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SOU’s Danielle Mancuso recognized by international groupMay 28, 2020 - 10:56 am
SOU’s Ken Kempner studies role of women faculty in Saudi universitiesMay 27, 2020 - 8:00 am
Esports team and esports management minor coming to SOUMay 22, 2020 - 8:37 am
JPR wins news reporting awards in regional Edward R. Murrow contestMay 14, 2020 - 11:15 am
Initiative to reduce trash cans – and trash – continues despite COVID-19May 7, 2020 - 3:23 pm
SOU’s graduating student teachers provide value in varied settingsApril 28, 2020 - 8:00 am
SOU coders create Mt. Shasta-themed games in Hackathon eventApril 24, 2020 - 1:26 pm
SOULA wins Oregon Heritage Excellence Award for Chinese immigrant researchApril 23, 2020 - 12:58 pm
SOU music ensembles get creative in their new, virtual realityApril 22, 2020 - 2:29 pm
SOU Student Rec Center makes well-being a virtual exerciseApril 21, 2020 - 10:54 am
SOU alum and football coach team up on face masks for virus protectionApril 20, 2020 - 3:07 pm
SOU offers virtual opportunities for prospective studentsApril 17, 2020 - 8:00 am
SOU alum and football coach team up on face masks for virus protection
/in Alumni /by mosleyjSOU alum Crystal Clarity and her mother Betty Camner have pulled together to produce homemade face masks to help battle the COVID-19 pandemic. “Homemade masks are great for people in the system, not around patients, so that we can control the spread of the virus,” said SOU football coach Charlie Hall. Hall has organized a […]
SOU offers virtual opportunities for prospective students
/in Press Releases, Student Life /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Buildings at Southern Oregon University are currently closed to the public, all courses are being held remotely and most students are visible only during Zoom meetings and other online forums. But next year’s class of incoming freshmen and transfer students have decisions to make, and SOU has created a comprehensive lineup of […]
Habitat restoration at The Farm at SOU to be completed – at safe distances
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University students and staff will make use of a charitable donation at one of the best places on campus for social distancing when they complete the restoration of a “wet meadow” area on Friday at The Farm at SOU. The wetland was previously overgrown with blackberries and other invasive species, […]
SOU alumna and distiller helps to make hand sanitizer
/in Alumni /by mosleyjSOU chemistry graduate Molly Troupe (2012), the master distiller at Portland’s Freeland Spirits, is setting aside drinks and helping to make hand sanitizer in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The SOU alumna is using her academic training and a World Health Organization-recommended formula to help her community in a time of crisis. “Spirits are about […]
SOU adopts new Navigate app to enhance student connections
/in Student Life /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University has subscribed to and tested a new, online system that will help students to “navigate” their college careers – from registration through meeting with advisors, scheduling classes, applying for financial aid, accessing campus resources and graduation. Navigate – a new system from the higher education strategy firm EAB – will link faculty, […]
SOU – the nation’s first Bee Campus – keeps its designation
/in Recognitions /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University – which collaborated with Bee City USA to develop guidelines for Bee Campus certification in 2015 – has been recertified as a Bee Campus USA for a fifth consecutive year. Colleges and universities are awarded the honor of being a Bee Campus based on the rigorous criteria of the […]
SOU professor’s book shows presidential insults are nothing new
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The contentious 2016 presidential campaign inspired Southern Oregon University English professor Ed Battistella, and the result is a new book examining the history of presidential insults and invective. “Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels: Insulting the President, from Washington to Trump,” was published last month by the Oxford University Press. The book documents more than […]
SOULA archaeological research leads to historic designation for Britt Gardens
/in Academics, Press Releases /by mosleyjSeven months after the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology was awarded a grant to analyze the Peter Britt Gardens, the site was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology conducts archaeological research throughout southwest Oregon, allowing students to gain practical experience […]
Retired SOU registrar Mike Corcoran passes away
/in Campus News /by mosleyjRetired Southern Oregon University registrar Michael Corcoran passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 29, after a hard fought battle with cancer. Mike was born in Florida on Sept. 19, 1944, but grew up in southern Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War as a “Ditty Bopper,” intercepting […]
SOU goes remote for spring term, campus closed to public
/in Campus News, Press Releases /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has informed students and employees that all spring term courses will be delivered remotely and most on-campus operations will be limited to help slow the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic. SOU’s decisions came in response to an executive order today by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for all public […]