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SOU’s Danielle Mancuso recognized by international groupMay 28, 2020 - 10:56 am
SOU’s Ken Kempner studies role of women faculty in Saudi universitiesMay 27, 2020 - 8:00 am
Esports team and esports management minor coming to SOUMay 22, 2020 - 8:37 am
JPR wins news reporting awards in regional Edward R. Murrow contestMay 14, 2020 - 11:15 am
Initiative to reduce trash cans – and trash – continues despite COVID-19May 7, 2020 - 3:23 pm
SOU’s graduating student teachers provide value in varied settingsApril 28, 2020 - 8:00 am
SOU coders create Mt. Shasta-themed games in Hackathon eventApril 24, 2020 - 1:26 pm
SOULA wins Oregon Heritage Excellence Award for Chinese immigrant researchApril 23, 2020 - 12:58 pm
SOU music ensembles get creative in their new, virtual realityApril 22, 2020 - 2:29 pm
SOU Student Rec Center makes well-being a virtual exerciseApril 21, 2020 - 10:54 am
SOU alum and football coach team up on face masks for virus protectionApril 20, 2020 - 3:07 pm
SOU offers virtual opportunities for prospective studentsApril 17, 2020 - 8:00 am
Initiative to reduce trash cans – and trash – continues despite COVID-19
/in Campus News /by mosleyjCOVID-19 has reached so deeply into everyday life that it’s affected even seemingly unrelated procedures and initiatives – such as a project to reduce waste at SOU by eliminating individual trash cans. The program – launched in January by sustainability and recycling manager Rebecca Walker – is continuing, but at a different trajectory and pace. […]
Habitat restoration at The Farm at SOU to be completed – at safe distances
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University students and staff will make use of a charitable donation at one of the best places on campus for social distancing when they complete the restoration of a “wet meadow” area on Friday at The Farm at SOU. The wetland was previously overgrown with blackberries and other invasive species, […]
Retired SOU registrar Mike Corcoran passes away
/in Campus News /by mosleyjRetired Southern Oregon University registrar Michael Corcoran passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 29, after a hard fought battle with cancer. Mike was born in Florida on Sept. 19, 1944, but grew up in southern Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War as a “Ditty Bopper,” intercepting […]
SOU goes remote for spring term, campus closed to public
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has informed students and employees that all spring term courses will be delivered remotely and most on-campus operations will be limited to help slow the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic. SOU’s decisions came in response to an executive order today by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for all public […]
SOU takes steps to protect campus, slow COVID-19 spread
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University continues to both anticipate and react to challenges in the global COVID-19 outbreak, implementing a variety of new measures this week to protect the health and well-being of the campus community and enable continuity in academic and student support programs. The SOU campus remains open and active even as students, faculty and […]
Study confirms SOU’s vital economic impact role in region
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is a powerful economic engine for its region, responsible for a total of $282.5 million in annual output in Jackson County, according to a recent economic impact study by Portland-based consulting firm ECONorthwest. SOU also is responsible for a total of 2,146 direct, indirect and induced jobs in its […]
19th annual “Lock-In” brings police to teach at SOU
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyjSOU’s Criminology and Criminal Justice students will get plenty of hands-on training when representatives from a variety of local law enforcement agencies will be on campus to present workshops at a “Lock-In” event on Friday (Feb. 28). The 19th annual Lock-In will draw on the expertise of agencies including the Ashland and Medford police departments, […]
Governor’s State Employee Food Drive to run through February at SOU
/in Campus News /by mosleyjAll food and cash donations collected at SOU during the seventh annual Governor’s State Employee Food Drive – which runs through February – will go to the Student Food Pantry and SOU students with unreliable access to food. Payroll deductions will support food assistance programs at ACCESS – the region’s community action agency. “The most […]
Retired SOU business professor Joseph Smith passes away at age 98
/in Campus News /by mosleyjEmeritus professor Joseph Raymond Smith, who taught business at SOU for 26 years, passed away on Jan. 5 at age 98. Smith joined the faculty in 1964 of what was then Southern Oregon College. He taught courses in accounting and taxation until his retirement as an emeritus professor in 1990. Smith was born in Magrath, […]
“Uncertainty” series tackles incomplete accounts of three Jewish WWII refugees
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University French professor and Summer Language Institute director Marianne Golding will present a “Campus Theme” lecture this month on World War II France. The free lecture, which is part of SOU’s Campus Theme lecture series, will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Hannon Library’s Meese Room. It follows the […]