http://news.sou.edu/cas Our faculty and students doing great things. Thu, 03 May 2012 17:22:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/05/03/interning-as-a-professional-writer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interning-as-a-professional-writer http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/05/03/interning-as-a-professional-writer/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:21:47 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=479 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 … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/05/03/interning-as-a-professional-writer/feed/ 0 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/17/cs-346-computer-forensics-is-the-bomb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cs-346-computer-forensics-is-the-bomb http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/17/cs-346-computer-forensics-is-the-bomb/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:19:18 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=460 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. OSP rigged a car donated by … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/17/cs-346-computer-forensics-is-the-bomb/feed/ 0 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/13/professor-published-by-textbook-company-pearson-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=professor-published-by-textbook-company-pearson-education http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/13/professor-published-by-textbook-company-pearson-education/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:38:58 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=446 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. With co-author, Dan Corts, Krause helped produce a textbook for general psychology courses that breaks … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/13/professor-published-by-textbook-company-pearson-education/feed/ 0 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/12/communication-student-lands-prestigious-internship-at-smithsonian/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=communication-student-lands-prestigious-internship-at-smithsonian http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/12/communication-student-lands-prestigious-internship-at-smithsonian/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:32:57 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=433 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. Not … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/12/communication-student-lands-prestigious-internship-at-smithsonian/feed/ 0 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/07/around-the-world-in-emda-april-11-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=around-the-world-in-emda-april-11-2012 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/07/around-the-world-in-emda-april-11-2012/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:56:43 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=425 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 … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/07/around-the-world-in-emda-april-11-2012/feed/ 0 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/02/communication-instructor-experiments-with-a-new-approach-to-textbooks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=communication-instructor-experiments-with-a-new-approach-to-textbooks http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/02/communication-instructor-experiments-with-a-new-approach-to-textbooks/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:38:41 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=415 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 … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/04/02/communication-instructor-experiments-with-a-new-approach-to-textbooks/feed/ 0 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/19/southern-oregon-math-league-provides-competition-for-local-high-school-students/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=southern-oregon-math-league-provides-competition-for-local-high-school-students http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/19/southern-oregon-math-league-provides-competition-for-local-high-school-students/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:32:43 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=404 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 … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/19/southern-oregon-math-league-provides-competition-for-local-high-school-students/feed/ 0 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/12/narrative-mechanism-and-the-digital-threadcoming-to-the-schneider-march-16/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=narrative-mechanism-and-the-digital-threadcoming-to-the-schneider-march-16 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/12/narrative-mechanism-and-the-digital-threadcoming-to-the-schneider-march-16/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:20:24 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=392 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 … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/12/narrative-mechanism-and-the-digital-threadcoming-to-the-schneider-march-16/feed/ 0 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/05/percussion-contemporary-music-concerts-coming-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=percussion-contemporary-music-concerts-coming-up http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/05/percussion-contemporary-music-concerts-coming-up/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:01:09 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=384 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 … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/05/percussion-contemporary-music-concerts-coming-up/feed/ 0 http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/01/sou-offers-professional-science-masters-degree-in-applied-mathematics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sou-offers-professional-science-masters-degree-in-applied-mathematics http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/01/sou-offers-professional-science-masters-degree-in-applied-mathematics/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:11:40 +0000 Moon http://news.sou.edu/cas/?p=377 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. Students gain mathematical experience through internships and/or research while also discovering how … Continue reading →]]> http://news.sou.edu/cas/2012/03/01/sou-offers-professional-science-masters-degree-in-applied-mathematics/feed/ 0