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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
Opioid overdose rescue kits available throughout SOU campus
/in Campus News /by mosleyjLast year’s initiative to place overdose rescue kits at various locations on the SOU campus, enabling friends or passersby to save the lives of those experiencing opioid overdoses, has expanded this year. A total of 20 Naloxone rescue kits – up from 18 last year – are now located at SOU: in the Shasta, McLoughlin, […]
Rebecca Walker hired as SOU’s new sustainability and recycling manager
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University has hired Rebecca Walker, who has worked for the past 15 years with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, to serve as the university’s new sustainability and recycling manager. She will begin at SOU on Friday, Nov. 8. Her mother is from Maine, but Walker has spent most of her life in Scotland […]
New battery-powered landscape equipment reduces campus noise and pollution
/in Campus News /by mosleyjLeaf blowers may seem somewhat comical: gangly plastic tubes that push air to corral bits of dead trees. But the pollutants they emit, the gasoline they waste and the hearing-damaging noises they produce are no laughing matter, so SOU is working to replace them and other gas-powered landscape tools with battery-powered versions. Some communities have […]
SOU exceeding expectations in Real Food Challenge
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University joined universities across the country last year in working toward sustainable food practices by participating in the Real Food Challenge. Now that a year has passed, statistics show that SOU is exceeding expectations. SOU joined more than 40 U.S. universities and four university systems by joining the Real Food […]
SOU celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University’s third annual Indigenous Peoples Day observance will take place between Sunday, Oct. 13 and Monday, Oct. 14. The events start off with a film festival at South Medford High between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday. The festival is free and open to the public, and – like the other events […]
Health care, raffles, and flu shots at SOU’s annual Health and Wellness Fair
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSOU’s annual Health and Wellness Fair will be in the Stevenson Union Arena on Monday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Human Resources encourages all employees to participate in the once-a-year fair. Along with meeting representatives from health care organizations such as Providence, Willamette Dental and Fidelity, SOU employees will be able to […]
Annual Golf Shootout produces record amount for SOU athletic scholarships
/in Campus News /by mosleyjLast Thursday’s 29th annual Lithia/Raider Club Golf Shootout raised a record $480,000 to help SOU student-athletes. The tournament, held annually at Medford’s Rogue Valley Country Club, also produced a record number of “Major Executive Sponsors” that each contributed $12,500 to the event. This year’s major sponsors were Lithia Motors, The Partners Group, JP Morgan Chase, […]
SOU simplifies and broadens student aid options with ScholarshipUniverse
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has launched a new suite of software intended to keep students in school by helping them identify and apply for relevant scholarships – both internal and external. The ScholarshipUniverse platform, from the higher education support vendor CampusLogic, automates much of the scholarship screening and application process for students. It […]
SOU steps up as smoke moves in
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSignificant smoke moved into Ashland on Thursday night for the first time this summer and Southern Oregon University acted quickly to protect students and employees, and offer refuge for community members seeking to escape the poor air quality. Smoke from the Milepost 97 fire, which had burned more than 1,650 acres near Canyonville as of […]
SOU public safety officers to get code-violation training with APD
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Campus Public Safety officers may occasionally be seen in downtown Ashland beginning this week, citing people for smoking, intrusive panhandling and other minor infractions as part of a new training program with Ashland Police. CPS officers, who typically work on or adjacent to the SOU campus, are authorized by […]