(Ashland, Ore.) – The Music program of the Department of Performing Arts at Southern Oregon University presents the second annual SOU Tutunov Piano Series, opening on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. with pianist Alexander Ghindin performing works by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Liszt and Brahms. Read more
(Ashland, Ore.) – The Theatre Arts program of the Department of Performing Arts at Southern Oregon University presents “Menagerie: The New Vaudeville” featuring James Donlon, Alina Cenal, Terry Longshore and Jeff Richmond on Thursday-Friday, Oct. 3-4 at 8:00 p.m. in the SOU Center Stage Theatre. Read more
(Ashland, Ore.) – The Music program of the Department of Performing Arts at Southern Oregon University presents saxophonist Kenneth Tse, winner of the prestigious New York Artists International Award and the National Alliance for Excellence’s Alex Award, in addition to many others. Tse’s singular performance in Southern Oregon will be held at 7:30 pm on Monday, Oct. 7 in the Music Recital Hall on the SOU campus. Admission is free of charge. Read more
(Ashland, Ore) Southern Oregon University (SOU) is among the top 25 campuses in America that are friendly to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students, according to Campus Pride, the leading national nonprofit organization for student leaders and campus groups working to support LGBT-friendly learning environments at colleges and universities. SOU is the smallest public university to make the top 25 list. Read more
(Ashland, Ore.) Southern Oregon University (SOU) has reached a new milestone in its growth as an environmentally-conscious campus. The new issue of Sierra, the bi-monthly magazine of the Sierra Club, ranks SOU #26 on its “Cool Schools” annual list of America’s green colleges and universities. Read more
(Ashland, ORE.) A new writing program at Southern Oregon University is inviting local residents and visitors to participate in several admission-free panel discussions, readings and social events August 12-17. The activities are part of the inaugural Institute for New Writing / Ashland (INWA). INWA focuses on three writing genres – fiction, poetry, and noir literature – and features faculty from SOU plus published writers from across the U S, and students from many states. Read more
Dr. Diana Maltz, a faculty member at Southern Oregon University, has received a Fulbright Scholar Award to enable her to pursue research at the University of Liverpool on one of the most prestigious and selective scholarship programs operating world-wide. Read more
(Ashland, OR) – The Schneider Museum of Art presents a performance by the electro-acoustic duo Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard Friday, July 26th at 12:00 PM. Barton and Bayard will create improvisational music in response to the museum’s current exhibition, Betty LaDuke: Celebrating Life. Barton plays shakuhachi, Bayard plays cello and violin-uke, and both operate an assortment of electronic instruments and processors. They will present solos and duets, and create music in the moment. Admission is free. Read more
Betty LaDuke in her studio.
(Ashland, OR) – Join the Schneider Museum of Art in celebrating Betty LaDuke’s life of making art – sixty-five years of creating drawings, paintings, and sculptures that embrace cultural understanding throughout the globe. Betty LaDuke will be honored at the opening reception of her exhibition, Betty LaDuke: Celebrating Life onThursday, June 27 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. At the opening, patrons will have the opportunity to meet LaDuke and sample delights from Inti Latin Soul Cantina and Restaurant and Panaderia Del Pueblo Mexican Bakery.
South Stage Cellars is generously donating and pouring wine at the event. The festivities will be enlivened with music by the Rhythm Kings.
Betty LaDuke, an artist and Professor Emeritus at Southern Oregon University, has had a remarkable career traveling and sketching images of rural life across the world. She has received numerous awards for her work and has exhibited throughout the United States. LaDuke states that her “sketches, prints, acrylic paintings, and shaped wood panels often embrace the following themes: spiritual traditions that connect us to our past, present, and future; honoring the earth—plowing, planting, and harvesting; peace that brings an end to conflict and war; and transitions that recognize our life cycle from birth to bonding to ultimately letting go.”
Schneider Museum Acting Director Erika Leppmann wrote in the preface to the publication accompanying Betty LaDuke: Celebrating Life: “To view the work of sixty-five years spent making art is both a humbling and inspiring experience. As Betty LaDuke and I looked through stack after stack of drawings, then etchings, racks and racks of paintings, and then the work in progress in her studio, I was overcome by the energy, industry, and passion evident in the work and the artist.”
Betty LaDuke: Celebrating Life will be on view at the Schneider Museum from Friday, June 28 through Saturday, September 14 during the Museum’s regular hours of 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Mondays through Saturdays.
WHAT: Security drill to practice “active assailant” readiness on campus. The drill will be as realistic as possible including blank gunshots, and the exercise will provide training for as many participants as possible.
WHEN: Wednesday, June 19, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., News media center will be open 10:00 a.m. – Noon for interviews, photos and video.
WHERE: Southern Oregon University, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR
Media center will be located on the lawn off Indiana Street, in front of the Student Health and Wellness Center.
WHO: Ashland police, Medford SWAT team, emergency medical personnel, SOU emergency management team, SOU campus public safety, and other agencies will be involved.
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