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Vaccination available through new FEMA/state/county collaborationApril 19, 2021 - 2:56 pm
SOU alum Jeff Brady: ready for NPRApril 19, 2021 - 12:01 pm
SOU board approves lowest tuition increase in recent historyApril 16, 2021 - 3:59 pm
Earth Month in full swing at SOUApril 13, 2021 - 2:30 pm
SOU President Linda Schott to retire by end of 2021April 8, 2021 - 4:51 pm
COVID-19 vaccination clinics begin at SOU’s health centerApril 8, 2021 - 1:37 pm
SOU team wins statewide hackathonApril 6, 2021 - 4:05 pm
Remembering college fur-everApril 6, 2021 - 3:42 pm
SOU professor’s book on presidential insults is a book award finalistMarch 30, 2021 - 12:58 pm
SOU student awarded prestigious Goldwater ScholarshipMarch 29, 2021 - 3:47 pm
SOU graduate is Oregon’s first female, ROTC-trained infantry officerMarch 23, 2021 - 10:30 am
SOU alum Terriel Thomas builds his own team in ChinaMarch 19, 2021 - 11:09 am
SOU president to discuss higher ed “uncertainty” in campus lecture
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University President Linda Schott will lead a discussion of uncertainty in higher education as the university’s Campus Theme lecture series continues this week. President Schott’s talk – “Uncertainty: The Only Certainty for Higher Education” – will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in the SOU Art Building’s Meese Auditorium. The event […]
SOU’s “Culturally Responsive Teaching Innovation Community” to hold CRT workshop
/in Academics /by mosleyjA free workshop on Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) will be held for SOU faculty and staff at 9 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 24 in the Stevenson Union’s Rogue River Room. CRT is an educational method that recognizes the importance of students’ cultural references in all aspects of learning. The approach was explained last year during […]
SOU criminology and computer science students to solve (mock) homicide
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyjStudents from Southern Oregon University’s Criminology and Criminal Justice, Computer Science and Theatre departments will work together this week to create and manage something rather horrific – a homicide crime scene. The exercise will be a cross between a first responder scenario and the Clue board game (think Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum). Four groups […]
Outdoor adventure master’s students present on Balkans trip
/in Academics /by mosleyjOutdoor adventure master’s students present on Balkans trip Graduate students returning from a 35-day trip to the Balkans will offer a multimedia presentation on their adventures in SOU’s Meese Auditorium from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The free event includes a short film, refreshments and a Q&A session. The students of SOU’s […]
Friday Science Seminar offers double-dip
/in Academics /by mosleyjLisa Warner, an assistant professor in the Biomolecular Research Center at Boise State University, will get down-in-the-weeds sciencey during this week’s Friday Science Seminar at SOU. She will discuss her findings on how anaerobic bacteria turn inorganic carbon compounds into organic carbon compounds and will also talk about her workshops on the “Chemistry of Color […]
Ecuador adventure awaits SOU’s students in new summer class
/in Academics /by mosleyjSOU’s Environmental Science and Policy program will mix academics with vacation-type fun in a field course next summer, focusing on tourism’s impact on the culture, environment, and biodiversity of Ecuador. The course, Ecoadventure: Andes to Amazon (ES 408/508), is worth six credits and will take place some time over the summer. It’ll be taught on […]
Coalition of colleges educates rural teachers in satellite program
/in Academics /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University, Southwestern Oregon Community College and Klamath Community College are teaming up to help aspiring teachers from Klamath Falls, Coos Bay and Brookings earn bachelor’s degrees in education and teaching licenses, all with minimal commuting. For the past three years, the satellite teaching program has helped students from rural communities – who often […]
SOU criminology professor awarded Fulbright scholarship to teach in Bosnia
/in Academics, Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University criminology and criminal justice professor Alison Burke has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to lecture and teach a course on women and crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Burke will serve at the University of Sarajevo during the current 2019-20 academic year. She received a four-month teaching assignment that will […]
The McNair Scholarship Program seeks professor-nominated students
/in Academics /by mosleyjThe SOU McNair Scholarship Program recently opened its application period, and is seeking assistance from faculty members in finding students who can benefit from the intensive McNair Program. The majority of McNair Program Scholars reported that they heard of the program by being nominated and/or encouraged by an SOU faculty member. Dee Southard, the program […]
SOU professor to co-direct $1 million NSF grant to advance women in STEM
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University chemistry professor Hala Schepmann will co-direct a five-year, $999,899 National Science Foundation project to support mid-career women faculty members nationwide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The project – Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering Network Development (ASCEND) – will focus in two directions. It will help individual faculty […]