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SOU Digital Cinema alum directs “Crew Experience”

(Ashland, Ore.) — Los Angeles-based filmmaker Moriah Doepken, a 2020 graduate of Southern Oregon University’s Digital Cinema program, has returned to Ashland this spring to be guest director for the Digital Cinema program’s innovative “Crew Experience” course. “I’m super excited to return to SOU and help make a film back in Ashland,” Doepken said. “Having […]

Student voices, river stories: Amy Bowers Cordalis at SOU

Southern Oregon University recently hosted an inspiring evening – defined by hope, intergenerational storytelling and a powerful connection to place – as Yurok Tribe member, attorney and fisherwoman Amy Bowers Cordalis visited as part of the Institute for Applied Sustainability’s mentorship event series. The Institute for Applied Sustainability hosted and sponsored the event, convening students, […]

SOU, PSU collaborate on climate resilience

Southern Oregon University and Portland State University held a joint faculty workshop in Ashland last month that focused around water, fire, climate research, teaching and community engagement. SOU and PSU both are well-known for their dedicated, community-engaged research and education in climate resilience and sustainability. To further develop collaborative opportunities in research and education, faculty […]

Historic Red Cross selection for OHSU nursing student at SOU

Ziona Christy, a first-year nursing student with Oregon Health & Science University’s program on the Southern Oregon University campus, has been selected as one of only 16 students nationwide for the American Red Cross Collegiate Leadership Program – the first student in OHSU history to receive the honor. The program will take place over two […]

SOU OK’d to use federal money advancing energy resilience

(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been given a green light to use a $2 million allocation, approved by Congress in December 2022, to promote and advance renewable energy, energy resilience and related programs and partnerships on campus and throughout the region. The work will help to transform the SOU campus into a living […]

SOU AI work presented to exclusive organization

SOU Computer Science faculty member Bernie Boscoe and two of her students presented information to an exclusive organization of artificial intelligence researchers earlier this month on SOU students’ use of computer vision to glean data from camera traps at the future site of a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 south of Ashland. The poster presentation […]

SOU School of Business faculty engage students at DECA Conference

Faculty members from the Southern Oregon University School of Business recently participated in the Oregon DECA State Career Development Conference, supporting and mentoring high school students preparing for careers in business and entrepreneurship. MBA Program Coordinator Douglas Daley; senior instructor Jeremy Carlton, Ph.D.; and assistant professor Jacob Ongaki, Ph.D., represented SOU at the conference that […]

Earl Hills, a map forward and the hammer

A middle school teacher, a working class past and the quiet labor of keeping a community together when everything breaks. It was 2020, the year the Rogue Valley felt like it was ending. Earl Hills was in his early forties, sitting alone with a laptop, staring at a grid of middle school faces on Google […]

“Lollipop Moments” celebrate faculty & staff

SOU’s student government has partnered with President Rick Bailey and the Dean of Students office to demonstrate the power of a sucker. The collaboration – called “Lollipop Moments” – offers students an opportunity to acknowledge the good work and thoughtful deeds of SOU faculty and staff members. The program is part of President Bailey’s Project […]

Six trustees appointed and confirmed to SOU Board

(Ashland, Ore.) – Two new and four continuing members have been appointed by Gov. Tina Kotek and confirmed today by the Oregon Senate to serve on the Board of Trustees of Southern Oregon University. The new trustees are former Oregon State Rep. Peter Buckley and Christopher Geryak, an SOU junior and former student body vice […]