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Job and internship fairs this weekApril 9, 2024 - 9:45 am
SOU offers study-abroad opportunity to Costa Rican “Blue Zone”April 8, 2024 - 9:09 am
La Clinica partners with SOU to operate student health centerApril 8, 2024 - 8:34 am
SOU offers “Brain Bowl” for local studentsApril 2, 2024 - 10:28 am
SOU Laboratory of Anthropology project rewarded by CongressMarch 29, 2024 - 12:30 pm
SOU earns 10th Tree Campus designationMarch 25, 2024 - 1:02 pm
SOU receives support from legislatureMarch 12, 2024 - 9:10 am
SOU Raiders make a big splash for Special OlympicsMarch 5, 2024 - 12:36 pm
Four SOU actors take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare FestivalMarch 4, 2024 - 2:59 pm
Former University of Portland administrator to become SOU’s top academic leaderFebruary 26, 2024 - 2:35 pm
Raider Educator Day with SOU’s School of EducationFebruary 20, 2024 - 8:54 am
Xanadu: Greek Gods, scrunchies, roller skatesFebruary 13, 2024 - 1:30 pm
The McNair Scholarship Program seeks professor-nominated students
/in AcademicsThe SOU McNair Scholarship Program recently opened its application period, and is seeking assistance from faculty members in finding students who can benefit from the intensive McNair Program. The majority of McNair Program Scholars reported that they heard of the program by being nominated and/or encouraged by an SOU faculty member. Dee Southard, the program […]
SOU professor to co-direct $1 million NSF grant to advance women in STEM
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University chemistry professor Hala Schepmann will co-direct a five-year, $999,899 National Science Foundation project to support mid-career women faculty members nationwide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The project – Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering Network Development (ASCEND) – will focus in two directions. It will help individual faculty […]
Thirteen words to haunt and terrify in English Program’s spooky writing contest
/in AcademicsHow scary can a sentence be? Participants in this year’s 13-Word Scary Story Contest are trying to find out. Students, faculty, staff and members of the Ashland community are encouraged to submit up to two entries each in the English Program’s challenge. The rules are simple; the entries must be exactly 13 words, and must […]
Digital Cinema promo makes it to silver screen
/in AcademicsA video created by SOU students to promote the university’s new Digital Cinema degree program will screen before films at Coming Attractions Theatre locations across Oregon, northern California, Washington and Alaska. “You’re always excited when your students’ work gets screened,” said Professor Andrew Gay, the program coordinator of Digital Cinema. “Usually that’s in film festivals […]
SOU-led team receives NSF grant to develop “computational thinking” model
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been awarded a two-year, $299,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop the “computational thinking” skills of kindergarten-through-fifth-grade students in the Ashland and Phoenix-Talent school districts. The grant is part of the NSF’s Computer Science for All program, which is intended to extend computer science and computational thinking opportunities […]
SOU Laboratory of Anthropology receives grant to complete Britt project
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology has received a grant of about $15,000 from a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to analyze and report on artifacts unearthed during 2010-11 digs at Jacksonville’s Peter Britt Gardens. The excavations by SOULA were conducted as the city of Jacksonville prepared for […]
Second annual Creativity Conference at SOU sets new benchmark
/in AcademicsThis summer’s second annual Creativity Conference at SOU attracted leaders of the academic field and working professionals looking for ways to bring creativity into their work, and set a high-water mark in the process. Last month’s four-day conference got kudos from participants for the breadth, depth and structure of its presentations. “The first conference at […]
SOU introduces 100 percent online master’s programs in education
/in Academics(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has expanded its selection of online advanced degrees with this month’s launch of a master of science in education program with three areas of concentration. The program, designed primarily for working adult learners, provides pathways for career advancement and leadership roles in schools, corporations and nonprofit agencies. Students choose […]
SOU to host 100th annual meeting of the AAAS Pacific Division
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Leading West Coast scientists with gather in Ashland Tuesday through Saturday, June 18 to 22, when Southern Oregon University hosts the 100th annual Pacific Division Meeting of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Organizers are putting a unique, grassroots spin on the conference by encouraging visiting scientists to […]
SOU faculty member presents competency-based findings at aviation conference
/in AcademicsLatoya Gibbs, an affiliate professor in SOU’s Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) department, recently shared her findings on competency-based training at The World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) in Orlando, Florida. WATS is billed as the world’s largest gathering of aviation training professionals who serve airlines, regulators, training providers and the training industry. Gibbs’ presentation, “Competency-Based Training: […]