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Coalition of colleges educates rural teachers in satellite programOctober 17, 2019 - 9:17 am
SOU receives national “Excellence and Innovation Award” for sustainabilityOctober 16, 2019 - 8:57 am
SOU exceeding expectations in Real Food ChallengeOctober 14, 2019 - 3:20 pm
SOU criminology professor awarded Fulbright scholarship to teach in BosniaOctober 10, 2019 - 9:00 am
The McNair Scholarship Program seeks professor-nominated studentsOctober 10, 2019 - 8:56 am
SOU professor to co-direct $1 million NSF grant to advance women in STEMOctober 9, 2019 - 9:38 am
SOU joining Oregon inventors’ competitionOctober 9, 2019 - 9:00 am
Thirteen words to haunt and terrify in English Program’s spooky writing contestOctober 7, 2019 - 1:55 pm
Digital Cinema promo makes it to silver screenOctober 4, 2019 - 12:59 pm
SOU celebrates Indigenous Peoples DayOctober 3, 2019 - 10:33 am
Health care, raffles, and flu shots at SOU’s annual Health and Wellness FairOctober 2, 2019 - 12:39 pm
SOU recognized for “business-like” operations by Medford ChamberSeptember 18, 2019 - 5:01 pm
Coalition of colleges educates rural teachers in satellite program
/in Academics /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University, Southwestern Oregon Community College and Klamath Community College are teaming up to help aspiring teachers from Klamath Falls, Coos Bay and Brookings earn bachelor’s degrees in education and teaching licenses, all with minimal commuting. For the past three years, the satellite teaching program has helped students from rural communities – who often […]
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 exceeding expectations in Real Food Challenge
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University joined universities across the country last year in working toward sustainable food practices by participating in the Real Food Challenge. Now that a year has passed, statistics show that SOU is exceeding expectations. SOU joined more than 40 U.S. universities and four university systems by joining the Real Food […]
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 […]
The McNair Scholarship Program seeks professor-nominated students
/in Academics /by mosleyjThe SOU McNair Scholarship Program recently opened its application period, and is seeking assistance from faculty members in finding students who can benefit from the intensive McNair Program. The majority of McNair Program Scholars reported that they heard of the program by being nominated and/or encouraged by an SOU faculty member. Dee Southard, the program […]
SOU professor to co-direct $1 million NSF grant to advance women in STEM
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University chemistry professor Hala Schepmann will co-direct a five-year, $999,899 National Science Foundation project to support mid-career women faculty members nationwide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The project – Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering Network Development (ASCEND) – will focus in two directions. It will help individual faculty […]
SOU joining Oregon inventors’ competition
/in Student Life /by mosleyjSOU is participating for the first time in the annual Invent Oregon Collegiate Challenge, aka InventOR, a statewide competition designed for student inventors and entrepreneurs to find funding and make their prototypes marketable realities. Teams interested in participating in InventOR should attend the informational meeting on Oct. 17, at 12:30 p.m. in Central Hall, Room […]
Thirteen words to haunt and terrify in English Program’s spooky writing contest
/in Academics /by mosleyjHow scary can a sentence be? Participants in this year’s 13-Word Scary Story Contest are trying to find out. Students, faculty, staff and members of the Ashland community are encouraged to submit up to two entries each in the English Program’s challenge. The rules are simple; the entries must be exactly 13 words, and must […]
Digital Cinema promo makes it to silver screen
/in Academics /by mosleyjA video created by SOU students to promote the university’s new Digital Cinema degree program will screen before films at Coming Attractions Theatre locations across Oregon, northern California, Washington and Alaska. “You’re always excited when your students’ work gets screened,” said Professor Andrew Gay, the program coordinator of Digital Cinema. “Usually that’s in film festivals […]
SOU celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University’s third annual Indigenous Peoples Day observance will take place between Sunday, Oct. 13 and Monday, Oct. 14. The events start off with a film festival at South Medford High between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday. The festival is free and open to the public, and – like the other events […]