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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
SOU’s Small Business Development Center offers business workshop
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (online at https://goo.gl/TAQZak) (Medford, Ore.) — The Small Business Development Center at Southern Oregon University’s Higher Education Center in Medford will host a free, one-hour workshop on “The Art of Buying or Selling a Business” at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15. The workshop will be held at the Higher Education Center, at […]
SOU in the News: Nov. 29 to Dec. 5
/in SOU in the NewsMedia coverage and relevant mentions of Southern Oregon University for the most recent week SOU student, alumni, faculty and staff news and features Oregon OR AmericanTowns.com • Dec 4 City, SOU recognized by bicyclist league: SOU recognized by national organization as a Bicycle Friendly University KOBITV NBC5 • Dec 1 SOU offering “instant admission” […]
SOU offers “Working in the Wine Industry” course to community
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (online at https://goo.gl/UBbptO) (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is making one of its winter term courses available to the public. “Working in the Wine Industry” will be offered for credit to admitted SOU students, and will be available at a special tuition rate as a non-credit class for community members who are not […]
SOU in the News: Nov. 22 to Nov. 28
/in SOU in the NewsSOU student, alumni, faculty and staff news and features Mail Tribune (Nov. 22) – Pendleton Woolen Mills to open an outlet in the Rogue Valley Mall; Joan McBee, chair of the SOU Business Department, discusses the Pendleton brand and how it fits in the mall. https://goo.gl/3W6DwV Capital Press, Salem (Nov. 23) – California-based Jackson Family […]
SOU joins ranks of bike-friendly universities
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University joined 163 other visionary colleges and universities around the country today when it was recognized as a Bicycle Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists. SOU was recognized at the “silver” level of the league’s four-tiered system for bicycle-friendly designation. Only 23 institutions were recognized at […]
SOU Workshop to Help Small Business Owners
/in SOU NewsNEWS RELEASE (online at https://goo.gl/jhw10V) (Medford, Ore.) — An event to be offered this Friday in Medford will be aimed at local entrepreneurs who love creating and owning their businesses, but could benefit from improved understanding of their enterprises’ finances. The Southern Oregon University Small Business Development Center (SOU SBDC) will present the workshop, “Understanding Financials […]
SOU in the News: Nov. 15 to Nov. 21
/in SOU in the NewsSOU student, alumni, faculty and staff news and features Chinook Observer of Long Beach, Wash. (Nov. 15) – Weather patterns in the Western U.S. have been a month ahead of the calendar for most of 2016, with the amount of rain and snow that fell during October anywhere from 150 percent to 400 percent of […]
Record number expected for SOU Preview Day
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — About 600 high school students are expected to be on the Southern Oregon University campus on Friday (Nov. 18) for Preview Day, the institution’s main Fall Term college visitation event for prospective students. Currently, the record number of Preview Day attendees is the 469 who visited during last year’s event. Preview Day […]
SOU in the News: Nov. 8 to Nov. 14
/in SOU in the NewsSOU student, alumni, faculty and staff news and features KDRV-TV 12 and similar story on KOBI-TV 5 (Nov. 7) – Counseling services through the SOU Student Health and Wellness Center are available for students who were affected by the murder of 20-year-old Avi Feldman at a house party early Sunday morning in Ashland. https://kobi5.com/news/remembering-avi-feldman-39599/ The […]
Veterans and the SOU Community
/in SOU NewsNEWS BRIEF (Ashland, Ore.) — On Veterans Day, some pertinent notes about veterans and Southern Oregon University: SOU’s Veterans Resource Office will host a Veterans Day Reception at noon today in the Rogue River Room of the Stevenson Union. Speakers will include SOU President Linda Schott. A total of 247 of the 6,200 students at […]