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Oregon’s poet laureate to speak at SOU Friends of Hannon Library eventApril 17, 2019 - 10:01 am
SOU Research Center smoke survey shows mixed viewsApril 16, 2019 - 8:00 am
SOU’s Student Recreation Center celebrating first birthdayApril 15, 2019 - 2:49 pm
HECC gives green light for launch of Digital Cinema degree at SOUApril 11, 2019 - 10:57 am
Earth Week at SOU packs in wide variety of eventsApril 10, 2019 - 9:20 am
Promising students sought for SOU McNair Scholars ProgramApril 9, 2019 - 8:00 am
SOU and Universidad de Guanajuato pledge to build upon 50-year friendshipApril 8, 2019 - 2:33 pm
SOU community invited to Guanajuato lecturesApril 4, 2019 - 10:19 am
SOU Native American Student Union’s spring powwow returns to campusApril 2, 2019 - 9:58 am
Surprise! SOU’s Rousell discusses the brain, dopamine and change at TEDxApril 1, 2019 - 8:00 am
Ashland, SOU mark 50 years of Guanajuato “sister” relationshipsMarch 26, 2019 - 3:40 pm
SOU’s Lithia Motors Pavilion/Student Recreation Center strikes LEED GoldMarch 20, 2019 - 8:00 am
March 1 deadline approaches for more than 600 OSAC scholarships
/in Press Releases, Student Life /by mosleyj(Salem, Ore.) – The Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC) of Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission is encouraging Oregon students to apply for privately funded scholarships at OregonStudentAid.gov by the March 1 deadline. Oregon students may explore more than 600 privately funded scholarships and apply for as many as 40 with a single application. There […]
SOU groups to screen “Highway of Tears” documentary
/in Student Life /by mosleyjSOU’s Native American Student Union and the Women’s Resource Center have partnered to offer a Jan. 16 screening and discussion of the documentary film “Highway of Tears: Preventing Violence against Women.” The event will begin at 6 p.m. in Room 330 of the Stevenson Union. The film examines the effects of generational poverty, residential schools, systemic […]
SOU’s Rotaract service club quadruples fundraising goal
/in Press Releases, Student Life /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Overachievement is becoming a thing for Southern Oregon University’s fledgling Rotaract Club. Most recently, the club’s student members set a fund-raising target of $1,000 for the ShelterBox disaster relief organization – and quickly quadrupled their goal. “The Rotaract Club made over 300 origami 16-point stars to raise money for ShelterBox,” said club […]
ECOS offers student positions for Winter Term
/in Student Life /by mosleyjSOU’s Ecology and Sustainability Resource Center (ECOS) has openings for a variety of volunteer, intern and work-study student positions for Winter Term. Students applying for any of the positions are asked to commit to between five and 10 hours per week of work. Options for Winter Term include an Earth Week planning member, a Dish […]
SOU holds study away fair, celebrates International Education Week
/in Student Life /by mosleyjThe Southern Oregon University Study Away Fair, a one-stop shop for those who want to learn more about study-away options, will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Stevenson Union Gallery (Room 323). Students, faculty, staff and others are invited to the free event, which is part of SOU’s observation […]
SOU Veterans’ Day event recognizes those who have served
/in Student Life /by mosleyj(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University will observe Veterans’ Day in a celebration on Monday, Nov. 12, of the men and women who have served and sacrificed in the interest of peace and justice. The SOU’s event will be from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in the Rogue River Room of the Stevenson Union. Medford City […]
SOU president urges support following national tragedies
/in Student Life /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University President Linda Schott called upon the campus community today to support one another in the wake of hate-motivated shootings during the past week in a Pittsburgh synagogue and at a Kentucky grocery store. “These and other acts of targeted violence leave us all feeling raw, and more reliant than ever on the […]
SOU lands 46 on Academic All-Cascade Conference team
/in Student Life /by mosleyjForty-six Southern Oregon University student-athletes from the Raiders’ fall sports teams received Academic All-Cascade Conference honors, CCC Commissioner Rob Cashell announced Tuesday. To earn the distinction, a student-athlete must have been enrolled at their current institution for at least one year and reached sophomore academic standing with a minimum institutional grade-point average of 3.2. SOU’s […]
Measles shots are part of the first-year experience
/in Student Life /by mosleyjFirst-year students at SOU and other state colleges and universities in Oregon have something important to remember before beginning their second term: they must provide proof of measles vaccination, or a legal exemption. The Oregon College/University Immunization Law, adopted by the legislature in 2014, requires proof of hard measles (rubeola) immunization for all full-time students. […]
SOU first in Oregon to accept “Real Food Challenge”
/in Press Releases, Student Life /by mosleyjSouthern Oregon University officially joined other universities across the country in working toward sustainable food practices when President Linda Schott signed the “SOU Real Food Campus Commitment” this morning. “I just want to say ‘thank you’ to all who will be doing this work on behalf of the university,” the president told a group of […]