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SOU Digital Cinema alum directs “Crew Experience”April 15, 2026 - 2:20 pm
Student voices, river stories: Amy Bowers Cordalis at SOUApril 14, 2026 - 12:40 pm
SOU, PSU collaborate on climate resilienceApril 13, 2026 - 12:04 pm
Historic Red Cross selection for OHSU nursing student at SOUApril 6, 2026 - 10:09 am
SOU OK’d to use federal money advancing energy resilienceMarch 31, 2026 - 2:46 pm
SOU AI work presented to exclusive organizationMarch 30, 2026 - 11:01 am
SOU School of Business faculty engage students at DECA ConferenceMarch 5, 2026 - 10:36 am
Earl Hills, a map forward and the hammerMarch 3, 2026 - 12:11 pm
“Lollipop Moments” celebrate faculty & staffFebruary 27, 2026 - 1:24 pm
Six trustees appointed and confirmed to SOU BoardFebruary 17, 2026 - 3:09 pm
Winter workshops: student-led learning at The FarmFebruary 17, 2026 - 11:52 am
SOU civics course included on select national listFebruary 10, 2026 - 2:01 pm
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: […]
Raider Up: President’s podcast, episode 2
/in Leadership, Student LifeSOU Earth Month features Earth Day Extravaganza and more
/in Campus News, Student LifeSouthern Oregon University and community partners are offering an “Earth Day Extravaganza” and a packed schedule of events during the last two weeks of April in observation of Earth Month 2022. Opportunities to learn, take action and celebrate will take place both on campus and in the community April 19 through 29. Environmental and social […]
SOU president launches podcast for ongoing conversation with students
/in Leadership, Student LifeSOU student selected as TRIO-SSS 2022 OTA Fellow
/in Student LifeThe Oregon TRIO Association (OTA) recently selected TRIO-SSS student Whillamina Wise of Southern Oregon University as its 2022 OTA Fellow. She participated in the Council for Opportunity in Education Policy Seminar as Oregon’s representative last week in Washington, D.C. The OTA Fellow’s main responsibility is to encourage funding for TRIO and hear stories of how […]