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SOU’s Lithia Motors Pavilion/Student Recreation Center strikes LEED GoldMarch 20, 2019 - 8:00 am
Natural gas failure limiting some services at SOUMarch 19, 2019 - 2:14 pm
SOU students renovate “Hypertext Hotel”March 18, 2019 - 4:50 pm
SOU’s Holmes gets prestigious Academic All-America recognitionMarch 15, 2019 - 11:53 am
New director hired at SOU Honors CollegeMarch 14, 2019 - 12:07 pm
SOU’s “Retention Summit” aimed at seeing students through to graduationMarch 13, 2019 - 9:14 am
Alumnus Daniel Breaux: Love at first sightMarch 12, 2019 - 10:50 am
Author of “Culturally Responsive Teaching” to give SOU campus theme talkMarch 12, 2019 - 10:11 am
Governor’s Food Drive fills the shelves at SOU Student Food PantryMarch 7, 2019 - 1:41 pm
SOU students enter international 3D imaging contest, recognized for innovationMarch 6, 2019 - 8:00 am
Latest benefit for SOU employees: free tickets to OCA eventsMarch 5, 2019 - 9:50 am
SOU’s SWAVE team seeks new membersMarch 1, 2019 - 8:00 am
SOU and Zappos alumnus Fred Mossler: Big shoes to fill
/in Alumni /by mosleyjThe first sentence in a Wikipedia entry for Fred Mossler includes the terms “business executive,” “fashion guru” and “philanthropist.” He has also been called a customer experience expert, digital visionary and serial entrepreneur. But it is Mossler’s humble roots in rural California that keep this wildly successful “original shoe guy” of Zappos.com grounded. Mossler was by […]
Campus Theme: Ignorance and Wisdom presentations this month
/in Academics /by mosleyjThe 11th year of SOU’s Campus Theme continues with a pair of presentations this month, beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, with “To not know: Is It Ignorance or Wisdom?” by Fred Grewe, chaplain at Providence Medford Medical Center. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be in Room 319 […]
Friday Science Seminar: SOU alumna and faculty member on Alzheimer’s
/in Academics /by mosleyjBrie Paddock, an SOU alumna and assistant professor in the university’s Biology Department, will discuss the role of metals in Alzheimer’s disease during a Friday Science Seminar on Friday, Feb. 22. Paddock’s lecture will be in the Science Building Auditorium (Room 151) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The lecture is free and refreshments will be […]
Ashland Chamber goes to bat for SOU
/in Campus News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The Ashland Chamber of Commerce acknowledged an integral relationship between the business community and Southern Oregon University when the chamber’s Board of Directors voted unanimously today to urge adequate state funding for SOU. Board members approved a letter of support that asks Governor Kate Brown and members of the Oregon Legislature for […]
Polar Plunge: SOU team to participate in Saturday’s Special Olympics fundraiser
/in Campus News /by mosleyjSOU students, staff and faculty have the opportunity to brave icy waters and support local Special Olympics Oregon athletes with intellectual disabilities during the 2019 Polar Plunge event on Saturday, Feb. 16, at Medford’s Jackson Aquatic Center. The Southern Oregon Polar Plunge will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a costume contest for the participants. The […]
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Alena Ruggerio’s study abroad adventure in Spain
/in Academics /by mosleyjThrough a recent study abroad program, 18 Southern Oregon University students and one professor set out to explore and experience the richness of Northern Spain’s culture. Communication professor Alena Ruggerio organized and led the students on a three-month study abroad excursion to Oviedo, Spain. Ruggerio says the time she spent with her 18 “tesoros” (her […]
SOU student’s grant writing project bears fruit for preschoolers
/in Academics /by mosleyjSOU English major Shelee Juarez was paired up with the Jackson County Library Foundation when she needed a project last spring for her Grant Writing and Workplace Literacy Class (ENG 329). The result, several months later, was a $9,000 grant for the JCLF to buy giveaway books for preschoolers in full-time child care – 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 […]
NEXTGENRADIO: SOU student journalist Erika Soderstrom earns NPR fellowship
/in Student Life /by mosleyjAs co-editor of The Siskiyou student newspaper and production assistant for Jefferson Public Radio, communication major Erika Soderstrom has emerged as one of the top student journalists at Southern Oregon University. But even Soderstrom can reinvent her journalism practice, which she did via a NextGenRadio fellowship during Fall Term of 2018. Co-sponsored by National Public […]
“Tall Cop” presents substance abuse awareness training at SOU
/in Campus News /by mosleyjA police officer-turned-substance abuse awareness speaker presented a fairly imposing message during a recent workshop for SOU faculty and staff, and community members from various agencies. Jermaine Galloway — a 6-foot-9 former Division I basketball player – presented his “Tall Cop Says Stop” training to help attendees recognize signs of drug and alcohol abuse. The […]