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SOU Distinguished Alumni Award recipients to be recognizedOctober 26, 2021 - 1:09 pm
Interviews of SOU presidential finalists wrapping upOctober 26, 2021 - 1:03 pm
SOU creative arts professor elected chair of Oregon Humanities boardOctober 21, 2021 - 8:50 am
Interviews of SOU presidential finalists are underwayOctober 19, 2021 - 3:27 pm
SOU hires its first vice president for equity, diversity and inclusionOctober 18, 2021 - 11:46 am
SOU celebrates Campus Sustainability MonthOctober 11, 2021 - 4:11 pm
SOU student turns fervor for France into dream come trueOctober 11, 2021 - 10:59 am
SOU’s EcoAdventure experience gets local in response to fireOctober 5, 2021 - 11:27 am
Student overcomes life challenges to earn SOU MBA and land “dream job”October 1, 2021 - 9:05 am
SOU presidential search entering interview phaseSeptember 28, 2021 - 3:02 pm
SOU adopts “land acknowledgement”September 23, 2021 - 11:45 am
Solar arrays pop up at The Farm at SOUSeptember 21, 2021 - 1:59 pm
Everything esports: new SOU website covers academic minor and esports gaming
/in Academics /by mosleyjA minor in esports management? Information about the soon-to-be-launched Esports Hub in SOU’s Student Recreation Center? The university’s new esports website brings all the information about SOU’s trend-setting programs together in one place. The university is launching both an academic program and a competitive team in esports this fall, becoming one of the first institutions […]
SOU’s University Coaching and Academic Mentoring program brings results
/in Academics /by mosleyjSOU student Quinn Barrabee was nearly finished with a term paper but couldn’t quite get over the hump, so he turned to his academic lifeline – the University Coaching and Mentoring (UCAM) program and academic coach Jade Severson. “Jade said that ‘If you come in first thing tomorrow, I bet we could finish it,’” Barrabee […]
SOU awarded $1.6 million to help first-generation and non-traditional students
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The TRIO-Student Support Services (SSS) program at SOU, which helps non-traditional students succeed and graduate, has received a five-year, $1,627,990 federal grant renewal to keep the program in operation through 2026. The U.S. Department of Education grant will provide $325,598 per year in funding for SOU’s Success at Southern/TRIO Program, which is […]
Peter Wu has found his calling: to teach physics and do research at SOU
/in Academics, Leadership /by mosleyjPeter Ka-Chai Wu has worked in factories and mailrooms, and has held positions ranging from security guard to researcher. But the opportunity to teach physics is what brought him to SOU as a young academic and it’s what has kept him on the STEM faculty for 25 years. “(Teaching) is rewarding and challenging,” Wu said. […]
SOU’s Sean O’Skea: from historic preservation to theatrical scene design
/in Academics, Leadership /by mosleyjAfter moving back-and-forth – between the East and West coasts, and between theater stage design and historic preservation – Sean O’Skea has settled into his role at SOU as a professor of scenic design, which he’s held for the past 13 years. O’Skea became interested in scene design after taking drama classes in high school […]
SOU’s Ken Kempner studies role of women faculty in Saudi universities
/in Academics /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University emeritus professor Ken Kempner, a former dean of social sciences at SOU, has continued studying the role of higher education in developing countries – most recently, the role of women in Saudi Arabia’s universities. Kempner’s research was cited last month in a story in the life sciences magazine The Scientist about women […]
Esports team and esports management minor coming to SOU
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will be among the first universities on the West Coast to offer both an academic program and a competitive team in esports when both are launched this fall. Esports is a billion-dollar global enterprise, and the programs will position SOU students for future employment in the burgeoning industry. The […]
SOU’s graduating student teachers provide value in varied settings
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Even the most seasoned educators are currently navigating uncharted territory. But for student teachers in Southern Oregon University’s School of Education, unusual classroom circumstances are coinciding with the culmination of college journeys. Teaching placements have gone ahead as scheduled – though not exactly as planned – for 110 SOU students who are […]
SOULA wins Oregon Heritage Excellence Award for Chinese immigrant research
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) has won a 2020 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award for its work on the Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project. Students worked with faculty on the project as part of a Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) summer archaeological field school in 2019. “The (Oregon Heritage Excellence Award) recipients […]
SOU music ensembles get creative in their new, virtual reality
/in Academics, The Arts /by mosleyjWith some schools cancelling ensembles altogether, Paul T. French – Southern Oregon University’s Director of Choral Studies and Vocal Studies – had doubts about the spring ahead for his corner of the Music Program in the Oregon Center for the Arts at SOU. The idea of taking the choir virtual was especially daunting, with the […]