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SOU showcases living laboratory at resilience summitOctober 26, 2026 - 3:09 pm
SOU launches largest-ever fundraising campaign with $100 million goalOctober 22, 2026 - 10:52 am
Survey seeks input on higher ed future in OregonOctober 20, 2026 - 12:45 pm
SOU undergrad Elliot Glenn gets hands-on cybersecurity experienceOctober 20, 2026 - 12:13 pm
Four SOU alumni to receive annual awardsOctober 20, 2026 - 11:38 am
SOU faculty members co-edit new book on conflict in creative industriesOctober 13, 2026 - 7:27 am
SOU takes first steps in Ghana relationshipsOctober 5, 2026 - 11:03 am
CRL Student Fellows program celebrates first yearOctober 5, 2026 - 5:17 am
SOU to participate in exclusive wellbeing collaborativeSeptember 29, 2026 - 12:05 pm
SOU Board member Everson named First CitizenSeptember 14, 2026 - 10:01 am
Legislative Emergency Board approves SOU allocationSeptember 14, 2026 - 7:49 am
Graduate student appointed, current members reappointed to SOU BoardSeptember 14, 2026 - 7:40 am
SOU showcases living laboratory at resilience summit
/in Campus NewsSouthern Oregon University joined resilience leaders, practitioners and community partners from across Oregon for the three-day Oregon Resilience Summit in Sunriver, featuring presentations and discussions on building stronger, more resilient communities. A talk by SOU’s Bret Anderson, Jamie Trammell and Becs Walker – “The University as a Living Laboratory for Resilience” – made the case […]
SOU launches largest-ever fundraising campaign with $100 million goal
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University launched the largest comprehensive fundraising campaign in its history on Wednesday, with a goal of raising $100 million to transform SOU into the country’s defining model of what a regional public university can be – small by choice and distinctive by design. The university’s THRIVE campaign, which began its […]
Survey seeks input on higher ed future in Oregon
/in Campus NewsThe Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission is seeking input from the SOU campus community, the state’s other six public universities and the general public on what the future of public higher education in Oregon may hold. The HECC’s lead consultant for its House Bill 4124 higher education revitalization study, EY-Parthenon, has launched a four-question, open-ended […]
SOU undergrad Elliot Glenn gets hands-on cybersecurity experience
/in Academics, Student LifeThis past summer was an opportunity for SOU Computer Science student Elliot Glenn to take what she had learned in the classroom and apply it to real-world cybersecurity work. Glenn spent the summer participating in the STEP program through ACCESS, gaining hands-on experience with cybersecurity, high-performance computing and cyberinfrastructure. The experience took her from orientation […]
Four SOU alumni to receive annual awards
/in Alumni, Press Releases, Recognitions(Ashland, Ore.) — This year’s Southern Oregon University alumni award winners will be a retired U.S. Army colonel; a program manager for a global video game developer; the superintendent of the Phoenix-Talent School District; and a civil rights activist who founded the Black Alliance for Social Empowerment. This year’s four award recipients, who were chosen […]
SOU faculty members co-edit new book on conflict in creative industries
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Erica Knotts and Chris Lucas – both faculty members in Southern Oregon University’s Communication, Media & Cinema Department – are co-editors of a new book that explores the presence of conflict in creative industries including film, television, the fine arts, radio and podcasting. The collection of essays looks at how conflict can […]
SOU takes first steps in Ghana relationships
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University and a pair of universities in Ghana took the first steps in their cooperative relationship with shared online courses earlier this year, and the connection is set to expand during the 2026-27 academic year to become part of SOU’s Global Innovation Scholars program – which includes reciprocal opportunities for […]
CRL Student Fellows program celebrates first year
/in Academics, Student LifeSouthern Oregon University celebrated the success of its Community Resilience and Leadership Student Fellows (CRL) program in an event last week that brought together students, community partners, businesses, nonprofit organizations and elected officials to recognize what has been achieved in the program’s inaugural year and look ahead to what comes next. The evening’s keynote speaker, […]
SOU to participate in exclusive wellbeing collaborative
/in Campus News, Student LifeSouthern Oregon University will be one of just four campuses in the U.S. to participate over the next year in the 2026-27 NIRSA Wellbeing Collaborative, a high-impact initiative that helps campus recreation departments to move past siloed programs and embed proactive, systemic wellbeing into their culture and operations. The NIRSA Wellbeing Collaborative was launched in […]
SOU Board member Everson named First Citizen
/in Campus News, LeadershipDee Anne Everson, an SOU Board of Trustees member and the CEO and executive director of United Way of Jackson County, received the prestigious First Citizen Award at last week’s Excellence in Business Awards ceremony by the Chamber of Medford and Jackson County. Everson was recognized for her long-standing work in support of local families, […]