Southern Oregon University’s 2026 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 13, celebrated nearly 600 new graduates who earned a total of more than 900 degrees. The ceremony – the 100th since the university reopened at its current location in 1926, following a lengthy hiatus – was at Raider Stadium, at Webster and Wightman streets in Ashland. […]
Jefferson Public Radio reporters have been recognized for their journalism with recent honors from both the Edward R. Murrow Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists’ Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards. JPR reporter Jane Vaughan won a regional Murrow Award for investigative reporting in the small-market radio division, competing against public and commercial radio stations […]
Three seniors from the SOU Computer Science program won the best poster award at the 2026 Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium’s HPC Symposium, held May 12 to 14 at Boise State University. The SOU team – Brayden Stach, Laura Lovrien and Alec Clark – returned with valuable takeaways from the conference and the overall experience. […]
The SOU campus thrives thanks to the dedication of more that 400 student workers and the mentorship of 100-plus staff and faculty supervisors. To honor that partnership, the university recently hosted its first campus-wide Student Worker Appreciation Event, bringing together students and supervisors for an evening of celebration, reflection and friendly competition. A previous version of […]
Scott Kaiser, who regularly teaches and directs in Southern Oregon University’s Theatre program, has released his 24th book – “Conquering the Canon: A Life in Shakespeare.” The book chronicles his work in the production of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays. Kaiser served for 18 seasons as the head of voice and text at the Oregon […]
The SOU Digital Cinema program will stage its 21st annual Student Film Festival, screening 14 films by student filmmakers at 6:30 p.m. on June 1 at the Varsity Theater (66 E Main St, Ashland, OR 97520) in downtown Ashland, with a reprise screening at 7 p.m. on June 11. General admission tickets are $5 (free […]
Oregon teens who are interested in technology have a first-time opportunity this summer to explore cybersecurity careers at a free weeklong camp hosted at Southern Oregon University. The camp is taught by David Pouliot, an associate professor in the SOU Computer Science program, with current Computer Science students at SOU serving as assistants and mentors. […]
Students from Southern Oregon University have earned all of the top 10 placements in the Microsoft Excel category of the Oregon Spring Qualifier round for this year’s Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship. Students from SOU School of Business computer applications courses typically take two or three of the top spots in Microsoft’s annual statewide […]
SOU History professor Cherstin M. Lyon, Ph.D., will join Oregon Historical Society executive director Kerry Tymchuk this week for an onstage conversation with Rick Atkinson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and historian. The Southern Oregon Historical Society is hosting Atkinson in partnership with the Oregon Historical Society’s Mark O. […]
(Ashland, Ore.) — Two alumni of the SOU School of Education’s administrative licensure program and longtime education leaders in southern Oregon have published their second book together – “A School Leader’s Playbook for Tough Conversations.” Tiffany Burns – a full-time instructor in the School of Education who previously served 12 years as a principal in […]