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SOU Distinguished Alumni Award recipients to be recognizedOctober 26, 2021 - 1:09 pm
Interviews of SOU presidential finalists wrapping upOctober 26, 2021 - 1:03 pm
SOU creative arts professor elected chair of Oregon Humanities boardOctober 21, 2021 - 8:50 am
Interviews of SOU presidential finalists are underwayOctober 19, 2021 - 3:27 pm
SOU hires its first vice president for equity, diversity and inclusionOctober 18, 2021 - 11:46 am
SOU celebrates Campus Sustainability MonthOctober 11, 2021 - 4:11 pm
SOU student turns fervor for France into dream come trueOctober 11, 2021 - 10:59 am
SOU’s EcoAdventure experience gets local in response to fireOctober 5, 2021 - 11:27 am
Student overcomes life challenges to earn SOU MBA and land “dream job”October 1, 2021 - 9:05 am
SOU presidential search entering interview phaseSeptember 28, 2021 - 3:02 pm
SOU adopts “land acknowledgement”September 23, 2021 - 11:45 am
Solar arrays pop up at The Farm at SOUSeptember 21, 2021 - 1:59 pm
SOU Distinguished Alumni Award recipients to be recognized
/in Alumni, Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyjAn entrepreneur and former Zappos executive, a chemist working toward a cure for Duchene muscular dystrophy, a conservation and youth program leader, and the architect of an award-winning band program will be honored Thursday during a Homecoming Weekend luncheon to recognize Southern Oregon University’s annual Distinguished Alumni Award winners. Fred Mossler, who earned his bachelor’s […]
SOU creative arts professor elected chair of Oregon Humanities board
/in Academics, Leadership, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Robert Arellano, a professor in the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University, was elected board chair for Oregon Humanities on Oct. 16. As the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Oregon Humanities’ mission “connects people and communities through conversation, storytelling and participatory programs to inspire understanding […]
SOU hires its first vice president for equity, diversity and inclusion
/in Campus News, Leadership, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Toya Cooper, an attorney who has spent almost 20 years addressing diversity in higher education, has accepted an offer to become Southern Oregon University’s first vice president for equity, diversity and inclusion. She will start work with the university Nov. 15 “I think SOU is ready to engage the questions of equity, […]
SOU’s EcoAdventure experience gets local in response to fire
/in Academics, Leadership, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Past versions of Southern Oregon University’s “EcoAdventure” courses have taken students to northern California’s Lassen and Yosemite national parks, Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and Costa Rica. But last year’s Almeda Fire brought a huge ecological test almost to SOU’s doorstep, and EcoAdventure faculty and students jumped on the opportunity to play a role […]
SOU presidential search entering interview phase
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyjThe Presidential Search Committee of the SOU Board of Trustees will begin first-round interviews by the start of October with candidates to become the university’s next president, and plans to select and interview finalists for the position by the end of October. SOU President Linda Schott announced in April that she will retire by the […]
Solar arrays pop up at The Farm at SOU
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The Farm at SOU is sprouting solar arrays this month, with two new and innovative projects taking shape over the past week. The first, mounted on The Farm’s storage building, is student-funded and the second, installed atop 20-foot poles, was financed by a private investor. “It is a coincidence that these projects […]
SOU recognized as Tree Campus USA
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University was recognized this month as a Tree Campus USA for the seventh consecutive year. Tree Campus USA, an Arbor Day Foundation program started in 2008, honors higher education institutions and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. SOU is one […]
Retired SOU professor examines surprise in new book
/in Academics, Leadership, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Mike Rousell, a psychologist and emeritus professor of education at SOU, has a new book that should surprise no one who has followed his career. “The Power of Surprise,” which will be released Sept. 15 by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, is the result of more than 30 years of researching life-altering events […]
SOU scores a perfect 5 with Campus Pride
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been recognized for the ninth year in a row as one of the nation’s top 30, “Best of the Best” LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities by Campus Pride, a nonprofit that supports and improves campus life for LGBTQ people on campuses nationwide. SOU earned five out of five stars […]
SOU archaeologist returns to TV for National Geographic series
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University research archaeologist Chelsea Rose – who was on the cast of a 2013-14 archaeology series on Oregon Public Broadcasting and featured in a 2017 book intended to pique girls’ interest in archaeology – returned to TV screens this summer as host of a show about Wild West history for […]