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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
SOU Board member Everson named First CitizenSeptember 14, 2026 - 10:01 am
Legislative Emergency Board approves SOU allocationSeptember 14, 2026 - 7:49 am
Graduate student appointed, current members reappointed to SOU BoardSeptember 14, 2026 - 7:40 am
Oregon House Speaker tours SOU campusSeptember 1, 2026 - 10:52 am
Chief of staff for late State Sen. Alan Bates shifts to SOU government relations
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (online at https://goo.gl/IAIPcv) (Ashland, Ore.) — Julie McFadden, who served most recently as chief of staff to the late State Sen. Alan Bates, has been hired to serve as Southern Oregon University’s liaison with state and federal lawmakers. She began work at the university on Monday. As SOU’s new Director of Government Relations, […]
SOU in the News: Dec. 20 to 27
/in SOU in the NewsMedia coverage and relevant mentions of Southern Oregon University for the most recent week SOU student, alumni, faculty and staff news and features TeenVogue Magazine • Emma Sarran Webster • USA • Dec 27 How to manage college applications stress: Ian Parent, associate director of admission at SOU, joins experts from around the country in […]
SOU small business leader to address entrepreneurs
/in SOU NewsNEWS BRIEF (online at https://goo.gl/A5DpTF) (Medford, Ore.) — Going up? Three easy steps to creating an elevator speech – a brief pitch to sell yourself to clients – will be outlined on Thursday, Jan. 12, when Simone Stewart of Southern Oregon University’s Small Business Development Center addresses the Women Entrepreneurs of Southern Oregon. Stewart will […]
SOU professor’s research published in European journal
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (online at https://goo.gl/QQBrqS) (Ashland, Ore.) —A research paper on the solution chemistry of aluminum, authored by Southern Oregon University professor Anna Oliveri, was published in the current edition of the peer-reviewed periodical “Chemistry – A European Journal.” Oliveri also provided artwork for the journal’s cover. The paper describes fundamental research on the molecules present […]
SOU in the News: Dec. 13 to 19
/in SOU in the NewsMedia coverage and relevant mentions of Southern Oregon University for the most recent week SOU student, alumni, faculty and staff news and features KAJO Radio • Sam Marsh • Dec 17 SOU alum picked to head Utah fire department: Dan Peterson, who received his master’s degree in management from SOU, is leaving his position as chief […]
SOU receives NEH grant to preserve “common heritage” histories
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (online at https://goo.gl/sHH5QE) (Ashland, Ore.) — The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Southern Oregon University a $12,000 Common Heritage grant to collect and preserve agricultural and logging family histories in Jackson and Josephine Counties. Co-investigators Maureen Battistella (assistant professor affiliate and research anthropologist at SOU) and Victoria Sturtevant, Ph.D. (SOU sociology […]
SOU’s Small Business Development Center offers business workshop
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (online at https://goo.gl/TAQZak) (Medford, Ore.) — The Small Business Development Center at Southern Oregon University’s Higher Education Center in Medford will host a free, one-hour workshop on “The Art of Buying or Selling a Business” at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15. The workshop will be held at the Higher Education Center, at […]
SOU in the News: Nov. 29 to Dec. 5
/in SOU in the NewsMedia coverage and relevant mentions of Southern Oregon University for the most recent week SOU student, alumni, faculty and staff news and features Oregon OR AmericanTowns.com • Dec 4 City, SOU recognized by bicyclist league: SOU recognized by national organization as a Bicycle Friendly University KOBITV NBC5 • Dec 1 SOU offering “instant admission” […]
SOU offers “Working in the Wine Industry” course to community
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (online at https://goo.gl/UBbptO) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is making one of its winter term courses available to the public. “Working in the Wine Industry” will be offered for credit to admitted SOU students, and will be available at a special tuition rate as a non-credit class for community members who are not […]
SOU in the News: Nov. 22 to Nov. 28
/in SOU in the NewsSOU student, alumni, faculty and staff news and features Mail Tribune (Nov. 22) – Pendleton Woolen Mills to open an outlet in the Rogue Valley Mall; Joan McBee, chair of the SOU Business Department, discusses the Pendleton brand and how it fits in the mall. https://goo.gl/3W6DwV Capital Press, Salem (Nov. 23) – California-based Jackson Family […]