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Oregon Fringe Festival seeking applicants for week-long exhibitionDecember 5, 2019 - 10:36 am
SOU community members asked to participate in broadband surveyDecember 3, 2019 - 4:15 pm
SOU criminology and computer science students to solve (mock) homicideDecember 2, 2019 - 3:30 pm
Outdoor adventure master’s students present on Balkans tripDecember 2, 2019 - 11:26 am
SOU awarded grant for novel approach to reducing food wasteNovember 25, 2019 - 8:00 am
Friday Science Seminar offers double-dipNovember 21, 2019 - 2:42 pm
SOU Honors College student joins university’s Board of TrusteesNovember 20, 2019 - 12:20 pm
SOU president to sign Purple Heart proclamationNovember 20, 2019 - 10:32 am
SOU’S Oregon Center for the Arts presents two plays in NovemberNovember 19, 2019 - 4:19 pm
Betty LaDuke receives the second-ever Oregon Arts MedallionNovember 13, 2019 - 2:07 pm
SOU guest to lecture on garlic, international companies and uncertaintyNovember 8, 2019 - 8:00 am
Ecuador adventure awaits SOU’s students in new summer classNovember 7, 2019 - 8:00 am
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 […]
SOU theatre student honored at Kennedy Center event
/in Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University student Carlos-Zenen Trujillo was among the award-winners recognized at last month’s 2019 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF ) in Washington, D.C., and announced last week by the Kennedy Center. Trujillo – a senior majoring in theatre at SOU – was one of two students from throughout the […]
JPR wins regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for news reporting
/in Recognitions /by mosleyjThe Jefferson Public Radio newsroom at SOU is among the winners of the 2019 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. The “Murrows” are presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) to recognize outstanding broadcast and online journalism. JPR won in the Hard News and Continuing Coverage categories in RTDNA’s Northwest small market division, made up of public and […]
SOU faculty member a finalist for Oregon Book Awards
/in Recognitions /by mosleyjSOU faculty member and alumna Brook Colley has been named a finalist for this year’s Oregon Book Awards in the category of general nonfiction for her book, “Power in the Telling: Grand Ronde, Warm Springs and Intertribal Relations in the Casino Era.” Colley, an assistant professor for SOU’s Native American Studies program, is one of […]
SOU donors just might turn students into doctors
/in Recognitions /by mosleyjMackenzie Murphy, an SOU Honors College senior and hopeful physician-to-be, has reached out through the SOU Foundation to thank donors who have contributed to the university and made her honors scholarship possible. “A lot of the students in the Honors College come from low-income backgrounds and most of us honestly would not be able to […]
Prospective higher ed leader to serve prestigious ACE fellowship at SOU
/in Press Releases, Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Chad Hamill, the vice president for Native American initiatives at Northern Arizona University, has chosen to serve a prestigious ACE fellowship (from the American Council on Education) at Southern Oregon University during this year’s winter and spring terms. The ACE fellowship program is highly competitive, and considered a pipeline for those aspiring to presidencies and […]
Coin of the realm: SOU recognizes service excellence
/in Recognitions /by mosleyjSOU has borrowed from the somewhat mischievous military tradition of the “challenge coin” to recognize service excellence on campus and support the university’s Strategic Direction II: to become an employer of choice and create a culture of service excellence to all constituents. “Service Excellence coins” have been presented to a total of 11 SOU employees […]
Cool School: SOU named nation’s top pollinator-friendly campus
/in Press Releases, Recognitions, SOU News /by mosleyjNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University – which became the original Bee Campus USA three years ago – has been named the nation’s top pollinator-friendly college by the Sierra Club, as part of its annual “Cool Schools” rankings. “Besides the fact that the campus boasts more than a dozen pollinator gardens, professors have […]
New slate of officers named for SOU board
/in Press Releases, Recognitions, SOU News /by mosleyjNEWS BRIEF (Ashland, Ore.) – Lyn Hennion, an original member of Southern Oregon University’s Board of Trustees, has been elected to serve as the board’s second-ever chair. Her term as chair began July 1 and will continue for a year. Paul Nicholson, another trustee who has served since the board was empowered by the Oregon […]
Eleven trustees appointed to SOU Board
/in Press Releases, Recognitions, SOU News /by mosleyjNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) – Five new and six continuing members have been appointed by Gov. Kate Brown and confirmed Wednesday by the Oregon Senate to serve on the Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees. The new trustees are SOU faculty member Deborah Rosenberg; Jonathon Bullock, executive director of the Redmond Proficiency Academy; organizational development […]