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SOU offers 48th “Brain Bowl” for local studentsMarch 24, 2025 - 3:15 pm
SOU student applies classroom experience to work on LA wildfiresMarch 21, 2025 - 4:38 pm
SOU to host official memorial service for William Thorndike, Jr.March 12, 2025 - 3:02 pm
SOU participants make a splash at regional sustainability conferenceMarch 11, 2025 - 9:05 am
SOU alum returns to screen Klamath River filmMarch 11, 2025 - 8:19 am
SOU enters partnership to support survivors of gender-based violenceMarch 10, 2025 - 2:08 pm
Look and feel of Inside SOU website to changeMarch 3, 2025 - 2:36 pm
SOU embraces Behavioral Health InitiativeFebruary 28, 2025 - 8:20 am
Rogue Buzzway gardens grow with SOU partnershipFebruary 25, 2025 - 1:01 pm
SOU freshman joins Board of TrusteesFebruary 18, 2025 - 1:51 pm- SOU loses friend and mentor with passing of Bill ThorndikeFebruary 18, 2025 - 9:26 am
SOU’s Saigo Multicultural Alcove rededicatedFebruary 11, 2025 - 10:59 am
Career policy advocate takes on government relations position with SOU
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Marc Overbeck, who has served for the past 12 years in a variety of legislative and policy roles for the Oregon Health Authority, has been selected to become Southern Oregon University’s director of government relations. He will begin his duties at SOU on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Overbeck has served in a variety […]
Four appointed to SOU Board of Trustees
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — A local entrepreneur and double-alumna, a chemistry professor and campus leader, a graduate student in the School of Education and an undergraduate Honors College student have been appointed by Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and confirmed today by the Oregon Senate to serve on the Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees. Sachta Bakshi […]
SOU counseling program expanding to address statewide need
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s master’s degree program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the Oregon Health Authority, and would receive another $1 million if pending legislation is approved, to help address a critical statewide shortage of behavioral healthcare practitioners. The current OHA grant will be used […]
SOU successfully shifts to innovative core information system
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has successfully completed the first phase of its transition to a cutting-edge core information system – a process that most of Oregon’s colleges and universities, and many other government entities, are expected to duplicate in the coming years. SOU is switching its primary operational software from a platform that […]
SOU economist’s research recognized by American Economic Association
/in Press Releases, Recognitions(Ashland, Ore.) — SOU economist Travis Campbell and a co-author from Rutgers University have been recognized by the American Economic Association for writing the best research paper over the past year on LGBTQ+ economics. The award for Campbell, an assistant professor of economics at SOU, and co-author Yana Rodgers of Rutgers was announced at the […]
Four from SOU chosen for AASCU leadership institute
/in Academics, Leadership, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Four Southern Oregon University faculty members are among 36 educators selected from higher education institutions across the country to take part in the inaugural Department Chair Leadership Institute, an initiative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities that is intended to help participants develop critical skills and prepare for future […]
Southern Oregon MLK, Jr., Celebration on Jan. 15 in Ashland
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will join several other local organizations in sponsoring this year’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Celebration for southern Oregon from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, at the historic Ashland Armory and in downtown Ashland. All community members are invited to participate in the event, […]
SOU’s highest award to go to three retired faculty members
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — SOU President Rick Bailey will present three retired faculty members with the highest recognition of service to the university during a celebration from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, in the Rogue River Room of SOU’s Stevenson Union. The SOU President’s Medal will be awarded to poet Lawson Fusao Inada, […]
SOU to help lead research initiative for undergraduate institutions
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is part of a consortium of 11 colleges and universities across the country that will use a new, $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to plan and host three regional workshops intended to advance research enterprises at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs). The goal of NSF’s GRANTED initiative (Growing […]
SOU Digital Cinema taps crowdfunding for support
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Digital Cinema program has taken a creative turn in seeking financial support for its work, launching an $18,000 crowdfunding campaign to help pay for two signature projects. The campaign has been extended through Dec. 15. Money raised in the Indiegogo campaign will be split between the annual Crew Experience […]