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SOU subscribes to AWARE audio wayfinding appJanuary 18, 2019 - 8:00 am
Prospective higher ed leader to serve prestigious ACE fellowship at SOUJanuary 17, 2019 - 8:00 am
SOU launches virtual campus tourJanuary 16, 2019 - 8:00 am
SOU campus encouraged to prepare for overdose life-savingJanuary 15, 2019 - 3:41 pm
SOU’s student-produced “Jeffersonian” news magazine to air on public televisionJanuary 11, 2019 - 9:55 am
SOU groups to screen “Highway of Tears” documentaryJanuary 9, 2019 - 4:36 pm
Help change students’ lives; become an ASPIRE mentorJanuary 8, 2019 - 3:23 pm
SOU’s Rotaract service club quadruples fundraising goalDecember 19, 2018 - 10:06 am
SOU hires vice president for enrollment management and student affairsDecember 17, 2018 - 3:15 pm
SOU Hall of Fame coach Dan Bulkley passes away at 101December 17, 2018 - 2:53 pm
ECOS offers student positions for Winter TermDecember 4, 2018 - 11:59 am
Southern Oregon’s four higher ed institutions announce consortiumNovember 29, 2018 - 8:15 am
Nationally Syndicated Cartoonist to Speak at SOU
/0 Comments/in SOU News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) – Syndicated cartoonist Leigh Rubin will present a free, funny, illustrated talk about his one-panel comic, “Rubes,” in the Meese Room of Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m. Rubin’s presentation is co-sponsored by the Medford Mail Tribune and the SOU Communication Department. “Rubes” is published in The Ashland Daily […]
SOU Archaeologists Discover Original Peter Britt Cabin: One of The Earliest Known Pioneer Cabin Sites in the State of Jefferson
/in SOU News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore) The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) announced the discovery of Peter Britt’s original log cabin at the Jacksonville City Council meeting at 7:00 p.m Tuesday (Oct. 19) night. Select artifacts from the archaeological excavation were on display during the meeting. Peter Britt built the log cabin on the hill overlooking what […]
SOU Receives Grant to Upgrade Biotechnology Research Center
/0 Comments/in SOU News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore) Southern Oregon University Associate Professor of Biology Karen Stone (right) has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant through the Academic Research Infrastructure: Recovery and Reinvestment program for “Reinvigorating Biotechnology at Southern Oregon University.” The award was funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The $218,786 grant will be used to […]
Human Rights Advocate to Speak at SOU
/0 Comments/in SOU News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) – Enrique Morones, the founder of Border Angels, a non-profit organization attempting to prevent migrants from dying as they cross the U S Mexican border, will speak at Southern Oregon University next week. Morones will appear Wednesday, October 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the Rogue River Room of the Stevenson Union. It’s part of Hispanic […]
Major Bequest Creates Scholarships for Nontraditional SOU Students
/0 Comments/in SOU News /by mosleyjJames and Betty Akerill Memorial Scholarship provides full in-state tuition and fees (Ashland, Ore) The Southern Oregon University Foundation has received more than $1 million for scholarships from the estate of the late Betty and James Akerill. The gift will provide scholarships for nontraditional students. Both Akerills received degrees in education from Southern Oregon College […]
Acclaimed Physicist to Speak at SOU About Human Origins
/0 Comments/in SOU News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) – Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss, the author of more than 300 scientific publications and popular articles on physics and astronomy, will make two public appearances at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Ore. next week. On Thursday, October 14, Dr. Krauss will trace the biography of a single atom from the beginning of the universe until […]
Southern Oregon University College of Arts and Sciences Announces Free Friday Seminars Schedule for Fall Term
/0 Comments/in SOU News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) – From cosmic mystery stories to biological laser printing, from measuring fog content in redwood tree rings to the ethics and risk of emerging technologies. This is the scope of fascinating topics to be covered in the fall term Friday Seminar series offered by the Southern Oregon University (SOU) College of Arts and Sciences. The […]
SOU Welcomes Large New Class of Freshmen and Transfers
/0 Comments/in SOU News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore) Southern Oregon University will welcome what could be a record-setting new class this week. Official totals from the Oregon University System won’t be known until mid-November, but early registrations and new student housing contracts are very encouraging. In her opening remarks to faculty and staff this morning, SOU President Mary Cullinan noted that “SOU’s […]
SOU Builds Bridges to China
/0 Comments/in SOU News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore) Officials from Southern Oregon University and the Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (ZULI) in China will sign an agreement Tuesday, September 21, to provide a joint degree program between the two schools. The official signing ceremony will be at 11:30 a.m. in the DeBoer Room of Hannon Library. This agreement is the latest […]
"Futurizing the News" Workshop Brings High School and University Journalism Programs Together
/0 Comments/in SOU News /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) – Tim Harrower, nationally recognized author, award-winning designer, and journalism educator, will present “Futurizing the News” a daylong workshop at Southern Oregon University. The workshop will be on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in Churchill Hall, Room 230. More than 70 high school and college students will participate in the workshop, which explores changes […]