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SOU finalizes Vitality Plan for institutional transformationJuly 22, 2026 - 12:03 pm
Economic impact report sees SOU as key resourceJuly 20, 2026 - 3:44 pm
SOU offers respite from wildfire smokeJuly 20, 2026 - 3:39 pm
Capstone students build energy dashboardJuly 8, 2026 - 10:03 am
Cultural items transferred from SOULA to TribeJuly 6, 2026 - 1:03 pm
Funding for I-5 wildlife crossing gets green lightJuly 1, 2026 - 2:26 pm
SOU Native students bring voices to Oregon CapitolJune 23, 2026 - 9:45 am
SOU celebrates 100th CommencementJune 15, 2026 - 12:13 pm
JPR reporters honored with journalism awardsJune 8, 2026 - 2:44 pm
SOU students win best poster at high speed computing symposiumJune 1, 2026 - 2:18 pm
Campus community’s student worker appreciationMay 29, 2026 - 9:15 am
SOU’s Kaiser releases book on Shakespeare’s canonMay 28, 2026 - 11:58 am
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 […]