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SOU to host official memorial service for William Thorndike, Jr.March 12, 2025 - 3:02 pm
SOU participants make a splash at regional sustainability conferenceMarch 11, 2025 - 9:05 am
SOU alum returns to screen Klamath River filmMarch 11, 2025 - 8:19 am
SOU enters partnership to support survivors of gender-based violenceMarch 10, 2025 - 2:08 pm
Look and feel of Inside SOU website to changeMarch 3, 2025 - 2:36 pm
SOU embraces Behavioral Health InitiativeFebruary 28, 2025 - 8:20 am
Rogue Buzzway gardens grow with SOU partnershipFebruary 25, 2025 - 1:01 pm
SOU freshman joins Board of TrusteesFebruary 18, 2025 - 1:51 pm- SOU loses friend and mentor with passing of Bill ThorndikeFebruary 18, 2025 - 9:26 am
SOU’s Saigo Multicultural Alcove rededicatedFebruary 11, 2025 - 10:59 am
SOU campus weathers snow stormFebruary 4, 2025 - 12:32 pm
SOU seeks development proposals for senior livingJanuary 23, 2025 - 11:57 am
Earth Day to be celebrated April 21 at The Farm at SOU
/in Campus News, Student LifeEarth Day to be celebrated April 21 at The Farm at SOU Southern Oregon University and community partners will celebrate Earth Day at The Farm at SOU from 3:30 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 21, by offering exhibits, live performances, an electric vehicle showcase, bike rodeo, art, food trucks and more. Earth Day has […]
SOU’s ROTC program honors WWII Bataan marchers
/in Academics, Student LifeSouthern Oregon University’s ROTC program paid respect to – and drew inspiration from – one of the most notorious incidents of World War II’s Pacific Theater when 19 cadets and cadre participated recently in the Bataan Memorial Death March 2023 – a 26.2-mile “ruck” with 35-pound backpacks from Central Point to the SOU campus. SOU’s […]
Faculty Spotlight Podcast: SOU’s Alena Ruggerio
/in Academics, Student LifeSOU, RCC collaborate in regional “Innovation Jam”
/in Student LifeParticipants will form teams and invent solutions to “some of the region’s most pressing problems,” including sustainability and environmentalism, in an Innovation Jam on Saturday that features SOU and RCC students, and is overseen by business leaders, innovators and educators from around Oregon. The event, co-hosted by Invent Oregon, is a regional collegiate competition that […]
New Sustainability Collective serves fun, sustainability and SOUPS
/in Student LifeA new group of passionate activists is meeting weekly at SOU to create sustainability initiatives, write magazines, bond over shared interests, listen to music, and make friends over soup and banter. The Sustainability Collective gets together at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Stevenson Union’s Social Justice & Equity Center. The Sustainability Collective’s aims are […]
Partnership offers SOU students real-time access to counselors
/in Press Releases, Student Life(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University has begun winter term with a new partnership to provide real-time, 24-hour-per-day access to professional counselors who can support students through anything from mental health crises to everyday concerns. The university has joined a growing list of educational institutions to work with the human resources firm LifeWorks to offer […]
SOU student maintains passion for agriculture
/in Student LifeNo two SOU students are alike in all ways, but Abigail Rademacher may be among the least typical. For starters, she is now an economics major at SOU, a medium-sized liberal arts university – and has a passion for agriculture and livestock, having transferred from a large ag school. But Rademacher stands out even among […]
SOU Veterans Day events honor and celebrate service members
/in Student LifeThe Veterans Day holiday falls on a Friday this year, and Southern Oregon University will bookend the day with two events – a flag-raising ceremony to take place on Thursday, followed by festivities at Saturday’s football game. SOU will be closed in observance of the national Veterans Day holiday on Friday, Nov. 11. It is […]
Business After Hours for student opportunities
/in Student LifeMore than 20 local employers will be on hand to talk with students about potential internships and career possibilities when the SOU business faculty and the Accounting Students’ Association host their annual Business After Hours event from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in the Stevenson Union’s Rogue River Room. The networking event […]
SOU Esports hosts community night and game preview
/in Press Releases, Student Life(Ashland, Ore.) — The Esports Hub at Southern Oregon University’s Student Recreation Center is hosting a community game night from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday to preview the unreleased alpha version of a local video game development company’s new product. The event, a partnership with SunSpear Games of Medford, will feature the fantasy game “IMMORTAL: […]