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SOU board chair receives highest Chamber honorOctober 7, 2025 - 10:56 am
Three new members appointed to SOU boardOctober 3, 2025 - 12:18 pm
Four to receive annual SOU alumni awardsSeptember 30, 2025 - 11:36 am
SOU faculty members co-author book on transgender experiencesSeptember 29, 2025 - 9:26 am
SOU’s Horstman makes Golf Digest listSeptember 23, 2025 - 2:02 pm
SOU expands solar and energy resilience footprintSeptember 15, 2025 - 3:37 pm
Fiscal year 2025 among best for SOU philanthropySeptember 10, 2025 - 3:05 pm
SOU Digital Cinema named to national Top 30August 29, 2025 - 8:38 am
SOU receives grant to develop accessible tourismAugust 25, 2025 - 11:42 am
Creative Industries project gains legislative fundingAugust 5, 2025 - 1:44 pm
SOU announces plan to rebuild itself in response to fiscal crisesAugust 5, 2025 - 11:29 am
SOU to facilitate AG’s town hallAugust 4, 2025 - 2:55 pm
Raider Education Day for new and prospective teachers
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Author, teacher and consultant Jay Schroder will deliver a keynote address, highlighting the third annual Raider Educator Day – an event on Saturday, April 5, that will allow new and prospective teachers to gain insights into the field. The forum, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Rogue River Room of […]
SOU student applies classroom experience to work on LA wildfires
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Bryan Cohee was juggling his usual responsibilities back in January – as a husband, father, battalion chief with Jackson County Fire District 3 and undergraduate student in Southern Oregon University’s Innovation and Leadership Program. A phone call resulted in yet another role, and both opportunities and challenges for Cohee: it was an […]
SOU to host official memorial service for William Thorndike, Jr.
/in Campus News, Leadership, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will host a public gathering and celebration of the life of William Downie (Bill) Thorndike, Jr. – a prominent statewide civic servant, the university’s first board chair and recipient of SOU’s highest honor – on Sunday, April 27. Those who attend the event, at 1:30 p.m. in the SOU […]
SOU participants make a splash at regional sustainability conference
/in Campus News, Leadership, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University students, staff and faculty made their presence felt at last week’s Washington Oregon Cascadia Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) in Portland, where SOU participants shared the university’s stories of success in sustainability with peer institutions. The conference was hosted this year by Portland Community College and was attended by […]
SOU enters partnership to support survivors of gender-based violence
/in Press Releases, Student Life(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has a new resource to support students and employees who have experienced gender-based violence such as stalking, sexual assault and dating or domestic violence. Community Works, a Medford nonprofit, is offering free on-campus sessions two days per week with a specially trained confidential advocate. SOU and Community Works recently […]
SOU embraces Behavioral Health Initiative
/in Campus News, Press Releases, Student Life(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University took a step toward “Creating a Culture of Care” through a well-attended dialogue session with that title earlier this month. The wide-ranging discussion – with more to come – is one of the projects currently included in the university’s Southern Oregon Behavioral Health Initiative, funded last spring with a […]
SOU seeks development proposals for senior living
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has begun the process of identifying a private-sector partner for the construction and operation of a senior living center on a 4.3-acre parcel where a defunct dormitory complex is currently being demolished. A “request for qualifications” – an invitation for developers and operators of retirement facilities to submit proposals […]
Construction underway on SOU’s latest solar projects
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is making headway in its march toward becoming the first public university in the U.S. to produce all of the daytime electricity used on its campus, with more than $5 million in recent state, federal and student funding and multiple solar projects underway. SOU completed a rooftop solar installation […]
Funding in place for wildlife crossing with key SOU role
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — A total of $37 million in federal and state funding has been secured to build a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 south of Ashland, in a project that Southern Oregon University faculty and students have supported by monitoring wildlife patterns in the area. Oregon recently was awarded a federal grant of $33.2 […]
Klamath dam removal workshop at SOU fosters collaboration
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University recently hosted the Klamath Dam Removal Research Collaboration Workshop, a follow-up seminar for the numerous groups and agencies working together on the world’s largest-ever dam removal and river restoration project. The November workshop brought together nearly 150 researchers, Tribal leaders and agency representatives to share information about ecological and […]