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SOU faculty member earns research fellowship on substance abuseSeptember 3, 2024 - 1:33 pm
Oregon’s regional universities build strategic international partnership in TaiwanAugust 20, 2024 - 3:46 pm
Heisman Trophy winner Mariota donates to SOU footballAugust 16, 2024 - 4:14 pm
SOU’s 50th anniversary celebration of its pipe organAugust 13, 2024 - 1:29 pm
SOU economist’s research paper stresses importance of family support for trans youthJuly 24, 2024 - 1:18 pm
SOU’s Cascade complex to host variety of first responder training exercisesJuly 24, 2024 - 1:07 pm
SOU Digital Cinema named as a top film schoolJuly 17, 2024 - 9:12 am
SOU receives grant for archaeological project at African-American logging town of MaxvilleJuly 10, 2024 - 4:50 pm
SOU offers smoke-free haven at rec centerJuly 9, 2024 - 2:07 pm
SOU Digital Media Center moves to energy-efficient studio lightingJune 26, 2024 - 11:34 am
SOU Commencement: good weather and optimismJune 18, 2024 - 12:12 pm
Cultivating community: The Farm at SOUJune 11, 2024 - 9:36 am
Master’s of environmental education at SOU: 50 years in
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — “Eventful” pretty well sums up the 1968-69 academic year: The decision was made at Yale University to admit female students. USC running back O.J. Simpson won the Heisman trophy. A music festival called Woodstock would be held during the summer. And Southern Oregon University launched its Master of Science in Environmental Education […]
Student set to complete turnaround after transfer to SOU
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University accounting student Mary Jane Feetham is on track to graduate next June and then take an exam to become a certified public accountant – the final step in a personal turnaround from near-homelessness and reliance on public assistance. Feetham recognized that something had to change five years ago when […]
SOU’s student-produced “Jeffersonian” news magazine to air on public television
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — It’s a show with the feel of “Oregon Field Guide” and the personality of Charles Kuralt’s “On the Road” segments of the late 20th century. It features in-depth reporting and richly colorful subjects. And each segment of “The Jeffersonian” is conceived and produced by students at Southern Oregon University. “Life on the […]
Help change students’ lives; become an ASPIRE mentor
/in Academics, Press Releases(Salem, Ore.) – The Office of Student Access and Completion at Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating commission is encouraging community members statewide to sign up as ASPIRE volunteer mentors at OregonStudentAid.gov/ASPIRE to help students find pathways to success. ASPIRE is the state’s mentoring program to help students access education and training beyond high school. The program matches trained and […]
Winners announced in SOU English Program’s scary story contest
/in AcademicsHow many words does it take to send shivers down a reader’s spine? For SOU student Peter Doolin and other entrants in the English Program’s “13-Word Scary Story Contest,” a baker’s dozen was plenty. “In the mirror, a set of eyes stare back that aren’t my own,” Doolin wrote in his winning entry. His eerie […]
SOU alumna to offer Friday Science Seminar on zebrafish study
/in Academics, AlumniSOU alumna and doctoral candidate Sarah Stednitz will offer a lecture from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Friday that examines the social interactions of zebrafish and their implications on autism research and other deficits in humans’ social behavior. The Friday Science Seminar event will be in the Science Building Auditorium (Room 151). The lecture is […]
SOU summer field course to include Mayan Riviera trip
/in AcademicsSOU’s Environmental Science and Policy program will mix academics with vacation-type fun in a field course next summer that will focus on marine biology, sustainable development and tourism. The course, Ecoadventure: Mayan Riviera (ES 408), is worth six credits and will take place beginning in June on SOU’s campus, online and during an 11-day trip […]
SOU journalism student earns honor and experience
/in AcademicsAspiring journalist and SOU senior Caroline Cabral spent her summer break in southern Oregon chasing and reporting stories for the Herald and News, the daily newspaper in Klamath Falls. She earned the paid internship as part of the prestigious Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism program, administered by the University of Oregon and committed to […]
Ignorance and Wisdom: Presentation kicks off SOU’s Campus Theme
/in AcademicsThe 11th year of SOU’s Campus Theme will kick off at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, with the presentation, “Ignorance, Wisdom and the Etymological Fallacy,” by English Professor Edwin Battistella. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be in Room 319 of the Stevenson Union. This year’s Campus Theme – […]
SOU’s Green House freshman seminar sets out to save the world
/in AcademicsIt’s challenging enough to spend your freshman year studying the separation of powers in U.S. government, or the biology and function of cell structure. First-year students in SOU’s Green House have taken on the puzzle of how to feed the world in 2050, despite the complications of climate change and exponential population growth. Students in […]