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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 Digital Cinema alum directs “Crew Experience”April 15, 2026 - 2:20 pm
Student voices, river stories: Amy Bowers Cordalis at SOUApril 14, 2026 - 12:40 pm
SOU, PSU collaborate on climate resilienceApril 13, 2026 - 12:04 pm
SOU One of Nation's Top LGBTQ-Friendly Campuses
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been named one of the 25 most LGBTQ-friendly campuses in the nation according to Campus Pride, the leading national educational organization for LGBTQ and ally college students and campus groups. Now in its seventh year, the Campus Pride Top 25 LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list highlights the most […]
SOU In the News: Aug. 15 – 21
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Mail Tribune – Crowdfunding Will Send Man Back to India: https://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150817/NEWS/150819761/0/SEARCH Daily Tidings – SOU Professor: Change in Thinking Needed to Combat Change in Climate: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150817/NEWS/150819845/0/SEARCH Daily Astorian – New Director for College Library (feature on SOU alumnus Luke Kralik): https://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150818/new-director-for-college-library Oregonian/Oregon Live – The Audacity of Julie […]
News Bachelor's Degree Approved for SOU
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) —Students attending Southern Oregon University have long had the option of pursuing a minor or concentration in creative writing. Beginning this fall, creative writing will be a major course of study as well, after the Higher Education Coordinating Commission approved a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree at SOU during its […]
SOU Welcomes Increase in Hispanic Teacher Candidates
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Recent research indicates the hiring of well-qualified minority teachers is a significant factor in closing the achievement gap experienced by minority students in primary and secondary education. If the students currently studying to become elementary school teachers in Southern Oregon University’s elementary education program are any indication, classrooms throughout the region may […]
SOU In the News: Aug. 7 – 14
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Daily Tidings – SOU Student Raising Funds to Help India Orphanage by Documenting It: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150807/NEWS/150809847/0/SEARCH The Guardian – What Motivates CEOs to Solve the World’s Big Social and Environmental Problems (Feature on SOU Professor Steve Schein’s new book): https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/aug/06/steve-schein-nike-spring-mattel-coca-cola-pope-francis-climate-change-encyclical-ecology Chronicle of Higher Education – In Assignment Group Work […]
SOU Launches New Sports Band
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) —Fans attending Southern Oregon University home football games this fall can expect an even more fun experience than in previous years: a sports band. Raider Band director, Travis Moddison, has already begun recruiting students. “The first home game is scheduled for September 12, so we need to have our members identified and begin […]
SOU TRiO Program Receives $1.3 Million Federal Grant
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University was recently notified that its TRiO program has been awarded a $1.3 million federal grant in order to continue operations on campus at SOU for the next five years. TRiO, which is part of the larger Success at Southern program, has been operating at SOU since 1994. The TRiO […]
SOU In the News: Aug. 1 – 6
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: Alaska Dispatch News – Hometown U: The New Kid in Town (feature on SOU alumnus Hunter Hewitt): https://www.adn.com/article/20150802/hometown-u-new-kid-town News on SOU Academic Programs: Daily Tidings – Signups for Fall OLLI Classes Accepted Through Friday: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150803/NEWS/150809952/0/SEARCH Miscellaneous News: KDRV – Schneider Children’s Center to Reopen: https://www.kdrv.com/news/local/Schneider_Childrens_Center_to_Reopen.html Daily Tidings […]
SOU In the News: July 25 – 31
/in SOU in the NewsSOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Features: JPR – Jefferson Exchange: Cascadia Quake Concerns Turn Up a Notch (SOU geologist Eric Dittmer featured): https://ijpr.org/post/cascadia-quake-concerns-turn-notch Daily Tidings – Ashland Physics Professor Says Greek Debt Deal Unsustainable: https://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150727/NEWS/150729839/0/SEARCH News on SOU Environment and Sustainability Initiatives: Daily Tidings – SOU Picked as Among Greenest Universities in the […]
SOU/OCDC Partnership to Keep Schneider Children's Center Open
/in SOU News(Ashland, Ore.) — The Schneider Children’s Center at Southern Oregon University (SOU) will remain open after an agreement was reached between SOU and the Oregon Child Development Coalition (OCDC). Through the partnership, an as-yet-to-be-determined number of seats at the center will be reserved for children who meet the age and income eligibility requirements of the […]