Ashland, Oregon Selected as Top Ten Finalist in Outside Magazine’s Search For The “Best Town In America”

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Cast Your Vote For Ashland During Outside’s ‘Best Town Ever” Contest Starting TODAY, June 8th
ASHLAND, OREGON | JUNE 8TH – Ashland has been selected by Outside magazine, America’s leading active-lifestyle publication, as a finalist in its search to determine the best Outside town in America. The three week competition, held exclusively on Facebook, will kick-off on June 8, 2011 at facebook.com/outsidemagazine. Read more

1,143 to Receive Degrees and Certificates at SOU Commencement

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(Ashland, Ore.) Approximately 1,143 students will receive degrees at Southern Oregon University’s 85th Commencement exercises on Saturday, June 11. The ceremony begins in the Mountain Arena of SOU Raider Stadium at 9:00 a.m. and will be broadcast live on Rogue Valley Community Television, cable channel 9, and rebroadcast the same day at 6 p.m. on cable channel 9. Read more

SOU Discovery Named to ‘Top 10 New Species’ List

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(Ashland, Ore.) An underwater mushroom found growing in the swift and cold upper Rogue River in 2005 has been named one of the ‘Top 10 New Species’ of the year by a group of taxonomists working with the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University.
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U N Club at SOU Hosts Discussion of the ‘Arab Spring’

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(Ashland, Ore.) The Southern Oregon University United Nations Club will sponsor a day of films and discussion Thursday, May 26, in the Rogue River Room of the Stevenson Union at SOU. Admission is free and the public is invited. Read more

SOU Awards President’s Medal to Jerry and Jeanne Taylor

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(Ashland, Ore.) Southern Oregon University (SOU) has awarded its 2011 President’s Medal to Ashland residents Jerry and Jeanne Taylor, creators of the Taylor Family Foundation, and active supporters of SOU and many Rogue Valley organizations.
“The Taylors greatly deserve the honor of the President’s Medal. I am delighted to recognize their generosity, their hard work, and their commitment to so many important causes throughout the region. They are wonderful friends of SOU and of the Rogue Valley,” says SOU president Mary Cullinan. Read more

Southern Oregon University Receives National Recognition for Community Service

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Washington, D.C. – As colleges across the country honor their graduates this commencement season, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) honored Southern Oregon University as a leader among institutions of higher education for their support of volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. SOU was admitted to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for engaging its students, faculty and staff in meaningful service that achieves measurable results in the community. It’s the 4th year in a row that SOU has been named to the honor roll. Read more

SOU Economics Students Forecast the Future

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(Ashland, Ore.) When will the U S recover from the Great Recession?
Find out Thursday, June 2, at 6:30 p.m., as advanced economics students present the results of their forecasting project in Stevenson Union Room 330 at Southern Oregon University (SOU). Read more

SOU Students Receive $57,500 to Launch Waste Management Project

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Project goal is “zero waste” on the SOU campus in five years

(Ashland, Ore) The Ecology Center of the Siskiyous (ECOS), a Southern Oregon University student group, has succeeded in raising $57,500 to build a recycling center on the Ashland campus, staff it and install recycling bins in every University building. The waste management project is set to begin next fall with a campus-wide education campaign on how to reduce waste through the new SOU system.
“Hopefully this will put SOU on the path to having zero waste in five years,” says Misty Munoz, a junior majoring in environmental studies, and one of the four students who launched the project through a classroom capstone project last fall overseen by Professor Mark Shibley. The other three students are seniors Christina Becker, Benji Nagel and Charlie Chao. Read more

Summer Enrollment at SOU is Running Ahead of Last Year

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Students picking up additional credits, speeding time to graduation; Pre-College Youth Programs anticipating a fun and busy summer


(Ashland, Ore) Booming enrollment at SOU isn’t taking a summer vacation. So far the university’s summer enrollment is 23% ahead of this time last year.
“Some classes are already full and others are getting close to capacity,” says SOU Registrar Matt Stillman. “If a student needs to take a pre-requisite course in order to get into an upper level class in the fall, I would urge them to enroll as soon as possible.” Read more

SOU Expands Annual Showcase of Arts and Research

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Southern Oregon Arts and Research (SOAR) will Feature More Than 100 Academic Presentations, 15 Laboratory and Studio Open Houses, Live Performing Arts and a Student Film Festival
(Ashland, Ore.) Southern Oregon Arts and Research (SOAR), Southern Oregon University’s annual celebration of faculty and student research and artistic achievement, returns May 17-19 with several new features. This year the event will include an afternoon of live music and theatrical “Performances on the Green;” open houses in 15 scientific laboratories, art studios and special exhibits; plus a student film festival. Read more