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SOU to Hold Educator Job Fair

(Ashland, Ore.) —Southern Oregon University will hold an Educator Job Fair on Saturday, April 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Rogue River Room inside the Stevenson Union on the University’s main Ashland campus. The fair is designed to provide an opportunity for schools and school districts across Oregon to meet and interact […]

SOU In the News: March 1 – 7

SOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: SOPTV – Jeffersonian: Jefferson’s Budding New Industry (Professors Echo Fields and Matt Vogel featured): https://www.soptv.org/jeffersonian-jeffersons-budding-new-industry/ Mail Tribune – Hannah Pearcey Named Miss Rogue Valley (Pearcey is an SOU student): https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160306/NEWS/160309747   News on SOU Academic Programs: NPR – Fixing a Broken Freshman Year: What an Overhaul Might Look […]

Legislature Approves Capital Funding for SOU Projects

(Ashland, Ore.) — The full Joint Ways and Means Committee of the Oregon Legislature has approved $3.5 million in bond funding for capital construction projects at Southern Oregon University. Votes of the House and Senate Chambers, and the Governor’s signature are expected to follow. “These capital projects will provide jobs in southern Oregon,” said Senator […]

SOU In the News: Feb. 23 – 29

SOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: The Atlantic – The Art and Science of Apologizing (features Professor Battistella): https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/how-to-apologize/470457/ KOBI – NBC5 Special Report: Political Controversy in Oregon (Professor Prakash Chenjeri featured): https://kobi5.com/news/nbc5-special-report-political-controversy-in-oregon-22462/ KGW – Climate Change May Help Oregon’s Wine Industry (Professor Greg Jones featured): https://www.kgw.com/money/business/climate-change-may-help-oregons-wine-industry/53328260 Capital Press – Oregon’s Cool-Weather Grapes Challenged […]

SOU to Present the Vagina Monologues

(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Women’s Resource Center will once again present The Vagina Monologues. The 15th annual presentation of the play, which is based on the award-winning work of author Eve Ensler, will take place Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 3-5 at 7 p.m. in the Rogue River Room inside the Stevenson […]

SOU to Install New Natural Gas Boilers

(Ashland, Ore.) —The Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees Finance Committee voted on Thursday to replace aging heating systems with updated natural gas boilers. The University had previously considered replacing its existing system with either biomass boilers or a biomass cogeneration facility. “The Finance Committee and SOU administration have been reviewing and closely examining the […]

SOU In the News: Feb. 16 – 22

SOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Mail Tribune – Rogue Tech Hub: Keeping IT Connected (Professor Pete Norquist featured): https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160218/NEWS/160219642/0/SEARCH   News on SOU Academic Programs: Daily Tidings – University Exchange Student Program Participants Thrive: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20160215/NEWS/160219895/0/SEARCH   News on SOU Fine and Performing Arts: Daily Tidings – Schneider Art Museum Family Day: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20160222/NEWS/160229989/0/SEARCH Daily […]

SOU to Host 2nd Annual Foreign Language Film Festival

(Ashland, Ore.) —The Southern Oregon University Department of Foreign Languages will host its second annual Foreign Language Film Festival Feb. 26 and 27 on campus at SOU. The festival will feature six films in six different languages and is designed to get students and the community excited about and interested in foreign languages. “Though the […]

SOU In the News: Feb. 9 – 15

SOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Daily Tidings – Is City Hall a Teardown? (Professor Charles Lane featured): https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20160209/NEWS/160209864/0/SEARCH Oxford University Press – It’s Fine to Start Sentences with “And” (feature by Professor Edwin Battistella): https://blog.oup.com/2016/02/start-sentences-with-and/   News on SOU Academic Programs: Mail Tribune – SOU Archaeologists Will Study Bones from the Past: https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160215/NEWS/160219830/0/SEARCH […]

SOU to Host Social Justice Conference

(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Multicultural Resource Center, in partnership with the University’s Social Justice Committee, will hold its 3rd annual Social Justice Conference Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19 and 20. The conference, which is open to students and members of the local communities that SOU serves, is designed to educate, motivate, and […]