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SOU simplifies and broadens student aid options with ScholarshipUniverseAugust 20, 2019 - 11:59 am
Second annual Creativity Conference at SOU sets new benchmarkAugust 6, 2019 - 12:33 pm
SOU steps up as smoke moves inJuly 26, 2019 - 1:56 pm
SOU student’s documentary on recreational therapy hits the film festival circuitJuly 23, 2019 - 4:52 pm
SOU public safety officers to get code-violation training with APDJuly 18, 2019 - 8:39 am
Consortium of Southern Oregon colleges and universities work together on student successJuly 15, 2019 - 2:32 pm
SOU criminology professor completes ultra dream: Western States 100July 12, 2019 - 2:18 pm
Joel Gibson named Raider women’s wrestling head coachJuly 9, 2019 - 4:25 pm
SOU rated among top 20 public liberal arts institutions in U.S.June 27, 2019 - 2:57 pm
SOU introduces 100 percent online master’s programs in educationJune 21, 2019 - 10:10 am
Van Delden: Returning kindness with compassionJune 20, 2019 - 10:51 am
Pistole honored as NAIA Coach of the YearJune 19, 2019 - 5:26 pm
Winners announced in SOU English Program’s scary story contest
/in Academics /by mosleyjHow 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, Alumni /by mosleyjSOU 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 Academics /by mosleyjSOU’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 Academics /by mosleyjAspiring 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 Academics /by mosleyjThe 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 Academics /by mosleyjIt’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 […]
SOU student sailing the South Pacific in Semester at Sea
/in Academics /by mosleyjSOU student Fletcher Tague Shell, a junior in the Environmental Science and Policy program, is spending Fall Term sailing the South Pacific on board the tall ship ocean research vessel SSV Robert C. Seamans. Tague Shell is taking part in a study abroad program designed to explore the complex environmental challenges faced by remote Pacific […]
Event to advance tradition of SOU-Guanajuato exchanges
/in Academics /by mosleyjThe 4th Annual Guanajuato Nights fundraiser will return to the Rogue River Room in SOU’s Stevenson Union on Nov. 10, and its organizers are on a mission to fuel more student exchanges between SOU and Universidad de Guanajuato. The evening begins at 5 p.m. and will include dinner, silent and live auctions, music and other entertainment. Tickets are […]
SOU writing contest: 13 words and scary
/in Academics /by mosleyj“The Churchill ‘thing’ made nighttime passersby disappear. It’s been quiet since summer began.” Thirteen words, one scary story: knock yourself out. Courtesy of the SOU English Program, all students, faculty and staff on campus are invited to try their hand at the (extremely) short story format by entering a Halloween-themed “13-Word Scary Story Contest.” The […]
Students sought for SOU McNair Scholars Program
/in Academics /by mosleyjSOU faculty members and others are asked to help identify and nominate promising undergraduate students to become part of the legacy of Ronald E. McNair, who stood up for civil rights as a youth before becoming a physicist and astronaut. He died in the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. SOU’s McNair Scholars Program, which has […]