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SOU faculty members co-author book on transgender experiencesSeptember 29, 2025 - 9:26 am
SOU’s Horstman makes Golf Digest listSeptember 23, 2025 - 2:02 pm
SOU expands solar and energy resilience footprintSeptember 15, 2025 - 3:37 pm
Fiscal year 2025 among best for SOU philanthropySeptember 10, 2025 - 3:05 pm
SOU Digital Cinema named to national Top 30August 29, 2025 - 8:38 am
SOU receives grant to develop accessible tourismAugust 25, 2025 - 11:42 am
Creative Industries project gains legislative fundingAugust 5, 2025 - 1:44 pm
SOU announces plan to rebuild itself in response to fiscal crisesAugust 5, 2025 - 11:29 am
SOU to facilitate AG’s town hallAugust 4, 2025 - 2:55 pm
SOU biologist receives NSF grant for grasshopper researchJuly 28, 2025 - 8:52 am
SOU students step up for solar energy projectJuly 17, 2025 - 3:59 pm
Where curious minds gather: OLLI at SOU Open HouseJuly 17, 2025 - 11:05 am
Hospital CEO to join SOU Board of Trustees
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/9LtvdF) (Ashland, Ore.) — Sheila Clough, the chief executive officer of Asante Ashland Community Hospital, has been appointed by Gov. Kate Brown to fill the 15th seat on the Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees and was confirmed today by the Oregon Senate. Clough has served as CEO of the […]
SOU Student Health and Wellness Center granted three-year accreditation
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/vPbi9m) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Student Health and Wellness Center has been re-accredited by the largest certifying agency in the U.S. for student health centers and other ambulatory health organizations. The three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care differentiates SOU’s medical and mental health center […]
Fire ecologist to speak at SOU about community resilience to fire
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/aBeLbn) (Ashland, Ore.) — University of Washington fire ecologist Susan Prichard will discuss the need to include managed fire as a tool to ease the threat of catastrophic wildfires in a presentation on Thursday, May 4, in the Southern Oregon University Science Auditorium. Her talk, “Becoming Fire Adapted: Community & […]
U.S passport application services available at SOU
/in SOU NewsNEWS BRIEF (available online at https://goo.gl/igFqnX) (Ashland, Ore.) — An officially designated Passport Acceptance Facility, operated by the Office of International Programs at Southern Oregon University, has been in operation for the past two years and is open to everyone in the community. The passport facility is located in Room 322 of SOU’s Stevenson Union […]
SOU to host 40th annual Oregon Indian Education Association conference
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/8Ot59R) (Ashland, Ore.) — The Oregon Indian Education Association’s 40th annual conference, to be held April 20 and 21 at Southern Oregon University, will feature a special presentation by tribal attorney Tara Houska, the national campaigns director for Honor the Earth and Native American affairs advisor last year to Democratic […]
SOU’s daylong Arbor Day 2017 celebration
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/SW2CyB) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Landscape Services Department will continue its commitment to sustainability by hosting its annual Arbor Day event on Friday, April 14, featuring a new, guided botanical tour. The virtual guided tour will include more than 100 different and unique trees – each with a […]
SOU unveils unique MBA in Arts Administration program
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/TBTcTg) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University continues to set itself apart in arts education, currently with the introduction of a one-of-a-kind MBA degree in Arts Administration that opens numerous career paths for students in the performing and visual arts. The program is currently accepting students. Undergraduate students can earn […]
SOU Earth Week: a call to action
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/vt0Ic5) (Ashland, Ore.) — A broad range of activities that fit within the theme “A Call to Action” will be highlighted during Southern Oregon University’s second annual and student-driven Earth Week celebration from April 15 through 23. Events will include film screenings, an educational fair, an anti-pipeline rally and a […]
Well-known environmental scholar to discuss the future of water in SOU visit
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/pTPjoW) (Ashland, Ore.) — Nationally recognized environmental law scholar and author James Salzman will visit Southern Oregon University on Monday, April 10, to address a topic of relevance to everyone on Earth: “The History (and Future) of Drinking Water.” Salzman points out that people have fought over water sources since […]
Recent SOU graduate’s capstone project is documentary on opiate addiction
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (video news release available at https://youtu.be/36GBjVPPOxM) (Ashland, Ore.) — Kyle Simpson’s journey from enrollment to graduation has been a little longer and more difficult than those of most Southern Oregon University students. He spiraled into an opioid addiction during his first two years, left school and was arrested after returning home to Southern […]