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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
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 to Hold Educator Job Fair
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) —Southern Oregon University will hold an Educator Job Fair on Saturday, April 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Rogue River Room inside the Stevenson Union on the University’s main Ashland campus. The fair is designed to provide an opportunity for schools and school districts across Oregon to meet and interact […]
SOU In the News: March 1 – 7
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: SOPTV – Jeffersonian: Jefferson’s Budding New Industry (Professors Echo Fields and Matt Vogel featured): https://www.soptv.org/jeffersonian-jeffersons-budding-new-industry/ Mail Tribune – Hannah Pearcey Named Miss Rogue Valley (Pearcey is an SOU student): https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160306/NEWS/160309747 News on SOU Academic Programs: NPR – Fixing a Broken Freshman Year: What an Overhaul Might Look […]
Legislature Approves Capital Funding for SOU Projects
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — The full Joint Ways and Means Committee of the Oregon Legislature has approved $3.5 million in bond funding for capital construction projects at Southern Oregon University. Votes of the House and Senate Chambers, and the Governor’s signature are expected to follow. “These capital projects will provide jobs in southern Oregon,” said Senator […]
SOU In the News: Feb. 23 – 29
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: The Atlantic – The Art and Science of Apologizing (features Professor Battistella): https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/how-to-apologize/470457/ KOBI – NBC5 Special Report: Political Controversy in Oregon (Professor Prakash Chenjeri featured): https://kobi5.com/news/nbc5-special-report-political-controversy-in-oregon-22462/ KGW – Climate Change May Help Oregon’s Wine Industry (Professor Greg Jones featured): https://www.kgw.com/money/business/climate-change-may-help-oregons-wine-industry/53328260 Capital Press – Oregon’s Cool-Weather Grapes Challenged […]
SOU to Present the Vagina Monologues
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Women’s Resource Center will once again present The Vagina Monologues. The 15th annual presentation of the play, which is based on the award-winning work of author Eve Ensler, will take place Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 3-5 at 7 p.m. in the Rogue River Room inside the Stevenson […]
SOU to Install New Natural Gas Boilers
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) —The Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees Finance Committee voted on Thursday to replace aging heating systems with updated natural gas boilers. The University had previously considered replacing its existing system with either biomass boilers or a biomass cogeneration facility. “The Finance Committee and SOU administration have been reviewing and closely examining the […]
SOU In the News: Feb. 16 – 22
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Mail Tribune – Rogue Tech Hub: Keeping IT Connected (Professor Pete Norquist featured): https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160218/NEWS/160219642/0/SEARCH News on SOU Academic Programs: Daily Tidings – University Exchange Student Program Participants Thrive: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20160215/NEWS/160219895/0/SEARCH News on SOU Fine and Performing Arts: Daily Tidings – Schneider Art Museum Family Day: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20160222/NEWS/160229989/0/SEARCH Daily […]
SOU to Host 2nd Annual Foreign Language Film Festival
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) —The Southern Oregon University Department of Foreign Languages will host its second annual Foreign Language Film Festival Feb. 26 and 27 on campus at SOU. The festival will feature six films in six different languages and is designed to get students and the community excited about and interested in foreign languages. “Though the […]
SOU In the News: Feb. 9 – 15
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Daily Tidings – Is City Hall a Teardown? (Professor Charles Lane featured): https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20160209/NEWS/160209864/0/SEARCH Oxford University Press – It’s Fine to Start Sentences with “And” (feature by Professor Edwin Battistella): https://blog.oup.com/2016/02/start-sentences-with-and/ News on SOU Academic Programs: Mail Tribune – SOU Archaeologists Will Study Bones from the Past: https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160215/NEWS/160219830/0/SEARCH […]
SOU to Host Social Justice Conference
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University Multicultural Resource Center, in partnership with the University’s Social Justice Committee, will hold its 3rd annual Social Justice Conference Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19 and 20. The conference, which is open to students and members of the local communities that SOU serves, is designed to educate, motivate, and […]