A new opportunity is now available at SOU: a Certificate in Conflict Resolution. A certificate is more than a minor though not as large as a major. Current students may have already completed a number of the electives for this certificate, or will soon, since this program can draw from any of fourteen different majors, and includes some classes that also count toward the University Studies requirements. Continue reading
The video project SOU student Jared Hail produced as part of his Emerging Media and Digital Arts (EMDA) minor is helping the group, SOU Activists, spread their message to “go organic” to people in the community. Through interviews and videos, SOU Activists are one step closer to achieving their goal “to educate the community on the benefits of growing organic and its environmental impact.” Continue reading
Stone monument erected at Fort Lane in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The plaque has since been stolen.
After Fort Lane was abandoned in 1856, it decayed until nothing remained except easily overlooked mounds. Until Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA). began exploring the site, a monument constructed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1929 stood as the only aboveground evidence the area wasn’t just another empty field. Without the plaque, stolen long ago and never replaced, visitors still might not know the location’s historical significance at first glance. Continue reading
Jackie Apodaca, Associate Professor of Theater Arts, will be featured as a special guest at the upcoming Governor’s Annual Film Meeting along with Anne Ashbey Pierotti, the Ashland Independent Film Festival’s executive director. Continue reading Two SOU voice students, Mandee Light and Beatriz Abella, won first place in the Fall
2011 American Protégé International Music Talent Competition for a duet of their vocal and instrumental skills. Continue reading
Jennifer Marcellus
As a student who feared becoming just another face lost in the crowd if I went to a bigger
university, SOU has given me exactly what I wanted from my college experience. Continue reading
Mark Shibley, a professor of sociology and environmental studies, recently published an article entitled “Sacred Nature: Earth-based Spirituality as Popular Religion in the Pacific Northwest.” It appeared in the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture. This publication is dedicated to addressing the relationship people have with nature, religion, and culture. Continue reading
Environmental Studies alumna Sarah Rudeen ’11 received the National Science Foundation REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Scholarship. Continue reading
Students from all majors have the opportunity to affect the community through creativity simply by fulfilling one of Southern Oregon University’s upper division general education requirements. The Art History Department annually offers ARTH 345: Activist Art and Work in the Community, in which students not only learn about addressing important issues through artistic mediums but also get to create activist art themselves. Continue reading