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Funding in place for wildlife crossing with key SOU roleJanuary 8, 2025 - 8:46 am
Klamath dam removal workshop at SOU fosters collaborationJanuary 6, 2025 - 10:11 am
SOU Scavenger Hunt teaches academic skills to pre-college youthJanuary 6, 2025 - 7:00 am
SOU hires new Vice President for Finance and AdministrationDecember 9, 2024 - 9:24 am
SOU’s TRIO-SSS program marks milestoneNovember 12, 2024 - 11:45 am
SOU computer scientist receives Sloan grant for “tacit knowledge” researchOctober 29, 2024 - 8:04 am
Sustainability conference at SOU builds regional collaborationOctober 14, 2024 - 4:31 pm
SOU class to host candidate forum for local political racesOctober 14, 2024 - 12:23 pm
Indigenous Peoples Day to be celebrated over two days at SOUOctober 11, 2024 - 1:13 pm
Seminar to show benefits of a virtual reality and real-world teaching combinationOctober 8, 2024 - 10:28 am
SOU alumni receive awards for their work and serviceOctober 7, 2024 - 1:04 pm
SOU faculty member publishes book on consequences of discriminationOctober 4, 2024 - 8:20 am
SOU Board of Trustees approves potential tuition rates for 2019-20
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees agreed today with President Linda Schott’s recommendation for tuition rates for the 2019-20 academic year that will be directly tied to the Oregon Legislature’s budget allocation for higher education. Tuition for resident undergraduate students is expected to increase by a range of $15 to $23 […]
SOU Campus Expo 2.0 to offer glimpses of higher education future
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is wrapping up the second installment of a research exercise it calls “peering into the future of higher education,” and will share its findings with the community in a Campus Expo event on Friday. The expo, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Stevenson Union’s Rogue River Room, will […]
SOU Research Center smoke survey shows mixed views
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Most tourists who visited southern Oregon during the smoky summers of 2017 and 2018 plan to return for future trips, but a majority will modify their plans to account for the possibility of more smoke, according to a new survey by the Southern Oregon University Research Center (SOURCE). SOURCE’s 39-page “Southern Oregon […]
SOU’s Student Recreation Center celebrating first birthday
/in Campus NewsAll members of the SOU community are invited to join Campus Recreation on April 23 to celebrate the first birthday of the university’s Student Recreation Center with complimentary refreshments and free access for faculty and staff. Construction of the SRC and adjacent Lithia Motors Pavilion was completed last spring, and the recreation center opened its […]
SOU and Universidad de Guanajuato pledge to build upon 50-year friendship
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University and the Universidad de Guanajuato officially renewed a friendship that has been built over the past 50 years when the institutions’ leaders pledged Monday to broaden their collaboration over the next half-century. “Today’s agreement is to reaffirm our commitment to the exchange of students and faculty,” SOU President Linda […]
SOU community invited to Guanajuato lectures
/in Campus NewsThree SOU alumni from Guanajuato will present free, public lectures on Thursday, April 11, as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the sister-university relationship between SOU and the Universidad de Guanajuato. Members of the SOU community are encouraged to attend the lectures and to welcome the visiting delegation from Guanajuato. “If you see any […]
SOU Native American Student Union’s spring powwow returns to campus
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’sNative American Student Union and Native American Programs will share their culture with campus and the community at the 27th annual Spring Powwow on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14 at SOU’s Lithia Motors Pavilion. The event will return to the SOU campus this year, after being held for the […]
SOU’s Lithia Motors Pavilion/Student Recreation Center strikes LEED Gold
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Lithia Motors Pavilion and adjacent Student Recreation Center have earned LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, joining a growing list of SOU facilities to be recognized as sustainable. The athletic pavilion and recreation center complex, which opened last spring, was awarded all 68 points that were […]
Natural gas failure limiting some services at SOU
/in Campus NewsFailure of a valve on the main natural gas line that serves SOU and a large portion of Ashland is affecting students and employees at the university in various ways, but is expected to be resolved this evening or on Wednesday. One of SOU’s natural gas-fueled boilers was temporarily converted this morning to burn diesel […]
SOU’s “Retention Summit” aimed at seeing students through to graduation
/in Campus NewsThe campus community is invited to participate in a “Retention Summit” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Stevenson Union’s Rogue River Room, to examine what’s being done – and what other steps might be taken – to encourage students to remain at SOU through graduation. Participants in Thursday’s summit will hear reports on current student […]