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With campus access limited, Raider Receptions and Registrations go onlineJuly 3, 2020 - 4:54 pm
SOU Small Business Development Center helps local businesses weather COVID-19June 30, 2020 - 7:50 am
The Schneider Museum of Art’s new virtual exhibit Celebrating Wild Beauty presented onlineJune 29, 2020 - 9:58 am
SOU board condemns racial injustice, pledges actionJune 19, 2020 - 2:15 pm
SOU shows commitment to sustainability, restoring wetlands at The FarmJune 12, 2020 - 8:56 am
SOU offers various Commencement recognitions in lieu of ceremonyJune 9, 2020 - 4:23 pm
SOU’s Danielle Mancuso recognized by international groupMay 28, 2020 - 10:56 am
SOU’s Ken Kempner studies role of women faculty in Saudi universitiesMay 27, 2020 - 8:00 am
Esports team and esports management minor coming to SOUMay 22, 2020 - 8:37 am
JPR wins news reporting awards in regional Edward R. Murrow contestMay 14, 2020 - 11:15 am
Initiative to reduce trash cans – and trash – continues despite COVID-19May 7, 2020 - 3:23 pm
SOU’s graduating student teachers provide value in varied settingsApril 28, 2020 - 8:00 am
SOU Small Business Development Center helps local businesses weather COVID-19
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University’s Small Business Development Center, in Medford at the RCC/SOU Higher Education Center, has done more than its part to make sure businesses in Jackson County survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency in Oregon to address the virus outbreak on March 8, and President Trump declared […]
SOU offers various Commencement recognitions in lieu of ceremony
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Raider Stadium will be strangely empty Saturday, when Southern Oregon University’s traditional Commencement Ceremony was planned until the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily ended all mass gatherings in Oregon. But SOU remains in celebration mode this week with a variety of displays and program-level virtual, video and drive-through acknowledgements. And all 1,000-plus Class of […]
Esports team and esports management minor coming to SOU
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will be among the first universities on the West Coast to offer both an academic program and a competitive team in esports when both are launched this fall. Esports is a billion-dollar global enterprise, and the programs will position SOU students for future employment in the burgeoning industry. The […]
SOU’s graduating student teachers provide value in varied settings
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Even the most seasoned educators are currently navigating uncharted territory. But for student teachers in Southern Oregon University’s School of Education, unusual classroom circumstances are coinciding with the culmination of college journeys. Teaching placements have gone ahead as scheduled – though not exactly as planned – for 110 SOU students who are […]
SOULA wins Oregon Heritage Excellence Award for Chinese immigrant research
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) has won a 2020 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award for its work on the Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project. Students worked with faculty on the project as part of a Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) summer archaeological field school in 2019. “The (Oregon Heritage Excellence Award) recipients […]
SOU offers virtual opportunities for prospective students
/in Press Releases, Student Life /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Buildings at Southern Oregon University are currently closed to the public, all courses are being held remotely and most students are visible only during Zoom meetings and other online forums. But next year’s class of incoming freshmen and transfer students have decisions to make, and SOU has created a comprehensive lineup of […]
Habitat restoration at The Farm at SOU to be completed – at safe distances
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University students and staff will make use of a charitable donation at one of the best places on campus for social distancing when they complete the restoration of a “wet meadow” area on Friday at The Farm at SOU. The wetland was previously overgrown with blackberries and other invasive species, […]
SOU professor’s book shows presidential insults are nothing new
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The contentious 2016 presidential campaign inspired Southern Oregon University English professor Ed Battistella, and the result is a new book examining the history of presidential insults and invective. “Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels: Insulting the President, from Washington to Trump,” was published last month by the Oxford University Press. The book documents more than […]
SOULA archaeological research leads to historic designation for Britt Gardens
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyjSeven months after the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology was awarded a grant to analyze the Peter Britt Gardens, the site was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology conducts archaeological research throughout southwest Oregon, allowing students to gain practical experience […]
SOU goes remote for spring term, campus closed to public
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has informed students and employees that all spring term courses will be delivered remotely and most on-campus operations will be limited to help slow the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic. SOU’s decisions came in response to an executive order today by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for all public […]