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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
Winter workshops: student-led learning at The FarmFebruary 17, 2026 - 11:52 am
SOU civics course included on select national listFebruary 10, 2026 - 2:01 pm
SOU’s Slattery receives community service awardFebruary 4, 2026 - 12:05 pm
SOU enacts spending restrictions amid cash-flow concernsFebruary 3, 2026 - 3:03 pm
Lyn Hennion, SOU friend and former trustee, passes awayJanuary 27, 2026 - 11:56 am
SOU seeking student fellows for new Community Resilience and Leadership programJanuary 22, 2026 - 9:30 am
Lithia Motors founders support athletics and academics at SOU
/in Recognitions, SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Ashland Oregon’s DeBoer family and their signature company, Lithia Motors, have been recognized for their generosity, which has made possible the completion of a new athletic pavilion at Southern Oregon University. Lithia and the DeBoers pledged $1 million to the project – named Lithia Motors Pavilion – and another $1 million to […]
SOU president leads in protection of immigrant and international students
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/Hofi8K) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University President Linda Schott continues to take a leadership role in support of immigrant and international students, serving as an early member of the new Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. The alliance – which was formed earlier this month and has quickly […]
SOU’s new Hornets to Raiders program prepares Hispanic students for college
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/n2MeKa) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s collaborative program to introduce Hispanic students to the promise of higher education – offered first in the Phoenix-Talent School District and then at Medford’s McLoughlin Middle School – has added a third venue. A “Hornets to Raiders” program began this fall at Hedrick […]
SOU athletic and recreation facility headed toward completion
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/JCprde) (Ashland, Ore.) — Construction crews have entered the home stretch toward completion of Southern Oregon University’s new Lithia Motors Pavilion and the adjacent Student Recreation Center, with the facilities’ opening date expected to be near the end of February. Andersen Construction of Portland began work on the 100,000-square-foot combined […]
SOU’s Christianson honored as AAAS Fellow
/in SOU NewsNEWS BRIEF (Ashland, Ore.) — Roger Christianson, an emeritus professor of biology at Southern Oregon University, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science – a prestigious honor that is bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. He was recognized for his “exemplary service as the AAAS Pacific Division […]
SOU’s Friday Science Seminar features fun fall experiments
/in SOU NewsNEWS BRIEF (available online at https://goo.gl/zGBMJE) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Friday Science Seminar for this week will feature “various marvels of chemistry,” as SOU Chemistry Club members demonstrate experiments that will light up pumpkins, freeze-dry marshmallows and wow the audience with interactive displays of scientific wonder. The seminars – community-oriented events held on […]
SOU student joins university’s Board of Trustees
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University student Shanztyn Nihipali has been appointed by Gov. Kate Brown and confirmed today by the Oregon Senate to serve on the university’s Board of Trustees. Nihipali’s two-year appointment is effective immediately. He succeeds Jeremy Nootenboom as the board’s student trustee – a voting position and full member of the […]
SOU bucks national trend by increasing 2017 enrollment
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/EkCqH3) (Ashland, Ore.) — Official fall term enrollment figures released by the state this week paint Southern Oregon University as an institution on the rise and an exception among universities nationwide. SOU posted gains in both the number of full-time equivalent students and actual headcount of students this fall, compared […]
SOU’s International Education Week includes U.S. Passport Application Day
/in SOU NewsNEWS BRIEF (available online at https://goo.gl/fyRnA8) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will observe International Education Week beginning next Monday with a variety of events to celebrate international student diversity and promote study-away opportunities. The week will culminate with an extra day with extended hours of U.S. passport services on Friday for SOU and local […]
SOU soccer players get more than a win out of conference tournament
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/a7kHHV) (Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University men’s soccer team, in just its third year of existence, had a weekend its members won’t soon forget at the Cascade Conference Championship in Eugene. They’ll remember winning the tournament, too. But it wasn’t their overtime win in tournament’s final game on […]