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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 athletic pavilion, to be completed in January, receives new name Thursday
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/jJhP8S) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University President Linda Schott, members of the local DeBoer family and others will gather outside the university’s new athletic pavilion Thursday morning to acknowledge the role of philanthropy in the project and unveil the facility’s new name. The DeBoers and their signature company, Lithia […]
“Chief Science Officers” from regional schools to visit SOU
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/dw21Px) (Ashland, Ore.) — A group of 22 “Chief Science Officers” from 11 middle and high schools throughout Jackson, Josephine and Klamath counties will converge at Southern Oregon University on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 15-16, to gain leadership skills and learn to be ambassadors for STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering […]
Healthcare Administration Program approved for SOU
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/cK7eFH) (Ashland, Ore.) — Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission approved a new bachelor’s degree program on Thursday that will prepare students at Southern Oregon University for a variety of careers in health care – the region’s largest and fastest-growing job sector. SOU’s new Healthcare Administration Program will be offered to […]
Student project keeps SOU at the forefront of U.S. water conservation
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/eQLLBn) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University, which in 2012 became the first university in the nation to balance 100 percent of its water consumption, has renewed its five-year contract to offset the campus water footprint by supporting waterway restoration in Oregon. The project is student-led and will be funded […]
OLLI open house to feature opportunities to engage with SOU
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/TbfRnp) (Ashland, Ore.) — More than 700 attendees are expected when the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offers its fourth annual open house with the theme, “Aged 50+? What’s in it for you at SOU?” The event will be from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, in the Stevenson […]
SOU rated among nation’s 50 Best Colleges for LGBTQ Students
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/7sZRsu) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been ranked 21st among the 50 Best Colleges for LGBTQ Students in 2017, according to the online publication College Choice. The new ranking is in line with that of Campus Pride, which has rated SOU as one of the nation’s 30 most […]
SOU professor awarded Fulbright scholarship to study in Ireland
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/VfZ695) (Ashland, Ore.) — Eric Levin, a professor and director of theatre arts at Southern Oregon University, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study in Ireland during the 2017-18 academic year. He will use the grant to teach for a semester at the University of Ireland in Galway, and […]
Distinguished alumni to be recognized at SOU commencement event
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/Bm1oLu) (Ashland, Ore.) — Nearly 40,000 graduates have earned degrees at Southern Oregon University since its founding in 1872, and four of them will be singled out as part of Saturday’s 2017 commencement activities for the merit they have brought to SOU. This year’s SOU alumni award recipients are Victoria […]
SOU to observe Indigenous Peoples Day
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/d0nv6L) (Ashland, Ore.) — The contributions and cultural significance of Native American populations will be celebrated annually at Southern Oregon University when the campus begins observing Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October, beginning this year. SOU President Linda Schott declared the university’s intention to observe Indigenous Peoples […]
More than 1,100 graduates to receive degrees at SOU commencement
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/G6f0HY) (Ashland, Ore.) — Saturday’s Southern Oregon University commencement ceremony will mark both an end and a beginning for more than 1,100 students – the conclusion of a degree program and the start of whatever adventure their education has prepared them to take on. The event at Mountain Arena (Raider […]