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- SOU earns 10th Tree Campus designationMarch 25, 2024 - 1:02 pm
- SOU receives support from legislatureMarch 12, 2024 - 9:10 am
- SOU Raiders make a big splash for Special OlympicsMarch 5, 2024 - 12:36 pm
- Four SOU actors take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare FestivalMarch 4, 2024 - 2:59 pm
- Former University of Portland administrator to become SOU’s top academic leaderFebruary 26, 2024 - 2:35 pm
- Raider Educator Day with SOU’s School of EducationFebruary 20, 2024 - 8:54 am
- Xanadu: Greek Gods, scrunchies, roller skatesFebruary 13, 2024 - 1:30 pm
- Career policy advocate takes on government relations position with SOUFebruary 13, 2024 - 8:44 am
- Four appointed to SOU Board of TrusteesFebruary 12, 2024 - 12:44 pm
- SOU counseling program expanding to address statewide needFebruary 6, 2024 - 9:11 am
- SOU successfully shifts to innovative core information systemFebruary 5, 2024 - 10:49 am
- SOU Institute for Applied Sustainability celebrates with Innovation Fund kickoffJanuary 30, 2024 - 12:05 pm
SOU to offer Pacific Islander Studies course
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) —Southern Oregon University will offer a course this spring on Pacific Islander Studies, as part of the university’s new Ethnic and Racial Studies Program. The course – ERS 399, Introduction to Pacific Islander Studies – will offer students the opportunity to learn about, and from, the Oceania and the Moana peoples. Instructor Kris […]
SOU to begin “transformational” shift in tech infrastructure
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is heading into the first stages of a transformational change to its primary operational software that will result in far-reaching improvements for both students and employees. Students will see streamlined registration options, an adaptable academic planner, and an integrated and effective mobile app. Employees will juggle fewer systems and […]
SOU employee and retired state Supreme Court justice appointed to university board
/in Alumni, Leadership, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Retired Oregon Supreme Court Justice Virginia Linder and Katherine Cable, a registration systems analyst at Southern Oregon University, have been appointed by Gov. Kate Brown and confirmed today by the Oregon Senate to serve on the university’s Board of Trustees. Both will begin their service to the board in July. Linder will serve […]
Late wrestling coach leaves largest-ever gift to SOU
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Legendary Southern Oregon University wrestling coach Bob Riehm’s influence at SOU and within the wrestling program will continue in perpetuity, with a $3 million donation from his estate announced today that ranks as the largest-ever single gift to the university. The bequest was announced by the university and his surviving sisters at […]
Indigenous Gardens Network again receives Oregon Cultural Trust grant
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University, tribal partners and others have received a $30,154 grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust to continue the work of the Indigenous Gardens Network – a hub for Indigenous-led land projects centering on food sovereignty, land stewardship, educational opportunities and habitat restoration. The purpose of the Indigenous Gardens Network is […]
SOU Theatre is back: Two comedies open this month
/in Press Releases, The Arts(Ashland, Ore.) — Live performances from the SOU Theatre Program will return from a COVID-19 hiatus with plenty of laughs in a pair of February comedies: “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse and “The Servant of Two Masters” by Carlo Goldini. The first of the two winter term productions, “The Thanksgiving Play,” will open with […]
Leading geriatrician to address SOU audience
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Dr. Louise Aronson – a leading geriatrician, writer and educator – will lecture on “Aging, Ageism and the Future of Elderhood” in a Jan. 10 event presented via Zoom by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Southern Oregon University in partnership with SOU’s Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Aronson is the […]
Recent SOU computer science grad protecting clients against drone attacks
/in Alumni, Press ReleasesIt all sounds very cloak-and-dagger, but Austin Shadel sees it more as an extension of his longstanding interest in drones and robotics, and his academic focus on computer science over the past five years at Southern Oregon University. Shadel graduated in June and went to work as a software engineer at Citadel Defense Company – […]
Richard J. Bailey, Jr., named president of Southern Oregon University
/in Campus News, Leadership, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Richard J. Bailey, Jr., Ph.D., has been appointed as the next president of Southern Oregon University following an extensive national search and a unanimous vote today by the SOU Board of Trustees. Bailey has served as president of Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) in Espanola since October 2016, following a 24-year career […]
SOU awarded Cambia Health grant for behavioral health program
/in Academics, Press Releases, SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Foundation is among seven higher education organizations in the West to receive grant funding from the Portland-based Cambia Health Foundation to increase diversity among students in health care programs and to expand outreach to potential health care students in underrepresented communities. The Cambia Health Foundation is providing a […]