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SOU simplifies and broadens student aid options with ScholarshipUniverseAugust 20, 2019 - 11:59 am
Second annual Creativity Conference at SOU sets new benchmarkAugust 6, 2019 - 12:33 pm
SOU steps up as smoke moves inJuly 26, 2019 - 1:56 pm
SOU student’s documentary on recreational therapy hits the film festival circuitJuly 23, 2019 - 4:52 pm
SOU public safety officers to get code-violation training with APDJuly 18, 2019 - 8:39 am
Consortium of Southern Oregon colleges and universities work together on student successJuly 15, 2019 - 2:32 pm
SOU criminology professor completes ultra dream: Western States 100July 12, 2019 - 2:18 pm
Joel Gibson named Raider women’s wrestling head coachJuly 9, 2019 - 4:25 pm
SOU rated among top 20 public liberal arts institutions in U.S.June 27, 2019 - 2:57 pm
SOU introduces 100 percent online master’s programs in educationJune 21, 2019 - 10:10 am
Van Delden: Returning kindness with compassionJune 20, 2019 - 10:51 am
Pistole honored as NAIA Coach of the YearJune 19, 2019 - 5:26 pm
SOU student’s documentary on recreational therapy hits the film festival circuit
/in Student Life, The Arts /by mosleyj“Lodestar,” a short documentary film by SOU graduate student and Army Ranger veteran Paul Kirby, has a busy schedule on the film festival circuit. It has been selected for the St. Lawrence International Film Festival, the Miami Independent Film Festival, the 2019 Impact DOCS Awards, the First Time Film-Makers Review and the Digital Monthly Online […]
Pistole honored as NAIA Coach of the Year
/in Student Life /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University softball coach Jessica Pistole, who guided her team last month to SOU’s first-ever national championship in a women’s sport, was the NAIA Softball Coach of the Year on Wednesday. The fifth-year head coach has led the Raiders to three consecutive NAIA World Series appearances. This year’s team made it through the winners […]
Parade to celebrate SOU’s NAIA World Series champions
/in Student Life /by mosleyjSOU students and employees are encouraged to build time into their schedules, if practical, to attend today’s parade and celebration of the university’s national champion softball team. The Raiders won the NAIA World Series title last Wednesday in Springfield, Missouri. Today’s parade will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Mountain Street near the SOU Plunkett Center. […]
Raiders softball team returns to SOU as World Series champs
/in Student Life /by mosleyjThe SOU Raiders softball team, united all year in its focus on a national title, was returning to Ashland today in four separate groups after winning the university’s first championship Wednesday night in the NAIA World Series. SOU President Linda Schott, who was traveling in Mexico as part of the Ashland-Guanajuato Sister City delegation, said […]
SOU student overcomes immigration obstacles, succeeds academically
/in Student Life /by mosleyjMaria Belen Ruiz Gonzalez was 5 when she arrived in the United States on the Fourth of July 18 years ago, and she thought the fireworks over Portland were a celebration of her arrival. The SOU business major will observe Independence Day as a newly-minted U.S. citizen this year, nearly closing the loop on a […]
SOU wins 4th consecutive Cascade Conference All-Sports Championship
/in Student Life /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University will hang a Cascade Conference All-Sports Championship banner for the fourth year in a row, after landing at No. 1 in the final 2018-19 standings announced Thursday by the league office. The Raiders won conference titles in four sports – in men’s soccer and volleyball in the fall, and men’s track and […]
SOAR conference returns to SOU with 80-plus events in four days
/in Student Life /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon Arts & Research (SOAR) conference – an annual showcase of Southern Oregon University talents, interests and innovations – will begin Tuesday, May 14, and continue through Friday, May 17. The 12th annual forum will feature a film screening and discussion about citizen activists’ creative efforts to bridge America’s deepening divides; […]
SOU team continues to surprise the collegiate rowing world
/in Student Life /by mosleyjThe SOU Rowing Team, which burst onto the national scene as a rookie program two years ago, captured the gold medal in the women’s pair category a week ago at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Championships near Sacramento. SOU’s two-person crew of Kenna Tyler and Molly Beilstein won the 2,000-meter race by two boat-lengths against much […]
Earth Week at SOU packs in wide variety of events
/in Student Life /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s fifth annual, student-driven Earth Week celebration from April 15 to 20 will be all about awareness of important issues facing the planet – and celebration of efforts that are making a difference. Events will range from a “tea talk” about environmental justice and a “pollinator party” with local beekeepers, […]
SOU students renovate “Hypertext Hotel”
/in Student Life /by mosleyjEarly in the 2019 Winter term, Arellano enlisted two all-star EMDA students, Andrew Masek, and Quinn Jacobus, to model 3D rooms based on the original writing in the recovered HTML files. Masek and Jacobus have since created, in just 12 weeks, the first iteration of Hypertext Hotel – VR.