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SOU considers partners for older adult housing and education facilityJuly 1, 2025 - 2:14 pm
SOU maintains “Gold” in prestigious sustainability ratingJune 24, 2025 - 9:29 am
Commencement surprise: Gov. Kotek addresses SOU graduatesJune 16, 2025 - 7:19 am
SOU’s Havniear receives Outstanding Graduate Student awardJune 10, 2025 - 8:44 am
Highlights from SOU’s Spring Wellness EventJune 9, 2025 - 4:55 pm
SOU faculty member co-authors book on mindfulness and compassionJune 2, 2025 - 9:34 am
SOU and faculty union agree to extend contractMay 29, 2025 - 1:55 pm
SOU MBA student places on top percentile in nationwide testMay 27, 2025 - 8:40 am
SOU faculty members take lead role in open textbook projectMay 22, 2025 - 10:46 am
SOU Business Venture Tournament: $4k in prizes, plus “Wildcard”May 20, 2025 - 8:22 am
New SOU pathway program reaches into elementary schoolsMay 19, 2025 - 8:12 am
Recent SOU alumna stars in OSF production of “Earnest”May 12, 2025 - 12:57 pm
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 […]
Author of “Culturally Responsive Teaching” to give SOU campus theme talk
/in Campus NewsZaretta Hammond, the San Francisco-area author of “Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain,” will discuss how teachers can support underserved students in an April 10 presentation that’s part of SOU’s 2018-19 campus theme of “Ignorance and Wisdom.” Hammond notes that student populations across the country are progressively growing more racially and linguistically diverse. She will […]
Governor’s Food Drive fills the shelves at SOU Student Food Pantry
/in Campus NewsThe SOU community contributed non-perishable food and payroll deductions equivalent to a total of 8,022 meals during this year’s Governor’s Food Drive, which directly benefits the university’s Student Food Pantry and those who rely on it. The university’s payroll deductions are down somewhat this year, but donations to the Student Food Pantry hit a record […]