Ziona Christy, an OHSU nursing student at SOU Ashland

Historic Red Cross selection for OHSU nursing student at SOU

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Ziona Christy, a first-year nursing student with Oregon Health & Science University’s program on the Southern Oregon University campus, has been selected as one of only 16 students nationwide for the American Red Cross Collegiate Leadership Program – the first student in OHSU history to receive the honor.

The program will take place over two weeks in Washington, D.C., where she will work at the American Red Cross national headquarters to gain hands-on experience in humanitarian operations and leadership development. Students selected for the Red Cross course each receive $3,000 a scholarship, along with travel and housing for the program.

Christy’s background in emergency medical services, along with experience working with a local youth program, contributed to her selection by the Red Cross. She has demonstrated a strong commitment to service with several years in high-pressure, patient-centered care, and plans to pursue a career in emergency or critical care nursing.

Following the Red Cross program, she will begin organizing blood drives on campus next fall, aiming to engage fellow students in service and leadership opportunities.

OHSU operates its nursing program at SOU independently from SOU’s academic programming. But nursing students on the Ashland campus are otherwise integrated into SOU campus life, with full access to student dining facilities, the Hannon Library, the Student Recreation Center and climbing center, the Outdoor Program and gear rentals, the La Clinica Student Health & Wellness Center and more. Graduates of the OHSU nursing program also take part in SOU commencement ceremonies.

SOU Ashland Computer Science presentation to exclusive AI organization

SOU AI work presented to exclusive organization

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SOU Computer Science faculty member Bernie Boscoe and two of her students presented information to an exclusive organization of artificial intelligence researchers earlier this month on SOU students’ use of computer vision to glean data from camera traps at the future site of a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 south of Ashland.

The poster presentation was given in Washington D.C., at the second annual meeting of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR), a National Science Foundation-supported group on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence research.

Boscoe and SOU Computer Science students Katherine Nunn and Brayden Stach presented their poster, “Teaching Scalable Wildlife Image Processing with NAIRR Jetstream2 GPUs to Undergraduates.” GPUs – Graphics Processing Units – are electronic circuits used to accelerate image rendering, process video and train artificial intelligence.

“The module allows students to engage with wildlife data from Oregon while learning scalable computational workflows,” Boscoe and her team wrote in an abstract about their presentation.

Their poster included step-by-step guidance that enables other researchers and students to apply the same procedures used to collect data for the Oregon wildlife crossing to their own wildlife images and video datasets.

“By presenting a transparent, modifiable pipeline, the module allows students to experiment, troubleshoot common GPU-related issues and reflect on computational tradeoffs,” the poster abstract said.

Boscoe, an SOU assistant professor of computer science who builds and researches infrastructures and tools to help domain scientists do their work, has been collaborating with SOU associate professor of Environmental Science Karen Mager for more than three years to study wildlife patterns along I-5 and better understand regional needs for wildlife crossings. The data their students generated by using camera traps was a key component of a feasibility study that identified the Mariposa Preserve of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument as the priority site for an overpass.

The wildlife crossing, which has received a total of $37 million in federal and state funding, will span the freeway’s northbound and southbound lanes 1.7 miles north of the Oregon-California state line to help reduce vehicle-wildlife collisions. Construction is expected to begin as early as 2028.

The NAIRR was established by the NSF as a pilot in 2024, and now supports more than 600 research projects and 6,000 students across all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. It is intended to be a national infrastructure to provide critical computing, software, data, models, educational resources and expertise that the research and education communities need to advance AI innovation. Its annual meeting is an invitation-only gathering of researchers, educators, innovators, students and partners.

SOU Ashland's Liz DeFranco receives a lollipop

“Lollipop Moments” celebrate faculty & staff

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SOU’s student government has partnered with President Rick Bailey and the Dean of Students office to demonstrate the power of a sucker. The collaboration – called “Lollipop Moments” – offers students an opportunity to acknowledge the good work and thoughtful deeds of SOU faculty and staff members.

The program is part of President Bailey’s Project Architect initiative to increase enrollment and retention at SOU by encouraging employees to cultivate helpful and caring relationships with students. The actions of faculty and staff members can be recognized by students with the presentation of a lollipop – which can be found at the housing, library or Stevenson Union welcome desks, or at the offices of the Associated Students of SOU or the Dean of Students.

“Lollipop Moments” can be recorded by going online or scanning a QR code found on the backs of the specially-made suckers. Students who are unable to deliver a lollipop in person can fill out a form to have an ASSOU member make the presentation.

The project was launched on February 2, and in just its first week a total of six students made their own Lollipop Moment presentations and another 38 sent their lollipops via ASSOU. Student leaders said that “countless other” lollipops were given but not logged.

A lollipop for SOU Ashland's Robert GrettaRobert Gretta, an assistant professor in SOU’s Theatre Department, scored three lollipops in just the first week of the program.

“Robert helped me gain confidence in my abilities and skills as a stage manager, and as a student in general,” one student said on the online submission form. “I’ve faced a lot of difficulties this year, deciding if theatre was the right path for me or not, but I’ve been able to keep chasing my dream thanks to his help.”

Another student had nothing but praise for Liz DeFranco, an advisor in the Success at Southern TRIO Student Support Services program.

“If I come to Liz with a problem, she will immediately get on to how to answer my questions and get me to the right resources,” said the student – one of two who awarded lollipops to DeFranco. “She’s someone I can talk to and just have listen to whatever is going on. Liz recommended that I apply for a scholarship I would not have heard of otherwise, and I won it. Thanks to Liz, I am able to afford my tuition.”

William Greene, a professor in the School of Education, was credited with helping his students cope with school – and with life.

“His commitment to his craft, students and faculty has genuinely saved lives,” a student said on the submission form. “I speak for multiple people when I say that Dr. Greene has showed up for us when we need it most. As an advisor, professor and mentor, he has continued to provide us with quality support and genuine love.”

And others have been celebrated for more general reasons.

“Tom is a cool dude,” a student said in recognizing Tom Fagerholm, an assistant professor in the Theatre Department.

SOU’s “Lollipop Moments” initiative was inspired by the “Everyday Leadership: The Lollipop Moment” Ted Talk by Canadian speaker, author and educator Drew Dudley, who suggests that leadership can take the form of everyday behaviors that have positive impacts on others. Dudley’s Ted Talk has been viewed more than 6.5 million times.

SOU Ashland's Dennis Slattery

SOU’s Slattery receives community service award

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Ashland Mayor Tonya Graham presented the city’s highest community service honor to Southern Oregon University professor Dennis Slattery during a town hall and state-of-the-city address late last month at Ashland High School’s Mountain Avenue Theatre.

Slattery, an associate professor of business at SOU, a former member of the university’s Board of Trustees and a former Ashland city councilor, received the Alan C. Bates Public Service Award. About 100 people attended the address.

In her remarks, Graham praised Slattery’s long record of civic involvement, noting his work with the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, his four years of service on the SOU Board of Trustees, and his current role as Faculty Senate chair. She also highlighted his involvement in Ashland’s annual Festival of Lights.

“Dennis has a real heart for young people,” Graham said.

Slattery said he was overwhelmed by the recognition, particularly because of his friendship with the late state Sen. Alan Bates, for whom the award is named. He said he first came to Ashland after serving in the Navy, planning to stay for six months, but remained as his involvement in the community grew.

He also recalled childhood hunting trips in Alaska with his father and Indigenous elders, who taught him the importance of stewardship.

“My father and the elders told us the most important job is to leave the campground better than you find it,” Slattery said. “I left my campground — my community — a little better than I found it.”

Sheila Clough and husband Chris at Ashland Chamber of Commerce awards dinner

SOU board chair receives highest Chamber honor

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SOU Board of Trustees Chair Sheila Clough was honored for her volunteerism and community service in a surprise presentation of the Honorary Life Member Award at last week’s 115th annual dinner of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. The award is the highest honor that the Ashland Chamber bestows on individuals.

“Through her vision, her dedication and her unwavering commitment, Sheila has helped shape numerous important programs within the Chamber,” said Sandra Slattery, the organization’s executive director, as she presented the award. “Her legacy is one of leadership, collaboration and inspiration. She is a force.

“Since first moving to Ashland to serve as CEO of Asante Ashland Community Hospital, Sheila Clough, current CEO of Mercy Flights, has been a cornerstone of the Chamber,” Slattery said. “She has dedicated countless hours to strengthening our community and our economy, serving six years on the Chamber board in multiple leadership roles.”

In addition to executive-level positions throughout her career, Clough has taken on a variety of roles for civic and professional organizations including the Ashland Chamber, Rotary, the Oregon State Ambulance Association and the SOU Board of Trustees. She was appointed by the governor in 2017 to the SOU Board, and was unanimously elected by fellow board members in June 2024 to serve as chair.

The Ashland Chamber’s Honorary Life Member Award is intended as a tribute to recipients whose dedication, leadership and vision have left a lasting mark on the Chamber and the Ashland community. It honors past achievements and an ongoing commitment to service.

Clough and her husband Chris attended last week’s Chamber dinner to represent SOU among the Ashland business community and support other friends and awardees, unaware that she would be receiving an award. She received a standing ovation from a capacity crowd more than 230 business owners, government and non-profit leaders, donors and others as the award was announced.

“I volunteer lot, and I do it because I love the communities that I live in and I work in and I play in,” Clough said in accepting the award. “But I only get to do that because I work with organizations who support me through that.

“I tell the story often that when we were looking for a new opportunity to move our family, we had this opportunity with the (Ashland Community) hospital,” she said. “And the first thing I did was I looked at the Chamber website, and you had me at ‘hello.’ It was literally the Chamber who brought us into this community, and it was the Chamber who embraced us, welcomed our family, welcomed me as a new executive into a community that was miles and miles away from our family and our friends.”

Clough held various management and leadership positions in health care organizations in Minnesota and Wisconsin before moving with her family in 2013 to lead Asante Ashland Community Hospital. She was president and chief operating officer for Howard Young Health Care in Woodruff, Wisconsin before accepting the position in Ashland.

Clough earned a Master of Business Administration degree for healthcare executives from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a bachelor’s degree in medical technology from the University of Minnesota.

SOU Trustee Barry Thalden and his wife Kathryn received the Ashland Chamber’s Citizen of the Year award in 2024 – a similar honor that recognizes a person’s impact on the Ashland community.

SOU Ashland alumni awards recipients

Four to receive annual SOU alumni awards

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(Ashland, Ore.) — This year’s Southern Oregon University alumni award winners will be a business lawyer who has conducted an investigation of Las Vegas city officials and managed litigation for a $4 billion real estate firm; a lifelong educator who has written three books and made more than 500 educational presentations; a former legislator who made a film documenting the Klamath River restoration; and an award-winning novelist whose short stories have been featured in various publications.

This year’s four award recipients were chosen by the SOU Alumni Association Board of Directors: Catherine Meulemans for the Distinguished Alumni Award; Sue Teele, Ph.D., for the Alumni Excellence in Education Award; Jason Atkinson for the Stan Smith Alumni Service Award; and Abbigail Rosewood for the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. The awards will be presented during a celebration at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, in the Schneider Museum of Art. RSVPs at (541) 552-6127 are required.

Meulemans
The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented each year by the university and the SOU Alumni Association to recognize someone whose personal and professional achievements have significantly benefited humankind and brought distinction to the university. This year’s honoree, Catherine Meulemans, graduated magna cum laude from SOU in 1985 after serving as an exchange student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She earned her law degree from Georgetown University, then co-founded a multi-state boutique law firm that specialized in complex business litigation, real estate and civil appeals. She conducted a high-profile investigation of several Las Vegas city officials on behalf of the Office of the Nevada Attorney General, and managed the litigation portfolio for a $4 billion privately held international real estate brokerage. Meulemans is now the utilities team co-leader in the San Francisco office of Frost Brown Todd, a firm with law offices across the U.S.

Teele
The Alumni Excellence in Education Award recognizes career achievement in education, service to community and commitment to SOU. Sue Teele, who will receive this year’s award, earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Redlands in Southern California, then received her teaching credentials from the University of Alaska before accepting a teaching position in Medford and enrolling in a graduate program at what was then Southern Oregon College. She received her master’s degree in 1969, taught at the junior high level for 11 years, then spent 36 years as a higher education administrator – first at California State University, San Bernardino, and then at the University of California, Riverside. She was responsible for 50 different educational certificate and state approved credential programs that served 12,000 educators annually while at Riverside. Teele has written three books on teaching and learning, and developed an assessment tool, the “Teele Inventory for Multiple Intelligence (TIMI),” which has been used in throughout the U.S. and in dozens of other countries to quickly identify how students learn.

Atkinson
The Stan Smith Alumni Service Award recognizes alumni who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the community and service to people. Jason Atkinson earned his bachelor’s degree in history and political science at what was then Southern Oregon State College in 1992, then a master’s degree in business administration and public administration at Willamette University. He started a consulting business, then was elected to the Oregon Legislature – first the House of Representatives and then the Senate. He took a sabbatical to make the film “A River Between Us,” documenting the Klamath River restoration, and ultimately worked on the project for three decades before dam removals began in 2022. Atkinson has been recognized as one of the top 20 most influential fisherman of the West, served as a commissioner for the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, and was named a hero of conservation by Field and Stream.

Rosewood
The Distinguished Young Alumni Award is presented to a recent university graduate who has demonstrated distinction in career, civic involvement or both. Abbigail Rosewood received her bachelor’s degree at SOU in 2013, focusing on creative writing, then earned her master of fine arts degree in fiction from Columbia University in 2017. She won the Michael Baughman Fiction Award while at SOU. She has written numerous essays, reviews, articles and creative works for online and print publications. Her debut novel, “If I Had Two Lives,” was published in 2019 by Europa Editions and her second novel, “Constellations of Eve,” was published in 2022 by Texas Tech University Press. Her works have appeared in publications including TIME Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Salon, Elle U.K, Pen America, BOMB and Cosmopolitan. Rosewood has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Best American Short Story 2020, and she won first place in the Writers Workshop of Asheville Literary Fiction contest.

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Grant for SOU Ashland to develop accessible tourism for state of Oregon.

SOU receives grant to develop accessible tourism

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(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has received an $89,745 grant from Travel Oregon to develop an accessibility training program for tourism business leaders, with the goal of ensuring that all visitors to the state – including those with disabilities – feel valued and welcome. The initiative is further supported by a $5,000 grant from the SOU Institute for Applied Sustainability Innovation Fund.

The work planned under the new grants will build upon a smaller Travel Oregon-funded project last year that evaluated the accessibility of tourism in Oregon. This year’s project – which will include hosting 12 training workshops across the state of Oregon – aims to create a statewide network of “Accessible Tourism Ambassadors” made up of visitor industry professionals.

“This work is intended to address the lack of training, which is one of the main barriers identified during last year’s accessible tourism research,” said SOU associate professor of business Pavlina McGrady, who is leading the project along with assistant professor of business Rebecca Williams.

“Our goal is to share tools and best practices so that tourism professionals feel empowered to create welcoming, inclusive and accessible experiences where every guest – visitor or community member – feels included and appreciated,” McGrady said.

Last year’s project, which was funded by a $44,270 Travel Oregon grant and another match of $5,000 from the SOU Institute for Applied Sustainability, found funding challenges, a lack of accessibility information and training, gaps in access to products and services, and uneven hospitality for those with disabilities. It determined that existing training often focused too narrowly on specific disabilities, leaving broader needs unmet – but also that many in the tourism industry were eager to learn, and recognized the need for comprehensive training.

That work included audits and surveys of 30 tourism businesses, seven focus groups, and stakeholder meetings in the five counties of the southern Oregon region. The 75-plus tourism professionals who provided input formed the basis for an “Accessible Tourism Network,” and for the accessibility training program that will be the focus of this year’s project.

The training modules that will be developed are expected to include universal design principles, inclusive strategies for customer service and communication, tools such as web accessibility and sensory-friendly experiences, strategic marketing, practical steps and best practices. The focus will be on flexibility, inclusion rather than segregation, and providing information across various formats.

The SOU grant is for one of 65 projects funded throughout the state this year with $6.2 million in Travel Oregon’s Competitive Grants Program, which is intended to increase access and inclusion for historically – and currently – underserved or under-resourced communities. Grant recipients include local governments, port districts, federally recognized Tribes and non-profit entities, and funded projects range from adaptive trails and inclusive outdoor activities to cultural heritage programming and experiences.

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NSF grant on grasshoppers awarded to SOU Ashland biologist

SOU biologist receives NSF grant for grasshopper research

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(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University biologist Jacob Youngblood has been awarded a three-year, $422,183 grant from the National Science Foundation to study how insects respond to two aspects of climate change – rising air temperatures and declining plant nutrients – potentially improving pest management strategies and forecasts of insect-related damage nationwide.

The study will focus on migratory grasshoppers, which consume as much as 20% of available forage from U.S. rangelands each year for losses estimated at about $393 million.

“This project will investigate how temperature and nutrition jointly affect the most damaging rangeland pest in the United States,” said an abstract of the NSF grant. ”By combining fieldwork, laboratory experiments and computer simulations, the research will improve ecological forecasts and inform pest management strategies that support national food security.”

The project is also expected to provide opportunities for SOU students to participate as paid researchers. The work will be conducted partly by students enrolled in Youngblood’s courses in environmental physiology and biogeography. The NSF-funded project – “How temperature-nutrient interactions affect the physiology and ecology of an insect herbivore” – is scheduled to begin Aug. 1.

“This work has the potential to significantly improve how we manage national rangelands in a changing climate,” Youngblood said. “If we can predict grasshopper outbreaks before they happen, we can act proactively to minimize damage to crops and forage.

“Just as important, the project will train SOU students – many of whom are the first in their families to attend college – in research design, data analysis and science communication, preparing our graduates to tackle scientific challenges in their careers and communities.”

The project will test competing hypotheses for how the combination of temperature conditions and nutrient availability affect the biology of grasshoppers. It will involve a combination of computer simulations, experiments in artificial laboratory environments and field experiments conducted at The Farm at SOU.

“Together, this integrative approach will advance general theory on how organisms forage in multidimensional environments and how those foraging decisions scale up to affect physiology and ecology,” the abstract of the NSF grant project said.

Youngblood, an animal physiologist and ecologist, joined the SOU Biology Department as an assistant professor in 2022. His research interests involve predicting the impacts of climate change on insect populations. He teaches courses on the principles of biology, comparative animal physiology and biogeography.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Clemson University and a doctorate in biology from Arizona State University.

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Mindfulness and compassion book co-authored by Paul Condon of SOU Ashland

SOU faculty member co-authors book on mindfulness and compassion

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(Ashland, Ore.) — Paul Condon, an associate professor of psychology at Southern Oregon University, is co-author of a new book that blends psychological science and contemplative theories to inform mindfulness and compassion practices for the general public. “How Compassion Works: A Step-by-step guide to cultivating well-being, love and wisdom,” was written jointly with Boston College professor John Makransky and will be released June 24.

The book, published by Shambhala Publications and distributed by Penguin Random House, offers a guide to embody the qualities of love, compassion and wisdom from within, using an evidence-based meditation method called Sustainable Compassion Training (SCT). The compassion training style is adapted from Tibetan Buddhism traditions, attachment theory and cognitive science.

“Organized into three categories – receptive mode, deepening mode, and inclusive mode – these practices help us cultivate unconditional care and discernment from within,” the publisher’s description of the book says. “With a flexible framework that allows practitioners to integrate their own religious or spiritual beliefs, this book offers practices suitable for people of all faiths and those seeking a purely secular path.”

The book uses a progressive series of meditations that readers can use to gradually build capacity for mindfulness and compassion.

Makransky and Condon, who are both practitioners of Tibetan Buddhist meditation, worked together to develop SCT as a means of teaching modern Buddhists, those of other faiths and people in caring professions to train compassion and wisdom.

“Befriending one’s mind through formal meditation practice can be thought of as a radical act of love, sanity, wisdom, and healing,” Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), said in a review of the new book.

“’How Compassion Works’ is a high-resolution guide to both the instrumental and non-instrumental dimensions of meditation practice based predominantly on Tibetan teachings yet explicitly inviting a broader inclusivity,” said Kabat-Zinn, the author of “Wherever You Go, There You Are” and “Coming to Our Senses.”

Makransky, Ph.D., is a professor of Buddhism and comparative theology at Boston College. He has served as senior academic advisor for the Buddhist Studies Center at Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Nepal, president of the Society of Buddhist-Christian studies and “contemplative fellow” of the Mind and Life Institute in Virginia. He was ordained 25 years ago as a Tibetan Buddhist lama.

Condon, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at SOU and a research fellow at the Mind & Life Institute. He has been a visiting lecturer at Rangjung Yeshe Institute, and a guest teacher at Kagyu Sukha Choling in Ashland. His work has appeared in several leading psychology journals, Buddhist magazines and other publications.

“How Compassion Works” will be available in paperback or as an ebook for $24.95, online through Penguin Random House or through retailers including Target, Walmart, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s and Hudson Booksellers.

Bloomsbury Books in Ashland will host a book event from 7 to 8 p.m. on July 21, with Condon in conversation with Cody Christopherson, Ph.D., who is a professor of clinical mental health counseling at SOU.

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Distinguished Teaching Award recipient Alena Ruggerio at SOU Ashland

SOU’s Ruggerio receives Distinguished Teaching Award

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(Ashland, Ore.) — Alena Ruggerio,  a professor of communication at Southern Oregon University, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award by the Western States Communication Association (WSCA), one of the leading academic organizations in the field of communication studies.

The WSCA Distinguished Teaching Award is presented annually and honors educators who demonstrate excellence in teaching, innovative instruction and a sustained impact on student learning and engagement. Ruggerio was recognized at the association’s annual conference for more than two decades of transformative instruction, mentorship and leadership in inclusive education.

“For her exceptional contributions to communication education, her scholarly advancement of inclusive pedagogy, and her unwavering commitment to teaching for liberation, mutual humanity and engaged citizenship, we are honored to present the WSCA Distinguished Teaching Award to Dr. Alena Ruggerio,” award presenter Ashley Givens, Associate Dean of Communication & Performing Arts at Salt Lake Community College, said in the official announcement.

Known across the SOU campus for her signature closing, the “Ruggerio Benediction” — “Go forth and use wisely every heartbeat” — Ruggerio encourages her students to dedicate their energy to meaningful communication. “The goal is to encourage my students to put the heartbeats they’ve chosen to spend with me to wise use in communicating for liberation, communicating our mutual humanity and communicating citizenship,” Ruggerio said.

Ruggerio’s teaching portfolio spans foundational and advanced courses in public speaking, persuasion, political communication, gender studies and more. She is celebrated for employing student-centered learning practices, including “Question of the Day” discussions, and learning contracts that empower students to shape their educational journeys. Her creative teaching practices include sensory-based chapter facilitation and community-centered speech competitions, which tie academic theory to social impact.

In addition to her teaching, Ruggerio contributes extensively to the field of communication education. She has published influential course syllabi and co-facilitated university-wide initiatives in antiracism and curriculum decolonization. Her work integrates feminist rhetorical theory and international perspectives, including leading study abroad programs in Spain and Greece.

“Alena embodies the ideal of a teacher-scholar-mentor,” said Andrew Kenneth Gay, dean of the School of Arts & Communication at SOU. “Her classrooms are not just sites of knowledge transmission but spaces of transformation. She challenges students to think critically, care deeply and act courageously. We are incredibly proud of her and grateful for the profound impact she has on our university community.”

Ruggerio has previously received SOU’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Distinguished Service Award, as well as national recognition from AHA International. She is the editor of “Media Depictions of Brides, Wives and Mothers,” and co-author of “Feminism in Practice: Communication Strategies for Making Change.”

The Western States Communication Association represents scholars, educators and practitioners across a wide range of communication fields, including public speaking, interpersonal communication, health and environmental communication, and studies of identity and difference. Founded at a speech and debate tournament, WSCA continues to evolve in step with the discipline, recognizing outstanding contributions to research, service and teaching in the Western region of the U.S.

For more information, please contact Michele Fulkerson, office specialist for SOU’s Department of Communication, Media & Cinema, at (541) 552-6669 or fulkersom@sou.edu.

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