Longtime SOU Professor Edwin Battistella, author of several widely known books, retires this month after 22 years at the university. In this profile, he reflects on all he has achieved and what he is looking forward to next.
The Rotary Club of Ashland’s latest students of the month called “outstanding,” “uniquely motivated” by their teachers
On the second anniversary of the killing of Aidan Ellison, Ashlanders gathered for a candlelight vigil on South Mountain Avenue Wednesday evening. In front of a mural of Ellison, more than 100 people gathered to pay tribute to his memory, with some leaving flowers and holding candles, illuminating the portrait of the slain Black teen.
Cerebral palsy hasn’t kept an Ashland High senior from achievements such as earning straight As and dancing on the OSF stage. With the help of Sparrow Clubs USA, a Bend-based nonprofit with a Medford regional office, he and community partners are doing community service to “unlock” funds to help buy a wheeled chair-accessible van.
For Ashland photographer Christopher Briscoe, the war in Ukraine is more than a news story occurring on the other side of the planet. He summed up his experiences there by assembling a soon-to-be-published collection of his photos and essays.
The Rotary Club of Ashland named Ashland High School student Violet Hering Student of the Month at its Oct. 20 meeting. The Student of the Month designation is awarded to a student who exemplifies the Rotary values of truthfulness, fairness, commitment to good will, and beneficial outcomes to all.
Faith and a love of diversity prompted former OSF actress Shirley Patton to host a Ukrainian family in her home. “America’s greatest wealth is its people,” says the father of a Ukrainian refugee family now living in Ashland.
Photographer Christopher Briscoe was supposed to return to Ashland after spending time documenting the plight of Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Instead, he cancelled his ticket, got out of his “comfort zone” and crossed the border into war-torn Ukraine to find what stories his camera could capture.
An Ashland High School history teacher has lots of life experience with which to enrich his lesson plans as school begins again. Paul Huard is just back from a summer spent helping Ukrainian refugees in a Polish border town.
Carola Lacy of Ashland celebrates her 100th birthday today, Sept. 1, still active and engaged as she’s been nearly since her birth a century ago.
Longtime SOU Professor Edwin Battistella, author of several widely known books, retires this month after 22 years at the university. In this profile, he reflects on all he has achieved and what he is looking forward to next.
Senior-ranking Southern Oregon University faculty and staff who are already considering retirement in the next 18 months are being asked to make their decision official by Jan. 12 to lessen the estimated blow of upcoming cuts to rightsize the university from its projected $13 million to $14 million deficit by summer 2024.
Jim Hatton: “People tend to worship the material as if the material had power in and of itself. Nothing can be further from the truth.”
Chris Honoré: “How to possibly comprehend that after four years of observing the Trump administration, which I considered a train wreck, 74 million Americans still voted for him?”
The Havurah Synagogue will host a benefit concert featuring renowned pianist Alexander Tutunov, the Siskiyou Violins, and concert violinist Faina Podolnaya on Thursday, Dec. 15. Proceeds will benefit Ukrainian refugees now living in the Rogue Valley.
The authors of a natural history book about the Klamath Mountains will discuss the geological feature at a free talk from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Southern Oregon University Science Building, 1250 Ashland St., Room 151.
(It’s free)
