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Campus survey to help steer expansion of EV charging stationsMay 22, 2023 - 1:47 pm
Fifth year of Creativity Conference at SOU to unfold this weekMay 16, 2023 - 9:08 am
SOU’s Aiki Deguchi: An academic voyagerMay 15, 2023 - 12:31 pm
Civil rights theorist Ian Haney Lopez to speak at SOUMay 9, 2023 - 1:18 pm
SOU-Guanajuato collaborations expand with Global Innovation ScholarsMay 9, 2023 - 10:33 am
Arbor Day celebrated at SOUMay 2, 2023 - 12:20 pm
Occidental College professor to lecture on identity of American democracyMay 2, 2023 - 11:57 am
Earth Day exceeds expectations at The Farm at SOUApril 26, 2023 - 3:12 pm
Faculty Spotlight Podcast: SOU’s Precious YamaguchiApril 25, 2023 - 2:23 pm
SOU hosts middle and high school Brain BowlApril 25, 2023 - 10:15 am
SOU Board of Trustees approves realignment planApril 25, 2023 - 9:00 am
Ashland and SOU partner with nonprofit for EV carshareApril 18, 2023 - 11:39 am
It’s February – food drive time at SOU
/in Campus News, Student LifeIt’s February, and at Southern Oregon University that means it’s time to support students who may have issues with food insecurity. President Rick Bailey recently appealed to SOU employees to donate this month during the Governor’s State Employee Food Drive, in which all food and funds gathered at SOU support the Student Food Pantry’s operations […]
SOU celebrates Campus Sustainability Month
/in Student LifeSouthern Oregon University will participate in Campus Sustainability Month throughout October. The annual event, hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), celebrates higher education sustainability achievements while raising awareness of the value of sustainability in higher education. To celebrate and kickoff a new year of sustainability advancements, students and […]
Boarding School Healing project comes to SOU
/in Student LifeSOU’s Native American Student Union and Native American Studies program are working together to honor and recognize the victims of 150 years of residential and boarding school assimilation and erasure practices by hosting an interactive art display at various campus locations. The display – currently inside the Stevenson Union – is intended to bring awareness […]
SOU to host international residence hall conference in 2022
/in Leadership, Student LifeSouthern Oregon University will make a bit of history next June, becoming the smallest institution to host the annual conference of the National Association of College and University Residence Halls. The conference, held each year since 1954, typically attracts between 1,000 to 2,500 participants, but here’s the hitch: the organization has announced that the 2022 event will be held remotely. “With the […]
ASSOU election produces 2021-22 leadership team
/in SOU News, Student LifeBallots 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 LifeEarth 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 LifeA 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(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 LifeThis 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(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 […]