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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
SOU In the News: June 27 – July 9
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Mail Tribune – Crash Victim June Kranenburg Remembered as “Phenomenal Human Being”: https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150627/NEWS/150629642/0/SEARCH Wine Searcher – Drought Bites in the Pacific Northwest (Professor Greg Jones featured): https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2015/07/drought-bites-in-the-pacific-northwest Great Northwest Wine – Northwest Wine Industry Charts Record Heat (Professor Jones featured): https://www.greatnorthwestwine.com/2015/07/06/northwest-wine-industry-charts-record-heat/ News on SOU Environment and Sustainability Initiatives: […]
SOU In the News: June 20 – 26
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Jacksonville Review – Digging Jacksonville: Artifact 8: Butchered Bear Bone: https://jacksonvillereview.com/artifact-8-butchered-bear-bone-by-katie-johnson/ News on SOU Academic Programs: News on SOU Environment and Sustainability Initiatives: News on SOU Fine and Performing Arts: Mail Tribune – Ashland Museum Hosts Chuck Close Exhibit: https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150619/NEWS/150619525/0/SEARCH News on Recent and […]
SOU Professor Receives Championship Ring
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University economics professor Dan Rubenson never expected to wear an NAIA Football National Championship ring. Though he followed the team’s run of success through the regular and post seasons, he wasn’t directly involved in team activities in any way. That’s why it came as somewhat of a shock when he […]
SOU Foundation Receives New Scholarship
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Foundation received a new annual scholarship from Southern Oregon Pride with matching funds from two community members. The SOPride Scholarship will be awarded to a student who has demonstrated a commitment to promote equality, peace, and inclusion and is dedicated to community service. Janelle Wilson, the Coordinator of […]
SOU Now Home to Passport Acceptance Facility
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) —The Southern Oregon University Office of International Programs is now an officially designated Passport Acceptance Facility (PAF). That designation, which comes from the U.S. Department of State, means that individuals applying for a first time passport, those whose current passport was issued more than 15 years ago or were younger than 15 years […]
SOU In the News: June 13 – 19
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Daily Tidings – Overcoming the Odds (feature on graduate Sabrina Podsobinski): https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150613/NEWS/150619878/0/SEARCH Mail Tribune – You’re Hired: https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150615/NEWS/150619807/0/SEARCH Oxford University Press – “Deflategate,” Fox News, and Frats: This Year in Public Apologies (feature by Professor Edwin Battistella): https://blog.oup.com/2015/06/public-apologies-2015/ Daily Tidings – SOU Recognized Pair for Lifesaving Efforts: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150617/NEWS/150619803/0/SEARCH […]
SOU Offers Social Media in Business Class to Public
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) along with Women Entrepreneurs of Southern Oregon (WESO) and the Post Growth Institute are sponsoring a four-hour course aimed at helping local managers and owners of small businesses gain exposure and increase sales revenue by utilizing social media. The class, “Harness the Power […]
SOU In the News: June 6 – 12
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Mail Tribune – Invested in Learning: https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150605/NEWS/150609706/0/SEARCH Daily Tidings – Ashland’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July Honors Two Grand Marshals: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150608/NEWS/150609833/0/SEARCH JPR – The Jefferson Exchange: SOU Success Story Daniel Breaux: https://ijpr.org/post/sou-success-story-daniel-breaux News on SOU Academic Programs: Daily Tidings – SOU Business School Seeks Research Requests: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150607/NEWS/150609864/0/SEARCH […]
SOU Commencement to Take Place Saturday
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will confer degrees on approximately 1,000 new graduates at its 89th Commencement ceremony Saturday at Raider Stadium on the University’s main campus in Ashland. The processional will begin at 8:45 a.m. with the ceremony following immediately thereafter. Featured speakers at this year’s ceremony include SOU President Dr. Roy Saigo […]
SOU In the News: May 30 – June 5
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Daily Tidings – Invested in Learning: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150605/NEWS/150609882/0/SEARCH World News – SOU Announces New VP of Development: https://article.wn.com/view/2015/05/29/SOU_Announces_New_VP_of_Development_Southern_Oregon_Universi/ Foundation and Endowment Intelligence – Southern Oregon University Foundation Names Executive Director: https://www.foundationendowment.com/Article/3458987/Default/Southern-Oregon-University-Foundation-Names-Executive-Director.html Save Oregon Wrestling – First Female Edges Out Men to Earn 1st Place $3,000 Scholarship (featuring SOU commit […]