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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
Plans paused for older adult living community at SOUJanuary 22, 2026 - 9:19 am
New book suggests transformation of education and educatorsJanuary 13, 2026 - 9:50 am
SOU grad’s beverage cooler idea pivots toward humanitarian useJanuary 5, 2026 - 10:05 am
SOU’s Saigo Multicultural Alcove rededicated
/in Campus News, LeadershipSouthern Oregon University recognized the importance of providing a diverse perspective with its recent rededication of the Drs. Roy and Barbara Saigo Multicultural Alcove in SOU’s Hannon Library. The collection, near the library’s third-floor lobby, was originally established during Roy Saigo’s tenure as SOU’s interim president and then president, from 2014 through August of 2016. […]
SOU campus weathers snow storm
/in Campus NewsThis week’s snow and freezing temperatures have resulted in all SOU classes, events and activities being canceled for two consecutive days, and also for a variety of events later in the week being postponed or canceled. Affected events include the women’s and men’s basketball double-header that has been moved from tonight to Wednesday night; the […]
SOU seeks development proposals for senior living
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has begun the process of identifying a private-sector partner for the construction and operation of a senior living center on a 4.3-acre parcel where a defunct dormitory complex is currently being demolished. A “request for qualifications” – an invitation for developers and operators of retirement facilities to submit proposals […]
SOU president receives contract extension
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey has been awarded a new, three-year contract – three years after taking the helm at SOU, steering the university through an organizational realignment and charting an entrepreneurial course forward. The SOU Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Friday to approve the new contract, which essentially extends […]
Demolition underway at SOU’s Cascade Complex
/in Campus News(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Cascade Complex, an obsolete cluster of nine residence halls and a cafeteria that have been largely unused since 2013, is being demolished over the next three months to make room for the anticipated development of a senior living center on the five-acre site at the southwest corner of campus. […]
Construction underway on SOU’s latest solar projects
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is making headway in its march toward becoming the first public university in the U.S. to produce all of the daytime electricity used on its campus, with more than $5 million in recent state, federal and student funding and multiple solar projects underway. SOU completed a rooftop solar installation […]
Funding in place for wildlife crossing with key SOU role
/in Academics, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — A total of $37 million in federal and state funding has been secured to build a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 south of Ashland, in a project that Southern Oregon University faculty and students have supported by monitoring wildlife patterns in the area. Oregon recently was awarded a federal grant of $33.2 […]
Klamath dam removal workshop at SOU fosters collaboration
/in Campus News, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University recently hosted the Klamath Dam Removal Research Collaboration Workshop, a follow-up seminar for the numerous groups and agencies working together on the world’s largest-ever dam removal and river restoration project. The November workshop brought together nearly 150 researchers, Tribal leaders and agency representatives to share information about ecological and […]
SOU Scavenger Hunt teaches academic skills to pre-college youth
/in AcademicsMiddle and high school students from across the southern Oregon region recently competed in the annual Scavenger Hunt event held by SOU’s Office of Youth Programs. Scavenger Hunt is a three-day academic “hunt,” in which students search for answers to clues provided by the hunt’s director, Jim Impara. Answers to the dozens of questions provided […]
SOU hires new Vice President for Finance and Administration
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Dr. Carson Howell, currently the Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services at 6,000-student Snow College in Utah, has been hired to join the leadership team at Southern Oregon University. Howell will begin work as SOU’s Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFA) on Feb. 18. “I am impressed with the dedicated […]