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SOU board chair receives highest Chamber honorOctober 7, 2025 - 10:56 am
Three new members appointed to SOU boardOctober 3, 2025 - 12:18 pm
Four to receive annual SOU alumni awardsSeptember 30, 2025 - 11:36 am
SOU faculty members co-author book on transgender experiencesSeptember 29, 2025 - 9:26 am
SOU’s Horstman makes Golf Digest listSeptember 23, 2025 - 2:02 pm
SOU expands solar and energy resilience footprintSeptember 15, 2025 - 3:37 pm
Fiscal year 2025 among best for SOU philanthropySeptember 10, 2025 - 3:05 pm
SOU Digital Cinema named to national Top 30August 29, 2025 - 8:38 am
SOU receives grant to develop accessible tourismAugust 25, 2025 - 11:42 am
Creative Industries project gains legislative fundingAugust 5, 2025 - 1:44 pm
SOU announces plan to rebuild itself in response to fiscal crisesAugust 5, 2025 - 11:29 am
SOU to facilitate AG’s town hallAugust 4, 2025 - 2:55 pm
North Carolina educator accepts SOU director position
/in Academics, Leadership(Ashland, Ore.) — Vance Durrington, currently a program coordinator at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, has accepted an offer to become director of Southern Oregon University’s Division of Education, Health and Leadership. He will begin work at SOU on Sept. 12. “We had an excellent group of finalists for this key position, and I […]
SOU News Podcast: Digital Cinema professor receives UFVA teaching award
/in Academics, RecognitionsSOU McNair Scholars program awarded nearly $1.4 million from U.S. Education Department
/in Academics(Ashland, Ore.) — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Southern Oregon University its fifth Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement grant. The award of $274,983 annually will total $1,374,915 over the five-year grant cycle, from 2022 through 2027. The grant helps underrepresented and first-generation undergraduate students from low-income backgrounds to prepare for research-intensive doctoral programs. […]
SOU News Podcast: Faculty spotlight on Margaret Perrow
/in AcademicsSOU team gets NSF grant to work on “computational thinking” curriculum
/in Academics, Press Releases, Recognitions(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been awarded a three-year grant totaling nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to help K-5 teachers develop “computational thinking” skills in the Ashland and Phoenix-Talent school districts. The work will build upon a $299,000 grant SOU was awarded in September 2019 to launch the collaborative research […]
Central Point district signs college access agreement with SOU
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — The Central Point School District and Southern Oregon University finalized an intergovernmental agreement last week that will guarantee a path to college admission for the district’s students. Basic contact information for Central Point high school students will be shared with SOU, which will promote college attendance and provide timely enrollment guidance. The […]
New SOU program offers degree in Sustainable Tourism Management
/in Academics(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s newest academic program will provide students the tools they need to recognize and address the role of sustainability in the tourism industry, and to become leaders of tourism-related organizations – from regional to global – that commit to sustainable business practices. SOU’s unique Sustainable Tourism Management bachelor’s degree program […]
SOU Laboratory of Anthropology project receives prestigious national award
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) – The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) has received a national Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) for its Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project. The recognition is part of the AASLH Leadership in History Awards, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation of […]
SOU offers new degree in Music Industry and Production for 2022-23
/in Academics, Press Releases, The Arts(Ashland, Oregon) The Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University has launched its newest degrees – a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science in Music Industry & Production Studies (MIPS). “I am so thrilled to see MIPS take off,” said Derek Keller, Ph.D., assistant professor of music at SOU. “Imagine yourself […]
Digital Cinema capstone project breaks barriers at SOU
/in Academics, The ArtsDigital Cinema student Tabitha Wheeler is spearheading a capstone film project unlike anything seen before at SOU. The project is likely to catch the eyes of movie lovers in the Ashland community and beyond, following its successful crowdfunding campaign, backing from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a passionately committed cast and crew. Wheeler, a senior […]