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SOU Native students bring voices to Oregon CapitolJune 23, 2026 - 9:45 am
SOU celebrates 100th CommencementJune 15, 2026 - 12:13 pm
JPR reporters honored with journalism awardsJune 8, 2026 - 2:44 pm
SOU students win best poster at high speed computing symposiumJune 1, 2026 - 2:18 pm
Campus community’s student worker appreciationMay 29, 2026 - 9:15 am
SOU’s Kaiser releases book on Shakespeare’s canonMay 28, 2026 - 11:58 am
SOU’s 21st annual Student Film FestivalMay 26, 2026 - 12:42 pm
SOU hosts cybersecurity camp for high school studentsMay 22, 2026 - 9:00 am
SOU students sweep in Microsoft competitionMay 19, 2026 - 9:51 am
SOU’s Cherstin Lyon joins conversation with Pulitzer winner Rick AtkinsonMay 11, 2026 - 3:04 pm
Two SOU alumni author second book for educatorsApril 29, 2026 - 10:19 am
SOU-led “computational thinking” team presents papersApril 27, 2026 - 2:44 pm
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 […]
SOU announces new Vice President for Finance and Administration
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/etkYBp) (Ashland, Ore.) — Greg Perkinson, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel who currently manages a nationwide program for The Boeing Company with a $100 million annual budget, has accepted an offer to become Southern Oregon University’s new vice president for finance and administration. He will start with the university […]
Inaugural Oregon Arts Medallion goes to Medford’s James Morrison Collier
/in SOU NewsNEWS BRIEF (available online at https://goo.gl/ikzPhh) (Ashland, Ore.) — The inaugural Oregon Arts Medallion, presented by Southern Oregon University’s Oregon Center for the Arts, was awarded today to local arts patron James Morrison Collier in recognition of his widespread philanthropy in support of local arts organizations. Collier – who taught English in Delano, Calif., before […]
Annual SOU Botanical Tour to begin with Friday launch party
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (available online at https://goo.gl/PUeioZ) (Ashland, Ore.) — A launch party on Friday for Southern Oregon University’s Botanical Tour will introduce a fully web-based tour option that includes 107 GPS coordinates for trees located across the university’s 175-acre campus, along with a printed tour brochure. The current version of SOU’s tree tour is the […]
SOU seeks input on future direction
/in SOU NewsNEWS BRIEF (available online at https://goo.gl/Gvd7k4) (Ashland, Ore.) — Alumni of Southern Oregon University and other interested community members are being asked again to share their thoughts as the university enters the home stretch on a plan that will shape SOU’s future and how it serves students and the region. Hundreds of responses were received […]