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Microsoft competition: SOU Ashland sweep

SOU students sweep in Microsoft competition

Students from Southern Oregon University have earned all of the top 10 placements in the Microsoft Excel category of the Oregon Spring Qualifier round for this year’s Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship. Students from SOU School of Business computer applications courses typically take two or three of the top spots in Microsoft’s annual statewide […]

SOU Ashland alumni Tiffany Burns and Erika Bare have new book
Papers on computational thinking presented by SOU-led team

SOU Campus News

Energy resilience at SOU Ashland
New trustees appointed to SOU Ashland board
The Farm at SOU Ashland

Academic Stories

Microsoft competition: SOU Ashland sweep
Papers on computational thinking presented by SOU-led team
Moriah Doepken returns to SOU to direct "Crew Experience" course
Climate resilience workshop at SOU Ashland

Alumni Spotlight

SOU grad's Cold Connect cooler keeps vaccines cool
New SOU Ashland program in Ghana funded by Matt and Ella Essieh.
SOU Ashland alumni awards recipients
Solar energy project approved by students at SOU Ashland

Student Life

Microsoft competition: SOU Ashland sweep
Amy Bowers Cordalis at SOU Ashland
Ziona Christy, an OHSU nursing student at SOU Ashland

SOU in the Arts

Creative Industries will be consolidated at SOU Ashland
SOU Ashland graduate Thilini Dissanyake stars in "Earnest" at OSF
SOU's Worth Harvey Pipe Organ is 50 years old.

Awards & Recognitions

Microsoft competition: SOU Ashland sweep
SOU Ashland alumni Tiffany Burns and Erika Bare have new book
Ziona Christy, an OHSU nursing student at SOU Ashland
SOU Ashland Computer Science presentation to exclusive AI organization

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