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New SOU Cybersecurity Certificate to benefit students, employersJuly 22, 2021 - 1:50 pm
SOU undergrad reaches for the stars with summer research at NASAJuly 13, 2021 - 1:24 pm
SOU’s International Creativity Conference returns – virtually this yearJuly 6, 2021 - 11:17 am
SOU among eight recipients of climate/social justice grants from Second NatureJune 29, 2021 - 2:40 pm
Smith to head SOU Division of Business, Communication and the EnvironmentJune 22, 2021 - 12:56 pm
SOU adds array of “micro-credentials” to enhance learning and career preparationJune 18, 2021 - 10:53 am
SOU Youth Programs brings spelling competition back to regionJune 11, 2021 - 1:34 pm
Celebration of life: Bill McMillanJune 8, 2021 - 11:26 am
SOU alumnus and former McNair Scholar to headline 2021 CommencementJune 7, 2021 - 2:24 pm
SOU expands online master’s degree programs in educationJune 1, 2021 - 12:33 pm
Williams and Raco named 2021 Outstanding StaffJune 1, 2021 - 10:09 am
SOU board begins search for new university presidentMay 28, 2021 - 12:41 pm
Smith to head SOU Division of Business, Communication and the Environment
/in Academics, Leadership, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Dr. Vincent Smith – chair of Southern Oregon University’s Environmental Science and Policy Program and director of The Farm at SOU – has been named director of the university’s Division of Business, Communication and the Environment. Smith has served on the SOU faculty since fall 2011 and has made a mark on […]
SOU graduate is Oregon’s first female, ROTC-trained infantry officer
/in Leadership, Recognitions /by mosleyjHaleigh Wagman knew long before her graduation from SOU last year that she was on track for something special, but she chose to keep it to herself until the accomplishment was in sight. That happened in the fall of 2019, when Wagman – a four-year Army ROTC participant – let others at SOU know she […]
SOU Honors College director leads the Democracy Project and more
/in Academics, Leadership /by mosleyjCherstin Lyon is the director of Southern Oregon University’s Honors College, organizes the Democracy Project with Philosophy Department chair Prakash Chenjeri and mentors students. And she has been at SOU for just a year. “Coming to SOU I was immediately impressed by how welcoming the campus is, and by all of the people who reached […]
Notes on a day of insurrection: SOU’s Dustin Walcher
/in Academics, Leadership /by mosleyj“Yesterday the President of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi explained on the afternoon of Jan. 7, calling for President Donald Trump’s removal from office for sedition either through the 25th Amendment or by way of impeachment. On Jan. 6, the president had called on his supporters to […]
SOU’s Enrique Chacón researches representations of violence in Mexican music
/in Academics, Leadership /by mosleyjSOU Assistant Professor Enrique Chacón enjoys teaching Spanish language classes, but his focus is on teaching how violence is represented in Latin culture – and how those representations have changed. “I’m teaching this course on the representations of violence in Latin America and I think those kinds of topics are quite interesting, because they’re directly […]
Student Sustainability Center director, McNair Scholar wins Scholastic Achievement Award
/in Academics, Leadership /by mosleyjLuis Berrios-Hayden – an SOU Environmental Science & Policy major, director of the Student Sustainability Center and McNair Scholar – has received the Northwest Association of Educational Opportunity Program’s Scholastic Achievement Award. The NAEOP Scholastic Achievement Award is a $1,500 scholarship given annually to students in the federal TRIO programs who exhibit outstanding scholastic achievement […]
Pavlina McGrady’s journey to teaching sustainable tourism
/in Academics, Leadership /by mosleyjPavlina McGrady, an assistant professor of business at SOU, has practiced what she teaches. Sustainable tourism first caught McGrady’s attention as she worked on her master’s degree program at the University of Hawaii. “I have always loved the outdoors and traveling, but I was introduced to the field of sustainable tourism, specifically, during my studies […]
Peter Wu has found his calling: to teach physics and do research at SOU
/in Academics, Leadership /by mosleyjPeter Ka-Chai Wu has worked in factories and mailrooms, and has held positions ranging from security guard to researcher. But the opportunity to teach physics is what brought him to SOU as a young academic and it’s what has kept him on the STEM faculty for 25 years. “(Teaching) is rewarding and challenging,” Wu said. […]
SOU’s Sean O’Skea: from historic preservation to theatrical scene design
/in Academics, Leadership /by mosleyjAfter moving back-and-forth – between the East and West coasts, and between theater stage design and historic preservation – Sean O’Skea has settled into his role at SOU as a professor of scenic design, which he’s held for the past 13 years. O’Skea became interested in scene design after taking drama classes in high school […]