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Elementary students from Kids Unlimited Academy visit SOU Ashland.

New SOU pathway program reaches into elementary schools

(Ashland, Ore.) — A Southern Oregon University Spanish instructor’s personal initiative has brought to campus more than 120 elementary school students from underserved backgrounds over the past month, offering the children an up-close look at college life and the opportunity to see themselves as future students in a post-secondary setting. The “Vision to the Future” […]

SOU Ashland graduate Thilini Dissanyake stars in "Earnest" at OSF
Tacit knowledge grant awarded to SOU Ashland's Boscoe

SOU Campus News

Elementary students from Kids Unlimited Academy visit SOU Ashland.
Brain Bowl participants during recent tournament at SOU Ashland
Bill Thorndike passes away unexpectedly

Academic Stories

SOU Ashland graduate Thilini Dissanyake stars in "Earnest" at OSF
Tacit knowledge grant awarded to SOU Ashland's Boscoe
McNair Scholars program at SOU Ashland

Alumni Spotlight

Klamath River documentary by SOU alum Jason Atkinson
Alumni Awards SOU Ashland
SOU alumnus Ted Adams receives Distinguished Alumni Award
Nicole Waehner receives tourism award

Student Life

SOU Ashland Board of Trustees member Micelle Fuentes
Criminology & Criminal Justice students from SOU Ashland
Global Innovation Scholars from SOU and UG in Guanajuato
Gender-based violence survivors have new resource at SOU

SOU in the Arts

SOU Ashland graduate Thilini Dissanyake stars in "Earnest" at OSF
SOU's Worth Harvey Pipe Organ is 50 years old.
SOU Digital Cinema makes best film school list

Awards & Recognitions

Distinguished Teaching Award recipient Alena Ruggerio at SOU Ashland
SOU receives grant from Ashland Community Health Foundation
SOU's Kelly Szott awarded post-doc fellowship
SOU's Worth Harvey Pipe Organ is 50 years old.

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