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SOU launches largest-ever fundraising campaign with $100 million goalOctober 22, 2026 - 10:52 am
Survey seeks input on higher ed future in OregonOctober 20, 2026 - 12:45 pm
SOU undergrad Elliot Glenn gets hands-on cybersecurity experienceOctober 20, 2026 - 12:13 pm
Four SOU alumni to receive annual awardsOctober 20, 2026 - 11:38 am
SOU faculty members co-edit new book on conflict in creative industriesOctober 13, 2026 - 7:27 am
SOU takes first steps in Ghana relationshipsOctober 5, 2026 - 11:03 am
CRL Student Fellows program celebrates first yearOctober 5, 2026 - 5:17 am
SOU to participate in exclusive wellbeing collaborativeSeptember 29, 2026 - 12:05 pm
SOU Board member Everson named First CitizenSeptember 14, 2026 - 10:01 am
Legislative Emergency Board approves SOU allocationSeptember 14, 2026 - 7:49 am
Graduate student appointed, current members reappointed to SOU BoardSeptember 14, 2026 - 7:40 am
Oregon House Speaker tours SOU campusSeptember 1, 2026 - 10:52 am
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 […]
SOU In the News: Feb. 2 – 8
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Daily Tidings – Teaching the Teachers: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20160201/NEWS/160209980/0/SEARCH Mail Tribune – ‘Big Craig’ Left Imprint on Valley: https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160202/SPORTS/160209950/0/SEARCH Mail Tribune – Dick’s Sporting Goods to Build 89,000-Square-Foot Medford Store (Professor Joan McBee featured): https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160202/NEWS/160209961/0/SEARCH KOBI – Friends and Fellow Teammates Mourn the Loss of SOU Student: https://kobi5.com/news/local-news/friends-and-former-teammates-mourn-the-loss-of-sou-student-21043/ Oxford Dictionary […]
SOU Selected for National First-Year Experience Initiative
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University today announced its selection by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) to participate in the three-year “Re-Imagining the First Year of College” (RFY) project, a sweeping initiative aimed at transforming the first year of college to enhance students’ success in their undergraduate years and in the […]