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Recent SOU computer science grad protecting clients against drone attacksNovember 16, 2021 - 9:45 am
SOU Veterans & Military Families recognizes veteransNovember 16, 2021 - 9:30 am
SOU’s Kristen Gast to examine student loan issues in AAUW programNovember 16, 2021 - 8:56 am
Richard J. Bailey, Jr., named president of Southern Oregon UniversityNovember 9, 2021 - 12:33 pm
OCA offers free performance tickets to SOU communityNovember 9, 2021 - 12:16 pm
American Samoa tradition of Lotu Tamaiti celebrated at SOUNovember 2, 2021 - 10:31 am
SOU awarded Cambia Health grant for behavioral health programNovember 2, 2021 - 8:14 am
SOU Distinguished Alumni Award recipients to be recognizedOctober 26, 2021 - 1:09 pm
Interviews of SOU presidential finalists wrapping upOctober 26, 2021 - 1:03 pm
SOU creative arts professor elected chair of Oregon Humanities boardOctober 21, 2021 - 8:50 am
Interviews of SOU presidential finalists are underwayOctober 19, 2021 - 3:27 pm
SOU hires its first vice president for equity, diversity and inclusionOctober 18, 2021 - 11:46 am
COVID-19 vaccination clinics begin at SOU’s health center
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSOU President Linda Schott received her first COVID-19 vaccine this morning at the Student Health & Wellness Center, setting an example for others in the campus community who choose vaccination as a means of protecting themselves and reducing the opportunity for the virus to continue its yearlong spread. “I’m very excited to get it and […]
SOU to resume in-person classes for fall term
/in Campus News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University President Linda Schott announced Wednesday that SOU will return to primarily in-person classes and student activities for the start of fall term in September. The announcement came two days short of a year after President Schott informed students and employees last March that the campus would shift to remote […]
SOU to go virtual for 2021 commencement
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will hold this year’s commencement ceremony on a virtual platform to ensure a safe, high-quality experience for its 2021 graduates and an inclusive, flexible venue that is accessible to family members and friends. SOU President Linda Schott announced the decision on Tuesday, more than a month before the start […]
News you can use: Your questions about COVID-19 vaccines, answered
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSOU’s Student Health and Wellness Center is getting many questions about COVID-19 shots as the nationwide vaccination program gains momentum and potential availability of the vaccine on campus grows nearer. Current answers to some of the most common and relevant questions about the vaccines are covered here, including who should receive them and what to […]
SOU opts out of spring football season
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) – The Southern Oregon University football team will forgo the shortened spring football season and look toward the fall, SOU Director of Athletics Matt Sayre informed Frontier Conference officials on Friday, Feb. 12. “We don’t make this decision lightly, and know there will be some disappointed Raiders,” Sayre said. “But the goal is […]
New SOU storage facility is doubly green
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has completed a new storage facility at Raider Stadium that addresses sustainability on two fronts – it includes the university’s ninth array of solar panels, and the structure itself was created from recycled shipping containers. The new facility, which will be used for storage of Athletic Department equipment and […]
Indigenous Gardens Network receives Oregon Cultural Trust grant
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University, tribal partners and others have received a $35,483 grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust to initiate the Indigenous Gardens Network – a hub for conversation and coordination around traditional food gathering areas throughout southwestern Oregon. The Indigenous Gardens Network is intended to restore areas where “first foods” and other […]
Employees and others urged to help SOU students by participating in governor’s food drive
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSOU President Linda Schott has reached out to the university’s employees, asking them to help reduce food insecurity on campus by donating as they are able to the annual Governor’s State Employee Food Drive, which runs through February. All food or money contributed at SOU will go directly to the Student Food Pantry. “I recognize […]
SOU’s 2021 Campus Theme takes on “Thinking Uncertainty” and “Justified Untrue Belief”
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSOU’s Campus Theme lecture series – which has focused each academic year since 2009-10 on a specific concept – is taking on the idea of “Thinking Uncertainty” this year and continue on Wednesday, Feb. 10, with an online lecture on “Justified Untrue Belief” by prominent philosopher Graham Harman of the Southern California Institute of Architecture. […]
SOU retreat for Native American youth spins off multigenerational program
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Konaway Nika Tillicum wasn’t what anyone expected last summer, when the seven-day academic and cultural enrichment residential camp for Native American Youth was shifted to a virtual version of itself because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Then the totally unexpected happened: the Oregon Community Foundation, a longtime supporter of the […]