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SOU students help protect Crater Lake’s rare Mazama newtsNovember 3, 2026 - 12:53 pm
SOU Theatre students build preschool play “sets”November 3, 2026 - 11:38 am
Battistella’s new book available next monthNovember 3, 2026 - 9:18 am
SOU showcases living laboratory at resilience summitOctober 26, 2026 - 3:09 pm
SOU launches largest-ever fundraising campaign with $100 million goalOctober 22, 2026 - 10:52 am
Survey seeks input on higher ed future in OregonOctober 20, 2026 - 12:45 pm
SOU undergrad Elliot Glenn gets hands-on cybersecurity experienceOctober 20, 2026 - 12:13 pm
Four SOU alumni to receive annual awardsOctober 20, 2026 - 11:38 am
SOU faculty members co-edit new book on conflict in creative industriesOctober 13, 2026 - 7:27 am
SOU takes first steps in Ghana relationshipsOctober 5, 2026 - 11:03 am
CRL Student Fellows program celebrates first yearOctober 5, 2026 - 5:17 am
SOU to participate in exclusive wellbeing collaborativeSeptember 29, 2026 - 12:05 pm
SOU students help protect Crater Lake’s rare Mazama newts
/in Academics, Press ReleasesSouthern Oregon University students are helping National Park Service and the Oregon Zoo in a joint project to address a growing ecological threat at Crater Lake National Park, where invasive signal crayfish have contributed to a sharp decline in the lake’s only native amphibian, the Mazama newt. The conservation project combines student research, habitat assessment […]
SOU Theatre students build preschool play “sets”
/in Academics, The ArtsStudents in Southern Oregon University’s Master of Theatre Studies (MoTS) program traded traditional theatrical scenery for imaginative play structures this summer, transforming their annual Stagecraft course into a hands-on project to benefit SOU’s preschool program. MoTS students typically spend July learning the fundamentals of scenery construction by building platforms, flats, doorways and stairs. At the […]
Battistella’s new book available next month
/in Campus NewsEmeritus SOU professor Edwin Battistella has written a new literary biography that weaves a discussion of Dorothy B. Hughes’ literary output with the story of her life. “Dorothy B. Hughes: A Poet Turns to Crime,” examines her work as a poet, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and critic, as well as her family and personal relationships. Hughes […]
SOU showcases living laboratory at resilience summit
/in Campus NewsSouthern Oregon University joined resilience leaders, practitioners and community partners from across Oregon for the three-day Oregon Resilience Summit in Sunriver, featuring presentations and discussions on building stronger, more resilient communities. A talk by SOU’s Bret Anderson, Jamie Trammell and Becs Walker – “The University as a Living Laboratory for Resilience” – made the case […]
SOU launches largest-ever fundraising campaign with $100 million goal
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University launched the largest comprehensive fundraising campaign in its history on Wednesday, with a goal of raising $100 million to transform SOU into the country’s defining model of what a regional public university can be – small by choice and distinctive by design. The university’s THRIVE campaign, which began its […]
Survey seeks input on higher ed future in Oregon
/in Campus NewsThe Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission is seeking input from the SOU campus community, the state’s other six public universities and the general public on what the future of public higher education in Oregon may hold. The HECC’s lead consultant for its House Bill 4124 higher education revitalization study, EY-Parthenon, has launched a four-question, open-ended […]
SOU undergrad Elliot Glenn gets hands-on cybersecurity experience
/in Academics, Student LifeThis past summer was an opportunity for SOU Computer Science student Elliot Glenn to take what she had learned in the classroom and apply it to real-world cybersecurity work. Glenn spent the summer participating in the STEP program through ACCESS, gaining hands-on experience with cybersecurity, high-performance computing and cyberinfrastructure. The experience took her from orientation […]
Four SOU alumni to receive annual awards
/in Alumni, Press Releases, Recognitions(Ashland, Ore.) — This year’s Southern Oregon University alumni award winners will be a retired U.S. Army colonel; a program manager for a global video game developer; the superintendent of the Phoenix-Talent School District; and a civil rights activist who founded the Black Alliance for Social Empowerment. This year’s four award recipients, who were chosen […]
SOU faculty members co-edit new book on conflict in creative industries
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Erica Knotts and Chris Lucas – both faculty members in Southern Oregon University’s Communication, Media & Cinema Department – are co-editors of a new book that explores the presence of conflict in creative industries including film, television, the fine arts, radio and podcasting. The collection of essays looks at how conflict can […]
SOU takes first steps in Ghana relationships
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University and a pair of universities in Ghana took the first steps in their cooperative relationship with shared online courses earlier this year, and the connection is set to expand during the 2026-27 academic year to become part of SOU’s Global Innovation Scholars program – which includes reciprocal opportunities for […]