SOU News Archives

Southern Oregon University Launches Honors College

First Group of 25 Students Starts Classes in Fall 2013 (Ashland, Ore.) Southern Oregon University President Mary Cullinan announces the launch of the Honors College at Southern Oregon University. Applications will be accepted starting September 1, 2012. The first class of 25 students will begin studies in fall term 2013.

SOU Receives $250,000 Grant to Explore a Woody Biomass Co-Generation Plant on Campus

A $250,000 grant from the U S Department of Agriculture to Southern Oregon University could lead to a 1.2 megawatt woody biomass co-generation system on the university campus.

SOU President Names Paul Westhelle as Interim JPR Director

Southern Oregon University (SOU) president Mary Cullinan has appointed Jefferson Public Radio (JPR) associate director Paul Westhelle as JPR’s interim director.

SOU Archeologists Return to Fort Lane

The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA), in collaboration with the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), continues archaeological investigations at Fort Lane this summer, and is inviting the public to see the site. The archaeological excavation will be open to the public Saturday, July 7, from 10:00 am through 2:00 pm.

SOU’s Top Grads Completed College in Three Years

Melody Condon and Michael Culp named the Dankook Outstanding Undergraduate Woman and Man of the Year for 2012. The pair will be recognized at SOU’s commencement Saturday, June 16, 2012.

SOU to Hold End of School Year Recycling Event

(Ashland, Ore.) The end of the school year is approaching when, in the past, SOU had to order several large dumpsters to handled what students threw away as they moved out of their residence hall. Much of what has been tossed in the trash is perfectly useful – in some cases unused – clothes, books, […]

SOU Expands Annual Showcase of Arts and Research

Southern Oregon Arts and Research (SOAR) will Feature More Than 100 Academic Presentations, 26 Laboratory and Studio Open Houses, Live Performing Arts and a Student Film Festival

SOU Receives a Third Million Dollar Cash Grant From the Osher Foundation

The Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco has awarded the Southern Oregon University Foundation a one-million-dollar cash grant for reentry scholarships.

SOU’s School of Business Receives Accreditation

Both Undergrad and Graduate Programs Receive Endorsement from Global Business Accreditation Organization

Creator of SOU’s Waste Management Project is Ashland’s Conservationist of the Year

SOU student Misty Munoz will be acknowledged at the Science Works Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 21, as the recipient of the Ashland Conservation Commission’s “Conservationist of the Year.”