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Vaccination available through new FEMA/state/county collaborationApril 19, 2021 - 2:56 pm
SOU alum Jeff Brady: ready for NPRApril 19, 2021 - 12:01 pm
SOU board approves lowest tuition increase in recent historyApril 16, 2021 - 3:59 pm
Earth Month in full swing at SOUApril 13, 2021 - 2:30 pm
SOU President Linda Schott to retire by end of 2021April 8, 2021 - 4:51 pm
COVID-19 vaccination clinics begin at SOU’s health centerApril 8, 2021 - 1:37 pm
SOU team wins statewide hackathonApril 6, 2021 - 4:05 pm
Remembering college fur-everApril 6, 2021 - 3:42 pm
SOU professor’s book on presidential insults is a book award finalistMarch 30, 2021 - 12:58 pm
SOU student awarded prestigious Goldwater ScholarshipMarch 29, 2021 - 3:47 pm
SOU graduate is Oregon’s first female, ROTC-trained infantry officerMarch 23, 2021 - 10:30 am
SOU alum Terriel Thomas builds his own team in ChinaMarch 19, 2021 - 11:09 am
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 […]
SOU’s McDermott named conference sports information director of the year
/in Recognitions /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University’s Josh McDermott has been named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Sports Information Director of the Year, the league office announced. The annual award is voted on by the sports information directors of the CCC, recognizing outstanding work in promotion, work with CCC and NAIA championship events, publicity and marketing efforts. “Congratulations to Josh McDermott on his selection […]
Still nifty, JPR is fifty: SOU’s public radio station celebrates landmark
/in Recognitions /by mosleyjOregon’s newspaper headlines on May 21, 1969, included “Apollo Set for Moon Orbit This Afternoon” and news that the Oregon Senate had rejected a measure to lower the voting age to 19. In Ashland, Jerry Allen – the future “Voice of the Oregon Ducks” – signed on for the inaugural broadcast of a new radio […]
SOU earns renewal as Bee Campus USA
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University – which became the original Bee Campus USA three years ago – has been notified that its certification has been renewed for 2019 following a rigorous application process. Colleges and universities are certified based on various criteria as “bee campuses” by the Bee City USA organization, an initiative of […]