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SOU student applies classroom experience to work on LA wildfiresMarch 21, 2025 - 4:38 pm
SOU to host official memorial service for William Thorndike, Jr.March 12, 2025 - 3:02 pm
SOU participants make a splash at regional sustainability conferenceMarch 11, 2025 - 9:05 am
SOU alum returns to screen Klamath River filmMarch 11, 2025 - 8:19 am
SOU enters partnership to support survivors of gender-based violenceMarch 10, 2025 - 2:08 pm
Look and feel of Inside SOU website to changeMarch 3, 2025 - 2:36 pm
SOU embraces Behavioral Health InitiativeFebruary 28, 2025 - 8:20 am
Rogue Buzzway gardens grow with SOU partnershipFebruary 25, 2025 - 1:01 pm
SOU freshman joins Board of TrusteesFebruary 18, 2025 - 1:51 pm- SOU loses friend and mentor with passing of Bill ThorndikeFebruary 18, 2025 - 9:26 am
SOU’s Saigo Multicultural Alcove rededicatedFebruary 11, 2025 - 10:59 am
SOU campus weathers snow stormFebruary 4, 2025 - 12:32 pm
Governor’s Food Drive will help SOU students in need
/in Campus NewsThe annual Governor’s Food Drive is up and running through February at SOU, and those who contribute can make a real difference for students with unreliable access to food and other community members in need. All food collected in campaign at SOU will be donated to the university’s Student Food Pantry, and monetary donations will […]
Magazine names Ashland among best locales to work as filmmaker
/in Campus NewsFor the sixth year in a row, MovieMaker Magazine has named the scenic town of Ashland in its annual ranking of the best places to live and work as a filmmaker in the United States. This year, Ashland placed sixth in the magazine’s Small Cities and Towns category, competing well against larger markets including New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. […]
SOU to host 23rd annual French Dinner
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University French Club will serve its 23rd annual French Dinner – a five-course meal for students, employees and community members – on Thursday, Feb. 28. The dinner, in the Stevenson Union’s Rogue River Room, is intended to promote French culture on campus and in the community. The dinner is organized by the university’s French Club, with the help of student union staff, […]
SOU subscribes to AWARE audio wayfinding app
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — SOU has partnered with the vendor Sensible Innovations to provide an audio wayfinding app for students, employees and visitors with sight impairments – and other users who like the convenience of audible navigation assistance. The AWARE Audible Wayfinding app, which provides route directions to buildings and frequently visited locations on the SOU […]
SOU launches virtual campus tour
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University today launched a virtual campus tour that will give prospective students and others, anywhere in the world, an opportunity view the SOU campus in an immersive, online experience. The virtual tour is expected to be an effective tool in recruiting students, and also will be helpful for those learning […]
SOU campus encouraged to prepare for overdose life-saving
/in Campus NewsRescue kits that have been placed at 18 locations on the SOU campus will enable friends or passersby save the lives of those who may be experiencing an opioid overdose. The kits, with nasal spray containers of the rescue medication naloxone, are located primarily in easy-to-find fire extinguisher and AED cabinets throughout campus. Naloxone, also […]
SOU hires vice president for enrollment management and student affairs
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) —Neil Woolf – who has led enrollment efforts at higher education institutions in Wisconsin, Washington and Nevada – has been hired as Southern Oregon University’s new vice president for enrollment management and student affairs. He will start work at SOU on Jan. 9. “I am very excited to join the team at Southern […]
SOU Hall of Fame coach Dan Bulkley passes away at 101
/in Campus NewsFormer SOU track and cross country coach Dan Bulkley, an Athletics Hall of Fame member who ran a ceremonial 100-meter dash at Raider Stadium a week after his 100th birthday, died Sunday night at Anna Maria Creekside assisted living in Medford. He was 101. Bulkley coached track and cross country at SOU from 1950 until […]
Southern Oregon’s four higher ed institutions announce consortium
/in Campus News, Press ReleasesThe presidents of four public colleges and universities in southern Oregon joined forces today to create the Southern Oregon Higher Education Consortium – an alliance aimed at streamlining students’ educational pathways and addressing the region’s specific workforce needs. A memorandum of understanding signed by the presidents of Klamath Community College, Oregon Institute of Technology, Rogue […]
OLLI facilities at SOU in line for makeover
/in Campus NewsAfter 25 years, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) facilities at SOU are receiving new life. OLLI’s program on the SOU campus operates from the Campbell Center – a pair of former World War II barracks with a courtyard between them, just west of the empty Cascade Complex. The old barracks have taken a beating, […]