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Campus survey to help steer expansion of EV charging stationsMay 22, 2023 - 1:47 pm
Fifth year of Creativity Conference at SOU to unfold this weekMay 16, 2023 - 9:08 am
SOU’s Aiki Deguchi: An academic voyagerMay 15, 2023 - 12:31 pm
Civil rights theorist Ian Haney Lopez to speak at SOUMay 9, 2023 - 1:18 pm
SOU-Guanajuato collaborations expand with Global Innovation ScholarsMay 9, 2023 - 10:33 am
Arbor Day celebrated at SOUMay 2, 2023 - 12:20 pm
Occidental College professor to lecture on identity of American democracyMay 2, 2023 - 11:57 am
Earth Day exceeds expectations at The Farm at SOUApril 26, 2023 - 3:12 pm
Faculty Spotlight Podcast: SOU’s Precious YamaguchiApril 25, 2023 - 2:23 pm
SOU hosts middle and high school Brain BowlApril 25, 2023 - 10:15 am
SOU Board of Trustees approves realignment planApril 25, 2023 - 9:00 am
Ashland and SOU partner with nonprofit for EV carshareApril 18, 2023 - 11:39 am
Elite drum and bugle corps makes SOU its “spring training” home
/in Campus News, Press Releases, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — The elite Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps has found its tempo at Southern Oregon University, drilling for long hours each day and staying in a university residence hall for its three-week “spring training” before beginning its 2018 national tour next month. The corps – based in Santa Clara, […]
Social Sciences Speaker Series: Crickette Sanz on wild chimpanzees and gorillas.
/in Campus News, Press Releases, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Social Sciences Division will host anthropologist Crickette Sanz of Washington University in St. Louis for her talk, “Comparative Studies of Chimpanzees and Gorillas in the Congo Basin,” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30, in Room 305 of the Hannon Library. The talk is free […]
Eleven trustees appointed to SOU Board
/in Press Releases, Recognitions, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) – Five new and six continuing members have been appointed by Gov. Kate Brown and confirmed Wednesday by the Oregon Senate to serve on the Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees. The new trustees are SOU faculty member Deborah Rosenberg; Jonathon Bullock, executive director of the Redmond Proficiency Academy; organizational development […]
SOU’s Hannon Library celebrates 65 years as a free home for federal publications
/in Press Releases, Recognitions, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library will celebrate its 65th anniversary as a Federal Depository Library on Thursday, April 26, with a day of presentations, exhibits and an open reception. The festivities will run from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Federal Depository Libraries are the backbone of a U.S. government program intended […]
SOU’s “boundary-breaking” Oregon Fringe Festival begins on Tuesday
/in Campus News, Press Releases, SOU News, Student LifeNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — The Oregon Fringe Festival – a distinctive blend of visual, musical and theatre arts presentations – will kick off its 2018 lineup with Gallery Openings at Southern Oregon University’s Center for the Visual Arts at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24. The six-day arts celebration will continue with shows and exhibitions on and around the SOU campus […]
SOU Honors College hosts high school students for problem-solving
/in Academics, Campus News, Press Releases, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — About 150 high school students from throughout southern Oregon will try their hand at resolving some of today’s most troubling issues when Southern Oregon University Honors College students lead their annual Democracy Project symposium on Tuesday, April 24. The event – “Truth and Reconciliation: A Model for America?” – will […]
SOU’s new Thalden Pavilion to be dedicated on Friday
/in Campus News, Press Releases, SOU News, The ArtsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — SOU’s new Thalden Pavilion has lived up to its tagline – “dedicated to outrageous innovation in sustainability and the arts” – and the just-completed venue for information, education and performance will be recognized in all its audacity at 10 a.m. Friday, April 20. The dedication ceremony will serve as an […]
SOU’s Hawai’i club offers annual lu’au and performance
/in Campus News, Press Releases, SOU News, Student LifeNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — The 22nd annual lu’au and hō’ike (feast and performance) by Southern Oregon University’s Hawai’i club will be an event with a purpose. This year’s celebration has a theme of Hoʻolaha Ana I Naʻokoʻa Me Ke Aloha – spreading diversity with love. The lu’au will be from 2 to 4 p.m. […]
SOU’s Smedley promotes peace through education in Central African Republic
/in Academics, Press Releases, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Bryce Smedley returned last week from the war-torn Central African Republic (CAR), where he served as an English language specialist on a project to equip students with the communication skills necessary to promote peace and conflict resolution. Smedley, an assistant professor in SOU’s Education Department, visited students […]
Open forums introduce SOU’s Campus-Community Resilience Assessment
/in Campus News, Press Releases, SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will hold a pair of open forums to introduce a Campus-Community Resilience Assessment that will be conducted over the next few months to determine the local area’s ability to absorb or adapt to ongoing climate changes. The forums, which are free and open to the public, will […]