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Ashland Chamber goes to bat for SOUFebruary 14, 2019 - 4:00 pm
Polar Plunge: SOU team to participate in Saturday’s Special Olympics fundraiserFebruary 14, 2019 - 8:00 am
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Alena Ruggerio’s study abroad adventure in SpainFebruary 13, 2019 - 8:55 am
SOU student’s grant writing project bears fruit for preschoolersFebruary 12, 2019 - 10:20 am
SOU faculty member a finalist for Oregon Book AwardsFebruary 12, 2019 - 8:00 am
NEXTGENRADIO: SOU student journalist Erika Soderstrom earns NPR fellowshipFebruary 11, 2019 - 8:00 am
“Tall Cop” presents substance abuse awareness training at SOUFebruary 8, 2019 - 8:20 am
Consortium of southern Oregon colleges and universities to strengthen transfer agreementsFebruary 7, 2019 - 12:36 pm
Governor’s Food Drive will help SOU students in needFebruary 7, 2019 - 8:00 am
SOU Outdoor Program offers Winter Term climbing opportunitiesFebruary 6, 2019 - 10:55 am
March 1 deadline approaches for more than 600 OSAC scholarshipsFebruary 6, 2019 - 8:00 am
Magazine names Ashland among best locales to work as filmmakerFebruary 4, 2019 - 5:35 pm
SOU Honors College hosts high school students for problem-solving
/in Academics, Campus News, Press Releases, SOU News /by mosleyjNEWS 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 Arts /by mosleyjNEWS 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 Life /by mosleyjNEWS 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 News /by mosleyjNEWS 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 News /by mosleyjNEWS 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 […]
SOU trustees endorse national initiative to boost higher ed perception
/in Campus News, Press Releases, SOU News /by mosleyjNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to pass a resolution to support and participate in a project with college and university trustees nationwide to revive the public’s trust in higher education. The Guardians Initiative – developed by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges […]
Oregon’s HECC praises SOU strategic planning work
/in Press Releases, Recognitions, SOU News /by mosleyjNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission unanimously approved Southern Oregon University’s new mission statement on Thursday, and its members described the university’s strategic planning work as “exemplary” and “energizing.” A delegation from SOU including President Linda Schott was in Salem to present the university’s new vision, mission, values and strategic directions […]