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SOU In the News: Sept. 5 – 11

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SOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: KOBI – SOU Students Travel to India to Learn About Democracy: https://b.kobi5.com/news/sou-students-travel-to-india-to-learn-about-democracy-684/ Portland Tribune – Oregon Wine Industry Continues Record-Setting Pace (Professor Jones featured): https://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/239-business/271787-146135-oregon-wine-industry-continues-record-setting-pace Statesman Journal – In Response to Pope Francis: A Prayer for CEOs (opinion piece written by Professor Steve Schein): https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/09/09/response-pope-francis-prayer-ceos/71885762/ Capital Press – […]

Award-Winning Author Toby Hemenway to Speak at SOU

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(Ashland, Ore.) — Toby Hemenway, whose book “Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture” was awarded the Nautilus Gold Medal in 2011 and is the best-selling permaculture book in the world, will introduce his latest book, “The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience” at Southern Oregon University’s Center for Sustainability on […]

SOU In the News: Aug. 22 – Sept. 4

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SOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Idaho Statesman – Idaho Wine: Couple’s Efforts May Put the Eagle Foothills on the National Wine Map (Professor Greg Jones featured): https://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/08/22/3948773_idaho-wine-couples-efforts-may.html?rh=1 Sacramento News Review – Climate Change and the California Drought Cause Farmers to Experience Record Early Harvests (Professor Greg Jones Featured): https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/climate-change-the-california/content?oid=18026315 Oregon Wine Press – […]

SOU One of Nation's Top LGBTQ-Friendly Campuses

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(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been named one of the 25 most LGBTQ-friendly campuses in the nation according to Campus Pride, the leading national educational organization for LGBTQ and ally college students and campus groups. Now in its seventh year, the Campus Pride Top 25 LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list highlights the most […]

SOU In the News: Aug. 15 – 21

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SOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Mail Tribune – Crowdfunding Will Send Man Back to India: https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150817/NEWS/150819761/0/SEARCH Daily Tidings – SOU Professor: Change in Thinking Needed to Combat Change in Climate: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150817/NEWS/150819845/0/SEARCH Daily Astorian – New Director for College Library (feature on SOU alumnus Luke Kralik): https://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150818/new-director-for-college-library Oregonian/Oregon Live – The Audacity of Julie […]

News Bachelor's Degree Approved for SOU

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(Ashland, Ore.) —Students attending Southern Oregon University have long had the option of pursuing a minor or concentration in creative writing. Beginning this fall, creative writing will be a major course of study as well, after the Higher Education Coordinating Commission approved a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree at SOU during its […]

SOU Welcomes Increase in Hispanic Teacher Candidates

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(Ashland, Ore.) — Recent research indicates the hiring of well-qualified minority teachers is a significant factor in closing the achievement gap experienced by minority students in primary and secondary education. If the students currently studying to become elementary school teachers in Southern Oregon University’s elementary education program are any indication, classrooms throughout the region may […]

SOU In the News: Aug. 7 – 14

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SOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Daily Tidings – SOU Student Raising Funds to Help India Orphanage by Documenting It: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150807/NEWS/150809847/0/SEARCH The Guardian – What Motivates CEOs to Solve the World’s Big Social and Environmental Problems (Feature on SOU Professor Steve Schein’s new book): https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/aug/06/steve-schein-nike-spring-mattel-coca-cola-pope-francis-climate-change-encyclical-ecology Chronicle of Higher Education – In Assignment Group Work […]

SOU Launches New Sports Band

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(Ashland, Ore.) —Fans attending Southern Oregon University home football games this fall can expect an even more fun experience than in previous years: a sports band. Raider Band director, Travis Moddison, has already begun recruiting students. “The first home game is scheduled for September 12, so we need to have our members identified and begin […]

SOU TRiO Program Receives $1.3 Million Federal Grant

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(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University was recently notified that its TRiO program has been awarded a $1.3 million federal grant in order to continue operations on campus at SOU for the next five years. TRiO, which is part of the larger Success at Southern program, has been operating at SOU since 1994. The TRiO […]