOU as a young academic and it’s what has kept him on the STEM faculty for 25 years. “(Teaching) is rewarding and challenging,” Wu said. […]
SOU’s Sean O’Skea: from historic preservation to theatrical scene design
/in Academics /by mosleyjAfter moving back-and-forth – between the East and West coasts, and between theater stage design and historic preservation – Sean O’Skea has settled into his role at SOU as a professor of scenic design, which he’s held for the past 13 years. O’Skea became interested in scene design after taking drama classes in high school […]
SOU’s Ken Kempner studies role of women faculty in Saudi universities
/in Academics /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University emeritus professor Ken Kempner, a former dean of social sciences at SOU, has continued studying the role of higher education in developing countries – most recently, the role of women in Saudi Arabia’s universities. Kempner’s research was cited last month in a story in the life sciences magazine The Scientist about women […]
Esports team and esports management minor coming to SOU
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will be among the first universities on the West Coast to offer both an academic program and a competitive team in esports when both are launched this fall. Esports is a billion-dollar global enterprise, and the programs will position SOU students for future employment in the burgeoning industry. The […]
SOU’s graduating student teachers provide value in varied settings
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Even the most seasoned educators are currently navigating uncharted territory. But for student teachers in Southern Oregon University’s School of Education, unusual classroom circumstances are coinciding with the culmination of college journeys. Teaching placements have gone ahead as scheduled – though not exactly as planned – for 110 SOU students who are […]
SOULA wins Oregon Heritage Excellence Award for Chinese immigrant research
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) has won a 2020 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award for its work on the Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project. Students worked with faculty on the project as part of a Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) summer archaeological field school in 2019. “The (Oregon Heritage Excellence Award) recipients […]
SOU music ensembles get creative in their new, virtual reality
/in Academics, The Arts /by mosleyjWith some schools cancelling ensembles altogether, Paul T. French – Southern Oregon University’s Director of Choral Studies and Vocal Studies – had doubts about the spring ahead for his corner of the Music Program in the Oregon Center for the Arts at SOU. The idea of taking the choir virtual was especially daunting, with the […]
SOU professor’s book shows presidential insults are nothing new
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The contentious 2016 presidential campaign inspired Southern Oregon University English professor Ed Battistella, and the result is a new book examining the history of presidential insults and invective. “Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels: Insulting the President, from Washington to Trump,” was published last month by the Oxford University Press. The book documents more than […]
SOULA archaeological research leads to historic designation for Britt Gardens
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyjSeven months after the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology was awarded a grant to analyze the Peter Britt Gardens, the site was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology conducts archaeological research throughout southwest Oregon, allowing students to gain practical experience […]