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Two SOU alumni author second book for educatorsApril 29, 2026 - 10:19 am
SOU-led “computational thinking” team presents papersApril 27, 2026 - 2:44 pm
SOU Digital Cinema alum directs “Crew Experience”April 15, 2026 - 2:20 pm
Student voices, river stories: Amy Bowers Cordalis at SOUApril 14, 2026 - 12:40 pm
SOU, PSU collaborate on climate resilienceApril 13, 2026 - 12:04 pm
Historic Red Cross selection for OHSU nursing student at SOUApril 6, 2026 - 10:09 am
SOU OK’d to use federal money advancing energy resilienceMarch 31, 2026 - 2:46 pm
SOU AI work presented to exclusive organizationMarch 30, 2026 - 11:01 am
SOU School of Business faculty engage students at DECA ConferenceMarch 5, 2026 - 10:36 am
Earl Hills, a map forward and the hammerMarch 3, 2026 - 12:11 pm
“Lollipop Moments” celebrate faculty & staffFebruary 27, 2026 - 1:24 pm
Six trustees appointed and confirmed to SOU BoardFebruary 17, 2026 - 3:09 pm

Award Winning Documentary “Hot Coffee” to Show at SOU
/in SOU NewsSaladoff’s SOU presentation “Hot Coffee: Is Justice Being Served” is part of the university’s “Civility” campus theme series this year. The SOU film screening and discussion are free and open to the public.
SOU School of Education and the University of Oregon Work Together to Deliver Education Doctoral Program
/in SOU NewsFaculty in the SOU School of Education will collaborate with the department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership in the College of Education at the University of Oregon to offer a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership (D.Ed.).
SOU History Professor to Explore the Past, Present and Future of the Middle East
/in SOU NewsProfessor Harrison will review the history of the region from the pharaohs to the sultans, shahs and kings, through the colonial rule of the British and French, and to the dynastic dictators who followed and led to the people’s revolutions of the Arab Spring of 2011.
SOU’s ‘Civility Theme Continues with Winter Term Presentations
/in SOU NewsAll presentations are free and open to the public.
Global Drummers Alliance for Hunger Relief to Host ‘Hunger Beat-Down’ on January 14th, 2012
/in SOU NewsIn Ashland, the drumming will be led by Dr. Terry Longshore.
SOU Foundation Awards Scholarships to Single Mothers
/in SOU NewsThe Columbia Pacific Foundation creates three $3,000 scholarships for single moms (Ashland, Ore.) — The SOU Foundation awarded three new Columbia Pacific Foundation Scholarships this month—funds that will help three single mothers attend college. Business administration junior Daniella Bivens (Grants Pass) and graduate students Johanna Morris, a special education student (Klamath Falls) and interdisciplinary studies […]
Three SOU Professors Awarded Presidential Funds for Research, Creative Work
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — An international study of teen bullying, an artist-in-residence program in Budapest and a live art performance in New York—these are just three of the scholarly and creative projects that Southern Oregon University faculty are pursuing. Because of the significance of these projects nationally and internationally, SOU President Mary Cullinan chose them as […]
Osher Foundation Ups SOU’s OLLI Endowment to $2 Million
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — The Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco has awarded the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Southern Oregon University (SOU) an additional $1 million endowment. The news came to SOU President Mary Cullinan in a phone call from Osher Foundation President Mary Bitterman. “The Osher Foundation is so strongly supportive of OLLI,” says […]
Duo SOU Heads to New York’s Carnegie Hall
/in SOU NewsAshland, Ore. — It’s not every day an undergraduate music major has the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall—twice. It hasn’t really sunk in for her, but that’s exactly what Southern Oregon University music student Beatriz Abella, 21, will do before she graduates. “I still can’t believe it,” she said, shaking her head in amazement. […]
SOU Showcases the Rise of Credit Unions with Rogue Federal Credit Union CEO Gene Pelham Nov. 17
/in SOU NewsAshland, Ore. — As large banks continue to see a decline in customers, credit unions across the United States are signing up members in record numbers. It’s no different in southern Oregon, where Rogue Federal Credit Union is increasing its numbers at a rapid rate. To find out more about this movement and what it […]