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SOU faculty member earns research fellowship on substance abuseSeptember 3, 2024 - 1:33 pm
Oregon’s regional universities build strategic international partnership in TaiwanAugust 20, 2024 - 3:46 pm
Heisman Trophy winner Mariota donates to SOU footballAugust 16, 2024 - 4:14 pm
SOU’s 50th anniversary celebration of its pipe organAugust 13, 2024 - 1:29 pm
SOU economist’s research paper stresses importance of family support for trans youthJuly 24, 2024 - 1:18 pm
SOU’s Cascade complex to host variety of first responder training exercisesJuly 24, 2024 - 1:07 pm
SOU Digital Cinema named as a top film schoolJuly 17, 2024 - 9:12 am
SOU receives grant for archaeological project at African-American logging town of MaxvilleJuly 10, 2024 - 4:50 pm
SOU offers smoke-free haven at rec centerJuly 9, 2024 - 2:07 pm
SOU Digital Media Center moves to energy-efficient studio lightingJune 26, 2024 - 11:34 am
SOU Commencement: good weather and optimismJune 18, 2024 - 12:12 pm
Cultivating community: The Farm at SOUJune 11, 2024 - 9:36 am
SOU earns renewal as Bee Campus USA
/in Press Releases, Recognitions(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University – which became the original Bee Campus USA three years ago – has been notified that its certification has been renewed for 2019 following a rigorous application process. Colleges and universities are certified based on various criteria as “bee campuses” by the Bee City USA organization, an initiative of […]
Author, birder Harry Fuller hosted at SOU by Friends of Hannon Library
/in Press Releases, The Arts(Ashland, Ore.) — Natural history author Harry Fuller, whose work includes books on birding and owls, will discuss the Klamath Basin and its birds in a presentation on Thursday, May 9, that is part of the Friends of Hannon Library Speaker Series for the 2018-19 academic year. The event, which is free and open to […]
SOU Campus Expo 2.0 to offer glimpses of higher education future
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is wrapping up the second installment of a research exercise it calls “peering into the future of higher education,” and will share its findings with the community in a Campus Expo event on Friday. The expo, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Stevenson Union’s Rogue River Room, will […]
SOU archaeologists participate in study of Chinese migrants’ homeland
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Three members of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) have participated in a three-year, international project to investigate everyday lives of 19th century Chinese migrants both in the U.S. and their Chinese homeland. The Cangdong Village Project – which was confidential until this month – was led by Stanford University […]
Oregon’s poet laureate to speak at SOU Friends of Hannon Library event
/in Press Releases, The Arts(Ashland, Ore.) — Kim Stafford, Oregon’s poet laureate, will read and discuss his work in an SOU presentation on Thursday, April 18, that is part of the Friends of Hannon Library Speaker Series for the 2018-19 academic year. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m. in the […]
SOU Research Center smoke survey shows mixed views
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Most tourists who visited southern Oregon during the smoky summers of 2017 and 2018 plan to return for future trips, but a majority will modify their plans to account for the possibility of more smoke, according to a new survey by the Southern Oregon University Research Center (SOURCE). SOURCE’s 39-page “Southern Oregon […]
HECC gives green light for launch of Digital Cinema degree at SOU
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission gave final approval today for a new Digital Cinema degree program that will begin this fall at Southern Oregon University and prepare students for careers in film and other forms of visual media. Members of the HECC, whose approval is needed for all new degree programs at […]
SOU and Universidad de Guanajuato pledge to build upon 50-year friendship
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University and the Universidad de Guanajuato officially renewed a friendship that has been built over the past 50 years when the institutions’ leaders pledged Monday to broaden their collaboration over the next half-century. “Today’s agreement is to reaffirm our commitment to the exchange of students and faculty,” SOU President Linda […]
SOU Native American Student Union’s spring powwow returns to campus
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’sNative American Student Union and Native American Programs will share their culture with campus and the community at the 27th annual Spring Powwow on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14 at SOU’s Lithia Motors Pavilion. The event will return to the SOU campus this year, after being held for the […]
Ashland, SOU mark 50 years of Guanajuato “sister” relationships
/in Press Releases, The Arts(Ashland, Ore.) — Delegations from Guanajuato, Mexico, and the Universidad de Guanajuato will visit Ashland and Southern Oregon University in April to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their sister city and sister university relationships. The celebration will include a formal renewal of the partnerships between the cities and universities, and is seen as an opportunity […]