The academic prioritization process, which helps determine the fate of academic programs at Southern Oregon University, has been on the minds of faculty and staff members ever since the final reports were released in May. The academic prioritization report ranked 165 academic programs into quintiles of 33 programs each. Eighteen programs were less than two [...]
On the morning of June 3, Southern Oregon University’s students were not only greeted by the sunshine and the hustle and bustle of the beginning of Quiet Week, but by a phrase plastered all over campus in chalk – Bad Wolf. Was this the handiwork of graffiti artists? Rebels? Vandals? Indeed not – this was the [...]
Southern Oregon University’s 2013 commencement ceremony will take place Saturday, June 15 at 8:45 a.m. in the Raider Stadium. An expected 1,356 students will receive degrees and certificates at the event; 983 bachelor’s degrees, 225 master’s degrees, as well as an additional 101 academic certificates and 47 nursing degrees for students from Oregon Health & [...]
Morris Price could only describe the scent lingering in the concentration camp as “like burning of the flesh.” Price, a survivor of the Holocaust who was imprisoned in Auschwitz, Dachau, and numerous other ghettos, shared his first-hand experiences with the students, faculty and staff of Southern Oregon University at an event last Friday organized by [...]
Southern Oregon University German instructor Christiane Pyle and SOU student Nicole Neumann have organized an event in which Holocaust survivor Morris Price will share his incredible story via Skype on May 31 in the Britt Ballroom. Pyle’s upper division German class is currently learning about concentration camps, which is why she felt it would be [...]
It’s springtime at Southern Oregon University, which means Raider Days is coming up, beginning Tuesday, May 28 and going until Saturday, June 1. Organized by the Events, Planning and Involvement Committee as well as a group of 12 individuals from various groups on campus, Raider Days is an end of the year bash for students [...]
On Thursday, June 13 at 6 p.m., Southern Oregon University will be hosting its 10th consecutive Lavender Graduation Celebration in the Rogue River Room of the Stevenson Union. The purpose of the ceremony is to celebrate the lives and achievements of SOU’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, genderqueer, and allied students. Graduates will have [...]
Editor’s Note: This is a more unconventional review. Tyler and his friend Zach Marshall reviewed SOU’s production of Avenue Q in a conversation form. Hope you enjoy it. Tyler: So, we just came out of the theater. Zach, what are your initial thoughts? Zach: It was just about everything I expected it would be. I [...]
This year’s Relay for Life took place at Southern Oregon University’s Raider Stadium last weekend, uniting 37 different teams and 420 participants against a common foe, cancer. The 24-hour event opened with an inspirational ceremony, followed by the cancer survivor’s lap, the Luminaria ceremony, and the closing ceremony, in remembrance of the lives that cancer [...]
Have you ever wanted to improve the physical grounds of the Southern Oregon University campus, but never known where to start or who to talk to? The Civic Engagement Program’s second annual campus clean up event on Friday, May 23 might be just the thing for you. The purpose of the event is to prepare [...]