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SOU and faculty union agree to extend contractMay 29, 2025 - 1:55 pm
SOU MBA student places on top percentile in nationwide testMay 27, 2025 - 8:40 am
SOU faculty members take lead role in open textbook projectMay 22, 2025 - 10:46 am
SOU Business Venture Tournament: $4k in prizes, plus “Wildcard”May 20, 2025 - 8:22 am
New SOU pathway program reaches into elementary schoolsMay 19, 2025 - 8:12 am
Recent SOU alumna stars in OSF production of “Earnest”May 12, 2025 - 12:57 pm
Creativity Conference at Southern Oregon University set to begin May 15May 7, 2025 - 10:01 am
SOU’s Boscoe awarded second “tacit knowledge” grantMay 6, 2025 - 12:36 pm
McNair Scholars: Apply or nominate potential grad studentsApril 29, 2025 - 10:01 am
SOU student joins Board of TrusteesApril 17, 2025 - 8:57 am
Unorthodox path: recent SOU graduate bound for OxfordApril 14, 2025 - 3:11 pm
SOU’s Ruggerio receives Distinguished Teaching AwardApril 14, 2025 - 3:05 pm
Burning Bright: Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood’s commitment to creativity
/in AlumniThe encouraging creative-writing community at SOU was an ideal fit for 27-year old writing dynamo Abbigail Nguyen- Rosewood (’13). Since graduating, she has written numerous essays, reviews, articles and creative works for online and print publications. And now, after recently finishing graduate school at Columbia University, Nguyen-Rosewood anxiously awaits the U.S. release of her first […]
Luders-Manuel: Writer addresses race with creativity and compassion
/in AlumniShannon Luders-Manuel (’07) wasn’t sure what a thesis statement was when came to SOU as an English major. She now makes her living as a writer, essayist and critical mixed-race scholar who has been published in a number of academic, news and creative publications. Luders-Manuel garnered national attention earlier this year when the New York […]
Life in stitches: Delaney Matson’s passionate patterns
/in AlumniThe old axiom says that if you do something you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. That may not hold true every single day for SOU alumna Delaney Matson, but she is coming pretty close. Matson, who graduated in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in theatre arts with an emphasis on costume […]
Serving the Underserved: Maslow Project a one-stop resource for homeless youth
/in AlumniJackson County has the third-highest number of homeless and at-risk children in Oregon – an estimated 2,500, according to the Department of Education. Homeless youth are more likely to miss school or drop out, receive lower scores on standardized tests and have a higher probability of suffering from depression, physical illnesses, and learning disabilities. Mary […]