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JPR reporters honored with journalism awardsJune 8, 2026 - 2:44 pm
SOU students win best poster at high speed computing symposiumJune 1, 2026 - 2:18 pm
Campus community’s student worker appreciationMay 29, 2026 - 9:15 am
SOU’s Kaiser releases book on Shakespeare’s canonMay 28, 2026 - 11:58 am
SOU’s 21st annual Student Film FestivalMay 26, 2026 - 12:42 pm
SOU hosts cybersecurity camp for high school studentsMay 22, 2026 - 9:00 am
SOU students sweep in Microsoft competitionMay 19, 2026 - 9:51 am
SOU’s Cherstin Lyon joins conversation with Pulitzer winner Rick AtkinsonMay 11, 2026 - 3:04 pm
Two SOU alumni author second book for educatorsApril 29, 2026 - 10:19 am
SOU-led “computational thinking” team presents papersApril 27, 2026 - 2:44 pm
SOU Digital Cinema alum directs “Crew Experience”April 15, 2026 - 2:20 pm
Student voices, river stories: Amy Bowers Cordalis at SOUApril 14, 2026 - 12:40 pm
SOU History Professor to Explore the Past, Present and Future of the Middle East
/in SOU NewsProfessor Harrison will review the history of the region from the pharaohs to the sultans, shahs and kings, through the colonial rule of the British and French, and to the dynastic dictators who followed and led to the people’s revolutions of the Arab Spring of 2011.
SOU’s ‘Civility Theme Continues with Winter Term Presentations
/in SOU NewsAll presentations are free and open to the public.
Global Drummers Alliance for Hunger Relief to Host ‘Hunger Beat-Down’ on January 14th, 2012
/in SOU NewsIn Ashland, the drumming will be led by Dr. Terry Longshore.
SOU Foundation Awards Scholarships to Single Mothers
/in SOU NewsThe Columbia Pacific Foundation creates three $3,000 scholarships for single moms (Ashland, Ore.) — The SOU Foundation awarded three new Columbia Pacific Foundation Scholarships this month—funds that will help three single mothers attend college. Business administration junior Daniella Bivens (Grants Pass) and graduate students Johanna Morris, a special education student (Klamath Falls) and interdisciplinary studies […]
Three SOU Professors Awarded Presidential Funds for Research, Creative Work
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — An international study of teen bullying, an artist-in-residence program in Budapest and a live art performance in New York—these are just three of the scholarly and creative projects that Southern Oregon University faculty are pursuing. Because of the significance of these projects nationally and internationally, SOU President Mary Cullinan chose them as […]
Osher Foundation Ups SOU’s OLLI Endowment to $2 Million
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — The Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco has awarded the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Southern Oregon University (SOU) an additional $1 million endowment. The news came to SOU President Mary Cullinan in a phone call from Osher Foundation President Mary Bitterman. “The Osher Foundation is so strongly supportive of OLLI,” says […]
Duo SOU Heads to New York’s Carnegie Hall
/in SOU NewsAshland, Ore. — It’s not every day an undergraduate music major has the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall—twice. It hasn’t really sunk in for her, but that’s exactly what Southern Oregon University music student Beatriz Abella, 21, will do before she graduates. “I still can’t believe it,” she said, shaking her head in amazement. […]
SOU Showcases the Rise of Credit Unions with Rogue Federal Credit Union CEO Gene Pelham Nov. 17
/in SOU NewsAshland, Ore. — As large banks continue to see a decline in customers, credit unions across the United States are signing up members in record numbers. It’s no different in southern Oregon, where Rogue Federal Credit Union is increasing its numbers at a rapid rate. To find out more about this movement and what it […]
SOU Hosts Oxfam Banquet to Benefit Ashland Food Angels
/in SOU NewsAshland, Ore. — Southern Oregon University’s Civic Engagement Program will be hosting an educational banquet on local and global issues of hunger to benefit the Ashland Food Angels on Thursday, Nov. 17 in the Stevenson Union’s Rogue River Room at 7 p.m. Donations will gladly be accepted. The Oxfam Banquet is an event held worldwide by the organization, […]
SOU Sets Another Enrollment Record
/in SOU NewsRCC Transfers, Californians and Hispanic Students Lead Growth (Ashland, Ore.) –Southern Oregon University is experiencing the largest and most diverse fall enrollment in its history. Headcount has reached 6,744, a 4.7 percent increase over last fall’s figure that was up a dramatic 26 percent over fall 2009. The categories showing the strongest growth were transfers […]