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SOU OK’d to use federal money advancing energy resilienceMarch 31, 2026 - 2:46 pm
SOU AI work presented to exclusive organizationMarch 30, 2026 - 11:01 am
SOU School of Business faculty engage students at DECA ConferenceMarch 5, 2026 - 10:36 am
Earl Hills, a map forward and the hammerMarch 3, 2026 - 12:11 pm
“Lollipop Moments” celebrate faculty & staffFebruary 27, 2026 - 1:24 pm
Six trustees appointed and confirmed to SOU BoardFebruary 17, 2026 - 3:09 pm
Winter workshops: student-led learning at The FarmFebruary 17, 2026 - 11:52 am
SOU civics course included on select national listFebruary 10, 2026 - 2:01 pm
SOU’s Slattery receives community service awardFebruary 4, 2026 - 12:05 pm
SOU enacts spending restrictions amid cash-flow concernsFebruary 3, 2026 - 3:03 pm
Lyn Hennion, SOU friend and former trustee, passes awayJanuary 27, 2026 - 11:56 am
SOU seeking student fellows for new Community Resilience and Leadership programJanuary 22, 2026 - 9:30 am
Klamath dam removal workshop at SOU fosters collaboration
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University recently hosted the Klamath Dam Removal Research Collaboration Workshop, a follow-up seminar for the numerous groups and agencies working together on the world’s largest-ever dam removal and river restoration project. The November workshop brought together nearly 150 researchers, Tribal leaders and agency representatives to share information about ecological and […]
SOU Scavenger Hunt teaches academic skills to pre-college youth
/in AcademicsMiddle and high school students from across the southern Oregon region recently competed in the annual Scavenger Hunt event held by SOU’s Office of Youth Programs. Scavenger Hunt is a three-day academic “hunt,” in which students search for answers to clues provided by the hunt’s director, Jim Impara. Answers to the dozens of questions provided […]
SOU hires new Vice President for Finance and Administration
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Dr. Carson Howell, currently the Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services at 6,000-student Snow College in Utah, has been hired to join the leadership team at Southern Oregon University. Howell will begin work as SOU’s Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFA) on Feb. 18. “I am impressed with the dedicated […]
SOU’s TRIO-SSS program marks milestone
/in Campus NewsThe TRIO-Student Support Services (SSS) program at SOU, which helps non-traditional students succeed and graduate, celebrated its 30th anniversary this fall. The federally supported program marked the landmark with a “birthday party” last month at its office in Room 322 of the Stevenson Union. The SOU program helps students who are low-income, first-generation and/or have […]
SOU computer scientist receives Sloan grant for “tacit knowledge” research
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Bernadette Boscoe, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Southern Oregon University, recognizes a shared need in fields as dissimilar as astronomy, environmental science and violin acoustics, and a new grant will pay for research that may benefit those and other academic disciplines. Boscoe has received a $250,000 grant from […]
Sustainability conference at SOU builds regional collaboration
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — The initial conference of Southern Oregon University’s Institute for Applied Sustainability attracted about 85 sustainability professionals from southern Oregon and northern California this month for two days of hands-on learning, actionable insights and connection-building in Ashland and nearby venues. The invitation-only conference on Oct. 3 and 4 was open to those in […]
SOU class to host candidate forum for local political races
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Political Science students in Southern Oregon University’s upper division course on political campaigns will partner with SOU’s Office of Government Affairs to host a forum for candidates in all contested races for the Ashland City Council and the Jackson County Board of Commissioners. The forum, which is free and open to the […]
Indigenous Peoples Day to be celebrated over two days at SOU
/in Campus News, Press Releases, Student Life(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s annual Indigenous Peoples Day celebration will return to campus for a weekend full of activities on Oct. 19 and 20, from Native dancers to guest speakers to lunches of salmon on Saturday and Indian tacos on Sunday. Indigenous Peoples Day celebrates the historic, cultural and present-day influence of Native […]
Seminar to show benefits of a virtual reality and real-world teaching combination
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Two biologists and academic administrators from Arizona State University will present a new method of teaching biology that combines immersive virtual reality with highly structured classroom activities when the Southern Oregon University Biology Department hosts this year’s inaugural Friday Science Seminar on Oct. 11. The presentation, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in […]
SOU alumni receive awards for their work and service
/in Alumni, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — A Colorado State University professor who is helping develop the Periodic Table of Food; the founder and executive director of a nonprofit that protects Siskiyou backcountry trails; a former La Clinica CFO and current equity policy strategist with the Oregon Health Authority; and the CEO of a Beaverton-based computer software company and […]