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SOU students help protect Crater Lake’s rare Mazama newtsNovember 3, 2026 - 12:53 pm
SOU Theatre students build preschool play “sets”November 3, 2026 - 11:38 am
Battistella’s new book available next monthNovember 3, 2026 - 9:18 am
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
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 […]
Archaeology at Fort Lane State Heritage Site opens to public viewing
/in SOU NewsNov. 13 at 10:00 am.
SOU Alum Jeff McJunkin Takes Top Honors
/in SOU NewsCultivating Civility at Home and Abroad Subject of SOU Civility Series
/in SOU NewsLocal Eighth Graders Pledge to Work Hard, Attend SOU After High School
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