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Oregon House Speaker tours SOU campusSeptember 1, 2026 - 10:52 am
SOU Digital Cinema on prestigious list for third consecutive yearAugust 18, 2026 - 10:24 am
SOU’s future is something to be excited aboutAugust 4, 2026 - 11:29 am
SOU finalizes Vitality Plan for institutional transformationJuly 22, 2026 - 12:03 pm
Economic impact report sees SOU as key resourceJuly 20, 2026 - 3:44 pm
SOU offers respite from wildfire smokeJuly 20, 2026 - 3:39 pm
Capstone students build energy dashboardJuly 8, 2026 - 10:03 am
Cultural items transferred from SOULA to TribeJuly 6, 2026 - 1:03 pm
Funding for I-5 wildlife crossing gets green lightJuly 1, 2026 - 2:26 pm
SOU Native students bring voices to Oregon CapitolJune 23, 2026 - 9:45 am
SOU celebrates 100th CommencementJune 15, 2026 - 12:13 pm
JPR reporters honored with journalism awardsJune 8, 2026 - 2:44 pm
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 […]
Effort underway to recover funds stolen from SOU
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/82nSS5) (Ashland, Ore.) — An email scheme was perpetrated against Southern Oregon University earlier this spring by an unknown person or people who fraudulently posed as an official with the contractor for SOU’s McNeal Pavilion and Student Recreation Center construction project. As a result of this act of criminal fraud, […]
SOU Innovation and Leadership program taps mid-career learners
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/h2QUPP) (Ashland, Ore.) — John Patterson and Beth Mortonson both are trying to save lives, each in a different way. In the process, they hope to graduate from Southern Oregon University, through a program designed for working professionals who have not yet completed their college degrees. Students in SOU’s Innovation […]
SOU and LOGOS offer on-campus option for young college students
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/uEABm9) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will partner this fall with Medford’s LOGOS Public Charter School – the largest non-virtual K-12 charter school in Oregon – to offer an SOU campus-based, dual-credit college program for LOGOS students. The program – LOGOS Scholars Academy – will offer college-credit coursework at […]
Activist and former VP candidate Winona LaDuke to speak at SOU commencement
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/ACHxtM) (Ashland, Ore.) — Winona LaDuke, a prominent Native American environmentalist and activist who twice ran for vice president on a Green Party ticket headed by Ralph Nader, will be the keynote speaker at Southern Oregon University’s June 17 commencement ceremony. LaDuke, 57, was raised largely in Ashland and her […]
SOU to showcase innovation at annual SOAR conference
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/TY6MKz) (Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon Arts & Research conference – an annual showcase of Southern Oregon University talents, interests and innovations – will begin Tuesday, May 16, and continue through Friday, May 19. The 10th annual event will feature a variety of presentations and performances by more than […]
Serving the Underserved: Maslow Project a one-stop resource for homeless youth
/in AlumniJackson County has the third-highest number of homeless and at-risk children in Oregon – an estimated 2,500, according to the Department of Education. Homeless youth are more likely to miss school or drop out, receive lower scores on standardized tests and have a higher probability of suffering from depression, physical illnesses, and learning disabilities. Mary […]
Top high school students use SOU program to get a big jump on college
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/uavpOG) (Ashland, Ore.) — One student at St. Mary’s School in Medford will be two-thirds of the way through her sophomore year at Southern Oregon University when she receives her high school diploma next month. One of her St. Mary’s classmates will be almost halfway through his sophomore year at […]
State commission approves SOU tuition rate
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/1mMLmn) (Ashland, Ore.) — Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission acknowledged Southern Oregon University’s collaboration, momentum and attention to the overall best interests of students by voting today to accept 2017-18 tuition rates adopted last month by the SOU Board of Trustees. “I truly appreciate the ability of HECC members to […]
Trans-species psychologist to lecture at SOU on animals’ personal lives
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/26XjaV) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s “Shapes of Curiosity” lecture series will take a walk on the wild side when trans-species psychologist G.A. Bradshaw discusses “The World Through the Eyes of Our Carnivore Kin” on Thursday evening, May 11, at the Hannon Library. The lecture, which is free and […]