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Retired SOU business professor Joseph Smith passes away at age 98January 24, 2020 - 9:45 am
“Uncertainty” series tackles incomplete accounts of three Jewish WWII refugeesJanuary 22, 2020 - 10:31 am
SOU’s “Culturally Responsive Teaching Innovation Community” to hold CRT workshopJanuary 22, 2020 - 9:38 am
Entire cohort of SOU bachelor of fine arts students perform in L.A. and gain internshipsJanuary 14, 2020 - 12:13 pm
SOU students to tackle homelessness and environment issues for spring breakJanuary 13, 2020 - 3:11 pm
Philosopher to lecture at SOU on misinformation and false beliefsJanuary 10, 2020 - 3:27 pm
U.S. senator to visit SOU for town hall meetingDecember 30, 2019 - 4:42 pm
SOU’s MBA for nonprofit management ranks among nation’s bestDecember 19, 2019 - 2:52 pm
SOU percussion groups to perform at prominent NYC music festivalDecember 17, 2019 - 8:00 am
SOU community members encouraged to help in state higher education planningDecember 16, 2019 - 2:19 pm
SOU offices relocated for Britt Hall renovationDecember 10, 2019 - 12:28 pm
Use of RVTD bus passes on the rise at SOUDecember 9, 2019 - 2:08 pm
HECC gives green light for launch of Digital Cinema degree at SOU
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission gave final approval today for a new Digital Cinema degree program that will begin this fall at Southern Oregon University and prepare students for careers in film and other forms of visual media. Members of the HECC, whose approval is needed for all new degree programs at […]
Promising students sought for SOU McNair Scholars Program
/in Academics /by mosleyjSOU faculty and staff are asked to help identify and nominate students for the next cohort of SOU’s McNair Scholars Program, which has prepared eligible undergraduate students for post-graduate education since 2003. A majority of past participants in the program have said they were encouraged by faculty or staff to apply, so the program’s director is seeking […]
Surprise! SOU’s Rousell discusses the brain, dopamine and change at TEDx
/in Academics /by mosleyjMike Rousell, an associate professor of education at SOU, still remembers the surprise response he received from a teacher after complaining about his childhood dyslexia and learning difficulties. “Why don’t you become a teacher?” his instructor asked. What that teacher may not have realized is that the unexpected comeback may have produced fertile ground in […]
New director hired at SOU Honors College
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Cherstin Lyon – a history professor and co-director of the Faculty Center for Excellence at California State University, San Bernardino – has been hired as director of the Southern Oregon University Honors College following a national search. She will begin work at SOU on July 31. Lyon, who visited the university for […]
Second annual Creativity Conference at SOU to expand global conversation
/in Academics /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University will expand the global academic discussion of imagination and ingenuity this summer by presenting its second annual Creativity Conference at SOU – a four-day event expected to attract hundreds of participants from around the world. The conference – on the SOU campus July 11-14 – is intended primarily for those who study […]
Campus Theme: Ignorance and Wisdom presentations this month
/in Academics /by mosleyjThe 11th year of SOU’s Campus Theme continues with a pair of presentations this month, beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, with “To not know: Is It Ignorance or Wisdom?” by Fred Grewe, chaplain at Providence Medford Medical Center. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be in Room 319 […]
Friday Science Seminar: SOU alumna and faculty member on Alzheimer’s
/in Academics /by mosleyjBrie Paddock, an SOU alumna and assistant professor in the university’s Biology Department, will discuss the role of metals in Alzheimer’s disease during a Friday Science Seminar on Friday, Feb. 22. Paddock’s lecture will be in the Science Building Auditorium (Room 151) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The lecture is free and refreshments will be […]
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Alena Ruggerio’s study abroad adventure in Spain
/in Academics /by mosleyjThrough a recent study abroad program, 18 Southern Oregon University students and one professor set out to explore and experience the richness of Northern Spain’s culture. Communication professor Alena Ruggerio organized and led the students on a three-month study abroad excursion to Oviedo, Spain. Ruggerio says the time she spent with her 18 “tesoros” (her […]
SOU student’s grant writing project bears fruit for preschoolers
/in Academics /by mosleyjSOU English major Shelee Juarez was paired up with the Jackson County Library Foundation when she needed a project last spring for her Grant Writing and Workplace Literacy Class (ENG 329). The result, several months later, was a $9,000 grant for the JCLF to buy giveaway books for preschoolers in full-time child care – and […]
Master’s of environmental education at SOU: 50 years in
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(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 […]