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SOU board receives national Nason award for exceptional leadershipFebruary 27, 2020 - 9:59 am
SOU Computer Science Department gets new hiresFebruary 25, 2020 - 12:45 pm
19th annual “Lock-In” brings police to teach at SOUFebruary 25, 2020 - 11:16 am
Upcoming “Pub Night” a test run for potential campus pubFebruary 24, 2020 - 4:10 pm
SOU alumnus premieres first documentary, “Illegal,” at film festivalsFebruary 24, 2020 - 3:21 pm
SOU Digital Cinema program launches “The Crew Experience”February 21, 2020 - 12:35 pm
SOU added to Military Friendly School list by VIQTORYFebruary 20, 2020 - 4:46 pm
Deadlines approaching to apply for millions in scholarshipsFebruary 10, 2020 - 4:52 pm
Planetwalker and environmentalist John Francis speaks at SOUFebruary 7, 2020 - 4:02 pm
SOU president to discuss higher ed “uncertainty” in campus lectureFebruary 4, 2020 - 11:35 am
Governor’s State Employee Food Drive to run through February at SOUJanuary 27, 2020 - 2:23 pm
Retired SOU business professor Joseph Smith passes away at age 98January 24, 2020 - 9:45 am
SOU board receives national Nason award for exceptional leadership
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The Board of Trustees of Southern Oregon University has been selected to receive the 2019-20 John W. Nason Award for Board Leadership, given by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) – the premier organization representing higher education governing boards. The Nason Award, established in 1992, is presented in partnership […]
SOU’s MBA for nonprofit management ranks among nation’s best
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s MBA program with a concentration in nonprofit management has been ranked among the best such programs in the U.S. by a student-focused online guide. The website Intelligent.com rated SOU’s nonprofit management MBA at No. 10 on its list of the best 25 programs in the nation. The website also […]
Betty LaDuke receives the second-ever Oregon Arts Medallion
/in Recognitions /by mosleyjBetty LaDuke, who taught art for more than three decades at Southern Oregon University, has been named the second recipient of the biennial Oregon Arts Medallion. She received the award from SOU’s Oregon Center for the Arts at a reception earlier this month. LaDuke has traveled and exhibited her work throughout the world, published books […]
JPR director receives national innovation award for public radio
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Paul Westhelle, the executive director of Jefferson Public Radio at Southern Oregon University, has been awarded this year’s Madison Hodges Innovator Award for Public Radio Advancement by the nonprofit organization University Station Alliance. Westhelle was recognized for strengthening JPR’s market position and finances, and overseeing its move last year into state-of-the-art facilities […]
SOU’s Paul Condon has essay on mindfulness published
/in Recognitions /by mosleyjPaul Condon, an assistant professor of psychology at SOU, recently published an article in Current Opinions in Psychology’s special issue on mindfulness about how meditation may increase empathy and altruism in certain contexts. Current Opinions in Psychology, a scientific journal dedicated to recent discoveries and papers in the broad field of psychology, published the special […]
SOU receives national “Excellence and Innovation Award” for sustainability
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The American Association of State Colleges and Universities recognized Southern Oregon University today as this year’s recipient of the organization’s Excellence and Innovation Award for comprehensive sustainability and sustainable development. The AASCU program, now in its sixth year, honored member institutions for excellence and innovation in 2019 by announcing award recipients in […]
SOU criminology professor awarded Fulbright scholarship to teach in Bosnia
/in Academics, Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University criminology and criminal justice professor Alison Burke has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to lecture and teach a course on women and crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Burke will serve at the University of Sarajevo during the current 2019-20 academic year. She received a four-month teaching assignment that will […]
SOU recognized for “business-like” operations by Medford Chamber
/in Recognitions /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University was recognized for its “entrepreneurial and business-like” operations during last weekend’s centennial celebration of the Chamber of Medford/Jackson County. SOU and the Jackson County Library District each received Spirit of Enterprise Awards during the Chamber’s Excellence in Business awards ceremony on Friday night at the Collier Center for the Performing Arts in […]
Native elder “Grandma Aggie” recognized with SOU President’s Medal
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Agnes Baker “Grandma Aggie” Pilgrim, who has been recognized as a “living treasure” by the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, received the Southern Oregon University President’s Medal in a presentation at SOU’s Thalden Pavilion. Grandma Aggie, who is 95, is the most senior elder of southern Oregon’s Takelma Tribe and has led […]
SOU rated among top 20 public liberal arts institutions in U.S.
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been named one of the nation’s top 20 public liberal arts colleges in a new rating by College Values Online, a website that helps prospective students evaluate colleges and universities. SOU is the only university in Oregon to make the list, and joins Washington’s The Evergreen State College […]