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- SOU student receives prestigious scholarshipApril 22, 2024 - 1:40 pm
- Interim VPFA: Peter Angstadt to fill the key roleApril 22, 2024 - 1:06 pm
- SOU Valorant Esports team completes successful seasonApril 22, 2024 - 10:29 am
- Job and internship fairs this weekApril 9, 2024 - 9:45 am
- SOU offers study-abroad opportunity to Costa Rican “Blue Zone”April 8, 2024 - 9:09 am
- La Clinica partners with SOU to operate student health centerApril 8, 2024 - 8:34 am
- SOU offers “Brain Bowl” for local studentsApril 2, 2024 - 10:28 am
- SOU Laboratory of Anthropology project rewarded by CongressMarch 29, 2024 - 12:30 pm
- SOU earns 10th Tree Campus designationMarch 25, 2024 - 1:02 pm
- SOU receives support from legislatureMarch 12, 2024 - 9:10 am
- SOU Raiders make a big splash for Special OlympicsMarch 5, 2024 - 12:36 pm
- Four SOU actors take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare FestivalMarch 4, 2024 - 2:59 pm
Notes on a day of insurrection: SOU’s Dustin Walcher
/in Academics, Leadership“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, LeadershipSOU 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, LeadershipLuis 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, LeadershipPavlina 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, LeadershipPeter 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, LeadershipAfter 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 […]