Have you been thinking about expanding your skills as a writer but have trouble figuring out where to start? Well this summer Southern Oregon University is launching a program to help people in similar situations, it’s called the Institute for New Writing/Ashland. The INWA will focus on three different genres: fiction, noir literature and poetry. [...]
On Wednesday Southern Oregon University President Mary Cullinan held a State of the University Address at the Stevenson Union to discuss SOU’s latest events and undertakings. “On our work toward a vision of SOU as a distinctive, destination campus, we’ve been focusing on four words: collaboration, community, creativity and adventure,” Cullinan said. SOU has been [...]
The 6th annual Southern Oregon Arts and Research conference is fast approaching, providing an opportunity for Southern Oregon University students and faculty to show off the work they’ve been doing over the past year. Here’s a quick overview of the conference events: Tuesday, May 14 Opening ceremonies between 12:30 to 1 p.m. Lab [...]
This Wednesday, author and journalist Brent Walth will give a lecture at Southern Oregon University about the legacy of the former Oregon Governor Tom McCall, as part of a series of McCall Centennial events sponsored by the Oregon Historical Society. March 22, 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of McCall, “regarded by many [...]
On Thursday, Feb. 28, Southern Oregon University hosted a guest lecture in the Rogue River Room of the Stevenson Union on the subject of gendered online harassment, specifically in the video gamer community. The lecture was given by Anita Sarkeesian, a media critic and creator of the video blog “Feminist Frequency” and the video series [...]
Southern Oregon University’s School of Business sponsored a three-speaker lecture to a packed audience Monday as part of “Exploring Happiness,” SOU’s ongoing Campus Theme series. The well-attended presentation, entitled “The Business of Pursuing Happiness,” featured a range of perspectives on the relationship of happiness to business, each speaker representing in their turn the profit, non-profit and [...]
On Monday, Feb. 25, another lecture for this year’s campus theme series “Exploring Happiness” will be held at 5 p.m. in the Meese Room of the Hannon Library located on the Southern Oregon University campus. Presenters for the lecture, entitled “The Business of Pursuing Happiness,” include Amy Cuddy, program officer for the Oregon Community Foundation, [...]
The United Nations Club of Southern Oregon University and Ashland Peace House sponsored a two day conference Wednesday and Thursday entitled “Debunking the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Understanding Islam, Islamophobia, and the Middle East,” a conference that featured speakers from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. “We’ve been planning this event for several months. We tried [...]
Woody Tasch, the founder and chairman of Slow Money, a nonprofit micro-financing organization, will be speaking about micro financing and food entrepreneurship next Thursday, Feb. 21, at 12:30 p.m. in Southern Oregon University’s Music Recital Hall. Tasch, the former chairman of the Investor’s Circle, a network of over 200 angel investors and venture capitalists, founded Slow Money [...]
Southern Oregon University’s United Nations Club, in coordination with the Ashland Peace House and many other campus organizations, will be hosting a two-day event next week discussing Islam, Islamophobia, and the current state of affairs in the Middle East. The event, co-sponsored by Amnesty International, will take place on Feb. 13 and 14 in the [...]