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SOU hires new Vice President for Finance and AdministrationDecember 9, 2024 - 9:24 am
SOU’s TRIO-SSS program marks milestoneNovember 12, 2024 - 11:45 am
SOU computer scientist receives Sloan grant for “tacit knowledge” researchOctober 29, 2024 - 8:04 am
Sustainability conference at SOU builds regional collaborationOctober 14, 2024 - 4:31 pm
SOU class to host candidate forum for local political racesOctober 14, 2024 - 12:23 pm
Indigenous Peoples Day to be celebrated over two days at SOUOctober 11, 2024 - 1:13 pm
Seminar to show benefits of a virtual reality and real-world teaching combinationOctober 8, 2024 - 10:28 am
SOU alumni receive awards for their work and serviceOctober 7, 2024 - 1:04 pm
SOU faculty member publishes book on consequences of discriminationOctober 4, 2024 - 8:20 am
SOU receives behavioral health care grantOctober 1, 2024 - 1:15 pm
SOU plans forums to kick off facilities master planSeptember 30, 2024 - 3:45 pm
SOU and Mexican sister institution establish new agreementSeptember 26, 2024 - 11:54 am
SOU’s Friday Science Seminar returns with the “replication crisis”
/in Academics, Press ReleasesNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — The fall series of Southern Oregon University’s popular Friday Science Seminars will open Oct. 5 with a presentation by Jim Hatton, SOU’s mathematics program chair, on the so-called “replication crisis.” Hatton will review causes and some proposed solutions to the crisis, which stems from social scientists’ frequent inability to reproduce […]
SOU School of Education makes global connections at Kenya conference
/in Academics, Press Releases, SOU NewsSouthern Oregon University’s School of Education is acting globally this week, serving as one of the leading organizers for the inaugural World Conference on Transformative Education in Kenya.
Region’s schools send “Chief Science Officers” to visit SOU for STEM skills
/in Academics, Press Releases, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Oregon) — A group of 30 “Chief Science Officers” – students from 15 middle and high schools throughout Jackson, Josephine and Klamath counties – will meet at Southern Oregon University Monday through Wednesday, July 16-18, to gain leadership skills and learn to be ambassadors for STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. […]
SOU internet marketing class features real-life experience
/in Academics, Press Releases, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — Undergraduate- and graduate-level business marketing students at Southern Oregon University will complete their first interactive, real-time and real-life Internet Marketing and e-Commerce course this month. The innovative course – designed by SOU Adjunct Instructor Karen Fronek, the president of Make It Happen Marketing in Medford – has taken students from […]
Three SOU arts leaders accepted as fellows in international council
/in Academics, SOU News, The ArtsNEWS BRIEF (Ashland, Ore.) — Three Southern Oregon University faculty members – the largest contingent from any college or university in the world – have been accepted into the 2018-19 Fellows Program of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD). SOU’s new ICFAD fellows are music professor Terry Longshore, director of SOU’s Percussion Studies […]
SOU Honors College hosts high school students for problem-solving
/in Academics, Campus News, Press Releases, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — About 150 high school students from throughout southern Oregon will try their hand at resolving some of today’s most troubling issues when Southern Oregon University Honors College students lead their annual Democracy Project symposium on Tuesday, April 24. The event – “Truth and Reconciliation: A Model for America?” – will […]
SOU’s Smedley promotes peace through education in Central African Republic
/in Academics, Press Releases, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Bryce Smedley returned last week from the war-torn Central African Republic (CAR), where he served as an English language specialist on a project to equip students with the communication skills necessary to promote peace and conflict resolution. Smedley, an assistant professor in SOU’s Education Department, visited students […]