There are plenty of jokes about English majors, all revolving around the idea that they don’t have marketable skills for the professional environment. However, students in the SOU English Department, particularly those with a Professional Writing concentration, are discrediting these quips one internship at a time, thanks to the skills they learn and the professors they encounter. Continue reading
In Merlin, OR, near Grants Pass, students in the CS 346: Computer Forensics class attained hands-on experience while searching a mock crime scene with the help and expertise of the Oregon State Police bomb squad. Continue reading
Pearson Inc, one of the leading textbook publishing companies in the US, recently released Psychological Science: Modeling Scientific Literacy by SOU’s own associate professor of psychology, Mark Krause. Continue reading
Robert Ellis Cochran, a major in human communication at Southern Oregon University, was awarded an internship position with the Natural History Research Experience at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, for the summer 2012. Continue reading
The College of Arts & Sciences and the Center for Emerging Media & Digital Arts (eMDA) celebrates the opening of the Ashland Independent Film Festival with a rip-roaring, globe-trotting Campus Connections on Wednesday, April 11 at 12:30 p.m. in the Rogue River Room, Stevenson Union. Adventure! Romance! POPCORN! Prizes! The Gala Premiere of Around the World in EMDA! Plus savvy answers to the year-old question: What *is* eMDA, anyway?!
In Alena Ruggerio’s COMM 210 Public Speaking last term, every student’s dream became a reality: a free textbook. Using Flat World Knowledge —an organization that offers free textbooks across various subjects—she decided to “experiment,” as she puts it, by choosing a text offered by the site that students could access for free online or purchase for much less than most books would cost. Continue reading
A now retired SOU math professor, Ron Steffani, along with the help of local high school teachers, created something novel to the southern Oregon area during the 1971-1972 academic year: a math league. The Southern Oregon Math League (SOML) was not just about providing students with more intellectual pastimes but Steffani believed “kids needed something to compete in besides sports,” as Larry Shrewsbury, the professor of mathematics in charge of the SOML competitions, states. In SOML’s first year, only four schools took part in the events with a total of five teams of six students competing. Continue reading
David Bithell and Ellie Leonhardt, Caught Catching, 2010, video still from 3-channel interactive installation
The Schneider Museum of Art presents Narrative, Mechanism and the Digital Thread, an exhibition by artists David Bithell, Ali Momeni and Jenny Vogel. In installations, kinetic objects and 2-D prints, all three artists use a variety of digital technologies, performative elements and interactivity. The exhibition will be on view from March 16 through April 28, 2012. Continue reading
March is the month for concerts, beginning with two directed by Terry Longshore, a professor of music and the director of percussion studies. The first is Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians,’ featuring the SOU Contemporary Music Ensemble on Friday, March 9 at 7:30pm in the Music Recital Hall. Considered one of Reich’s best works, “Music for 18 Musicians” displays the accomplishments of percussionists as well as other musicians and singers. Continue reading
SOU now offers a Professional Science Master’s Degree (PSM) in Applied Mathematics, combining advanced applied theory with business and communication skills in order to produce highly sought-after graduates. Continue reading