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SOU OK’d to use federal money advancing energy resilienceMarch 31, 2026 - 2:46 pm
SOU AI work presented to exclusive organizationMarch 30, 2026 - 11:01 am
SOU School of Business faculty engage students at DECA ConferenceMarch 5, 2026 - 10:36 am
Earl Hills, a map forward and the hammerMarch 3, 2026 - 12:11 pm
“Lollipop Moments” celebrate faculty & staffFebruary 27, 2026 - 1:24 pm
Six trustees appointed and confirmed to SOU BoardFebruary 17, 2026 - 3:09 pm
Winter workshops: student-led learning at The FarmFebruary 17, 2026 - 11:52 am
SOU civics course included on select national listFebruary 10, 2026 - 2:01 pm
SOU’s Slattery receives community service awardFebruary 4, 2026 - 12:05 pm
SOU enacts spending restrictions amid cash-flow concernsFebruary 3, 2026 - 3:03 pm
Lyn Hennion, SOU friend and former trustee, passes awayJanuary 27, 2026 - 11:56 am
SOU seeking student fellows for new Community Resilience and Leadership programJanuary 22, 2026 - 9:30 am
SOU OK’d to use federal money advancing energy resilience
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been given a green light to use a $2 million allocation, approved by Congress in December 2022, to promote and advance renewable energy, energy resilience and related programs and partnerships on campus and throughout the region. The work will help to transform the SOU campus into a living […]
SOU AI work presented to exclusive organization
/in Academics, RecognitionsSOU Computer Science faculty member Bernie Boscoe and two of her students presented information to an exclusive organization of artificial intelligence researchers earlier this month on SOU students’ use of computer vision to glean data from camera traps at the future site of a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 south of Ashland. The poster presentation […]
SOU School of Business faculty engage students at DECA Conference
/in AcademicsFaculty members from the Southern Oregon University School of Business recently participated in the Oregon DECA State Career Development Conference, supporting and mentoring high school students preparing for careers in business and entrepreneurship. MBA Program Coordinator Douglas Daley; senior instructor Jeremy Carlton, Ph.D.; and assistant professor Jacob Ongaki, Ph.D., represented SOU at the conference that […]
Earl Hills, a map forward and the hammer
/in AcademicsA middle school teacher, a working class past and the quiet labor of keeping a community together when everything breaks. It was 2020, the year the Rogue Valley felt like it was ending. Earl Hills was in his early forties, sitting alone with a laptop, staring at a grid of middle school faces on Google […]
“Lollipop Moments” celebrate faculty & staff
/in RecognitionsSOU’s student government has partnered with President Rick Bailey and the Dean of Students office to demonstrate the power of a sucker. The collaboration – called “Lollipop Moments” – offers students an opportunity to acknowledge the good work and thoughtful deeds of SOU faculty and staff members. The program is part of President Bailey’s Project […]
Six trustees appointed and confirmed to SOU Board
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) – Two new and four continuing members have been appointed by Gov. Tina Kotek and confirmed today by the Oregon Senate to serve on the Board of Trustees of Southern Oregon University. The new trustees are former Oregon State Rep. Peter Buckley and Christopher Geryak, an SOU junior and former student body vice […]
Winter workshops: student-led learning at The Farm
/in Campus NewsWhile crops rest in winter, student farmers at The Farm at SOU are tackling personal research projects that build research and leadership skills. Each student collaborates with farm leadership to develop assessments, manuals and guides on topics ranging from agricultural techniques to harvest protocols to pest management. Why dedicate an entire term to these projects? […]
SOU civics course included on select national list
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — A Southern Oregon University Course – “Civicus: Advancing Civic Education” – has been recognized as a national resource and included on a select list of such classes by the Hoover Institution’s Alliance for Civics in the Academy at Stanford University. The Civicus course at SOU – created and taught by Philosophy professor Prakash […]
SOU’s Slattery receives community service award
/in RecognitionsAshland Mayor Tonya Graham presented the city’s highest community service honor to Southern Oregon University professor Dennis Slattery during a town hall and state-of-the-city address late last month at Ashland High School’s Mountain Avenue Theatre. Slattery, an associate professor of business at SOU, a former member of the university’s Board of Trustees and a former […]
SOU enacts spending restrictions amid cash-flow concerns
/in Campus News(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey enacted immediate spending restrictions today and asked all faculty and staff members to focus on savings, following an often difficult discussion with the SOU Board of Trustees on Monday about a cash-flow shortage that is expected to exist until downsizing measures adopted as part of last […]