Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in the January 2009 edition of The Byline, the student newspaper of Rogue Community College. Edited and republished with permission. Filling out scholarship applications can be a demanding and tiring process,…
Year: 2013
Looking to build that resume? The Rogue Journal can help with that
Southern Oregon University students who want to get a head start on decking out a resume that will get them into grad school are invited to participate in the school’s new Rogue Journal of Undergraduate Research. The RJUR is an…
Rethinking SOU: Cullinan on the House model – “we’ve got to do this right”
As a core group of Southern Oregon University faculty members develop a new approach to 21st century higher education practices, one of the biggest challenges is the question of logistics. How are they going to make the Houses program work?
Op-ed: students, faculty, staff and administration represent SOU at Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference
By Winston Friedman, Ecology Center of the Siskiyous co-director On the last day of January and the first of February students, faculty, staff, administrators, industry and community members from every corner of Oregon including seven representatives from SOU met at…
Raiders Clinch Regular-Season Sweep of OIT with 72-53 Win
ASHLAND – With Bob Riehm Arena packed to capacity, the Southern Oregon men’s basketball team claimed its third win of the season over archrival Oregon Tech, knocking off the Owls 72-53 in Cascade Collegiate Conference action Saturday night. A raucous…
Rethinking SOU: how the House model impacts your education
This year Southern Oregon University will start its long journey to becoming a more sustainable and distinctive campus by implementing an original “House” model to eventually replace the university’s traditional style of offering general education requirements.
SOU professors look at depictions of Native Americans in communist cultures
Have you ever heard of a Native American chief named Winnetou? Head of the Apache and Mescalero tribes, he was a great warrior and owner of the famous Silberbüchse, a double-barreled rifle decorated in silver studs. Together with his blood…
Women’s Basketball Features a New Star This Season at Point Guard
ASHLAND – The Southern Oregon University women’s basketball team has an up and coming star in Ashley Claussen. The 5’ 6” freshman from Scotts Valley, California currently leads the Raiders in three-point field goal percentage, shooting 53 percent on 32…
Presentations for executive director of Marketing to be held the next two weeks
Southern Oregon University is looking for a new executive director of Marketing, and will be holding presentations in the coming weeks where the three candidates competing for the position can present their qualifications. The university is looking for an individual…
Rethinking SOU: do we need the House model?
Finding students who want to attend Southern Oregon University is not difficult. But keeping them on campus past their freshman year has become an enrollment problem. According to SOU President Mary Cullinan, about one third of students will leave SOU before their sophomore year.