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Coalition of colleges educates rural teachers in satellite programOctober 17, 2019 - 9:17 am
SOU receives national “Excellence and Innovation Award” for sustainabilityOctober 16, 2019 - 8:57 am
SOU exceeding expectations in Real Food ChallengeOctober 14, 2019 - 3:20 pm
SOU criminology professor awarded Fulbright scholarship to teach in BosniaOctober 10, 2019 - 9:00 am
The McNair Scholarship Program seeks professor-nominated studentsOctober 10, 2019 - 8:56 am
SOU professor to co-direct $1 million NSF grant to advance women in STEMOctober 9, 2019 - 9:38 am
SOU joining Oregon inventors’ competitionOctober 9, 2019 - 9:00 am
Thirteen words to haunt and terrify in English Program’s spooky writing contestOctober 7, 2019 - 1:55 pm
Digital Cinema promo makes it to silver screenOctober 4, 2019 - 12:59 pm
SOU celebrates Indigenous Peoples DayOctober 3, 2019 - 10:33 am
Health care, raffles, and flu shots at SOU’s annual Health and Wellness FairOctober 2, 2019 - 12:39 pm
SOU recognized for “business-like” operations by Medford ChamberSeptember 18, 2019 - 5:01 pm
SOU receives national “Excellence and Innovation Award” for sustainability
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The American Association of State Colleges and Universities recognized Southern Oregon University today as this year’s recipient of the organization’s Excellence and Innovation Award for comprehensive sustainability and sustainable development. The AASCU program, now in its sixth year, honored member institutions for excellence and innovation in 2019 by announcing award recipients in […]
SOU exceeding expectations in Real Food Challenge
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University joined universities across the country last year in working toward sustainable food practices by participating in the Real Food Challenge. Now that a year has passed, statistics show that SOU is exceeding expectations. SOU joined more than 40 U.S. universities and four university systems by joining the Real Food […]
SOU criminology professor awarded Fulbright scholarship to teach in Bosnia
/in Academics, Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University criminology and criminal justice professor Alison Burke has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to lecture and teach a course on women and crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Burke will serve at the University of Sarajevo during the current 2019-20 academic year. She received a four-month teaching assignment that will […]
SOU professor to co-direct $1 million NSF grant to advance women in STEM
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University chemistry professor Hala Schepmann will co-direct a five-year, $999,899 National Science Foundation project to support mid-career women faculty members nationwide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The project – Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering Network Development (ASCEND) – will focus in two directions. It will help individual faculty […]
SOU-led team receives NSF grant to develop “computational thinking” model
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been awarded a two-year, $299,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop the “computational thinking” skills of kindergarten-through-fifth-grade students in the Ashland and Phoenix-Talent school districts. The grant is part of the NSF’s Computer Science for All program, which is intended to extend computer science and computational thinking opportunities […]
SOU Laboratory of Anthropology receives grant to complete Britt project
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology has received a grant of about $15,000 from a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to analyze and report on artifacts unearthed during 2010-11 digs at Jacksonville’s Peter Britt Gardens. The excavations by SOULA were conducted as the city of Jacksonville prepared for […]
SOU simplifies and broadens student aid options with ScholarshipUniverse
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has launched a new suite of software intended to keep students in school by helping them identify and apply for relevant scholarships – both internal and external. The ScholarshipUniverse platform, from the higher education support vendor CampusLogic, automates much of the scholarship screening and application process for students. It […]
Native elder “Grandma Aggie” recognized with SOU President’s Medal
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Agnes Baker “Grandma Aggie” Pilgrim, who has been recognized as a “living treasure” by the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, received the Southern Oregon University President’s Medal in a presentation at SOU’s Thalden Pavilion. Grandma Aggie, who is 95, is the most senior elder of southern Oregon’s Takelma Tribe and has led […]
SOU public safety officers to get code-violation training with APD
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Campus Public Safety officers may occasionally be seen in downtown Ashland beginning this week, citing people for smoking, intrusive panhandling and other minor infractions as part of a new training program with Ashland Police. CPS officers, who typically work on or adjacent to the SOU campus, are authorized by […]
Consortium of Southern Oregon colleges and universities work together on student success
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Collaboration to benefit the region’s students and economy is continuing this month as the new Southern Oregon Higher Education Consortium holds two separate meetings for academic and enrollment leaders. The chief academic officers from the four schools – Klamath Community College, Oregon Institute of Technology, Rogue Community College and Southern Oregon University […]