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New SOU Cybersecurity Certificate to benefit students, employersJuly 22, 2021 - 1:50 pm
SOU undergrad reaches for the stars with summer research at NASAJuly 13, 2021 - 1:24 pm
SOU’s International Creativity Conference returns – virtually this yearJuly 6, 2021 - 11:17 am
SOU among eight recipients of climate/social justice grants from Second NatureJune 29, 2021 - 2:40 pm
Smith to head SOU Division of Business, Communication and the EnvironmentJune 22, 2021 - 12:56 pm
SOU adds array of “micro-credentials” to enhance learning and career preparationJune 18, 2021 - 10:53 am
SOU Youth Programs brings spelling competition back to regionJune 11, 2021 - 1:34 pm
Celebration of life: Bill McMillanJune 8, 2021 - 11:26 am
SOU alumnus and former McNair Scholar to headline 2021 CommencementJune 7, 2021 - 2:24 pm
SOU expands online master’s degree programs in educationJune 1, 2021 - 12:33 pm
Williams and Raco named 2021 Outstanding StaffJune 1, 2021 - 10:09 am
SOU board begins search for new university presidentMay 28, 2021 - 12:41 pm
ASSOU election produces 2021-22 leadership team
/in SOU News, Student Life /by mosleyjBallots in the ASSOU spring election were counted Monday night and the slate of officers for the 2021-22 academic year will be headed by Phoenix Ramirez as student body president and Gabrielle Slyfield as vice president. The student leaders – including eight newly elected senators – will be sworn in June 8. Ramirez, a theatre […]
Earth Month in full swing at SOU
/in Campus News, Student Life /by mosleyjEarth Day – first observed nationwide in 1970 to tap an emerging environmental consciousness – has blossomed 51 years later into a full-blown Earth Month at SOU with a series of events, activities and programing throughout April for the campus community and beyond. This year’s Earth Month observance, organized by the Student Sustainability Team and […]
SOU team wins statewide hackathon
/in Student Life /by mosleyjA team of four SOU computer science students won first place out of 62 teams in a statewide “hackathon” last weekend after developing and coding a game they called “Laughing Stock” over two days. The HackOR event, held on a combination of online platforms, drew a total of 600 contestants with teams from institutions including […]
Prospective students lagging behind on financial assistance applications
/in Press Releases, Student Life /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — The Southern Oregon University financial aid office and Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission have an urgent message to anyone considering college this fall: the time is now to submit applications for public and private assistance that can help make higher education affordable. The HECC reported that the completion rate for Free Application […]
Honorarium recipients announced for Oregon Fringe Festival
/in Student Life /by mosleyjThis year’s Oregon Fringe Festival, which will take place online and feature outdoor art installations on the SOU campus, has selected recipients and awarded honorariums to seven artists worldwide whose work is boundary-breaking, unconventional, excites discussion and explores different perspectives of a held position, principle or belief. The festival will be presented by the Oregon […]
SOU rated at the top for eighth year in a row by Campus Pride
/in Press Releases, Student Life /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has been recognized for the eighth year in a row as one of the nation’s Top 40 LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities by Campus Pride, a nonprofit that supports and improves campus life for LGBTQ people on more than 1,400 U.S. campuses. SOU earned five out of five stars overall […]
SOU’s first-year cohort: diverse, smart and persistent
/in Press Releases, Student Life /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s 2020 cohort of first-year students is fairly evenly split between Oregon and out-of-state residents, much more diverse than either Jackson county or the state as a whole and has a wide variety of scholarly interests, with students in 19 academic majors. The freshman class of 570 – not including […]
Essential workers in SOU’s MBA Program share their stories
/in Student Life /by mosleyjJoan McBee, the department chair of the SOU School of Business, asked essential workers in her graduate program this spring to share their experiences on the department’s Facebook page. Their responses are bittersweet, highlighting the strength of people in crisis and the tragedy of COVID-19. “I know several students who are struggling to get their […]
Increased to-go options at The Landing to serve as model for fall term
/in Student Life /by mosleyjThe Landing – SOU’s convenience store connected to The Hawk Dining Commons – increased its spring term selection of grocery items and hot take-out meals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and limited operations at The Hawk. “These changes provide students the option for hot food when The Hawk is closed (and) the availability of […]
SOU coders create Mt. Shasta-themed games in Hackathon event
/in Student Life /by mosleyjShasta Networks, an Ashland-based leader in healthcare technology, teamed up this month with the SOU Computer Science Club and the Alan and Priscilla Oppenheimer Foundation to host SOU’s 2nd annual Hackathon. Students came together via Zoom for the April 4 event in which they created small coding projects in only eight hours using either Java […]