Exploding gummy bears, self-carving pumpkins, elephant toothpaste and plumes of fire from erupting chemical reactions, oh my! Students and members of the public filed into the Science Auditorium on Friday afternoon — not for a lecture, but for the annual “Fall into Chemistry” live demonstration at Southern Oregon University.
Southern Oregon University is part of a consortium of 11 colleges and universities across the country that will use a new, $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to plan and host three regional workshops intended to advance research enterprises at primarily undergraduate institutions.
Southern Oregon University’s Digital Cinema program last week launched a fundraising campaign to raise $18,000 to help pay for two signature projects. The crowdfunding campaign is only open for contributions through Thursday, Nov. 30.
The application for participants in Oregon Fringe Festival, a multi-day event celebrating “bold, innovative, and outrageous creativity in the arts,” is live, according to a news release.
Soccer fans especially, take note: A play now at Southern Oregon University is for you and anyone with an interest in the greater themes that can be found in women’s sports. SOU Theater presents their first production of the academic year “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe. The show has five of its eight performances left, wrapping up on Sunday, Nov. 19.
SOU’s Veterans Resource Center, on the third floor of the Stevenson Union, has received Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs grant money since 2020, using over $126,000 from the agency to expand programming for veterans and even spruce up its resource center, bringing in new amenities like a massage chair.
Entre Amigos: The Ashland Amigo Club will offer the community its sixth annual Guanajuato Nights dinner and auction to raise funds for University of Guanajuato and Southern Oregon University exchange student scholarships. The fundraiser will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in the Rogue River Room of the Stevenson Union building on the SOU campus.
Fall term enrollment at Southern Oregon University is showing a strong rebound, with the institution’s largest freshman class since 2018, the university announced Friday. The number of new freshmen at SOU increased this fall by 15.1% compared to a year ago, while the number of incoming transfer students is up by 10.6%. Overall, the student headcount is 162 higher than that of last fall — a 3.4% gain to a total of 4,889.
Southern Oregon University has hired Andrew Kenneth Gay, a professor and chair of Communication, Media & Cinema, as director of SOU’s new School of Arts & Communication, a role which also includes overseeing the Oregon Center for the Arts at the university. Gay has worn many professional “hats” since joining the SOU faculty in 2014, including his current appointment to the SOU Board of Trustees.
Southern Oregon University is continuing to aim for sustainability on its campus, including in its vehicle fleet. SOU on Tuesday announced it has added two hybrid (gasoline-electric) pickups, in addition to the completing two new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to serve residents at Student and Family Housing.
Dozens of area residents ushered in a spirited first night of Hanukkah on Thursday, gathering on the Ashland Plaza late Thursday afternoon to light the first flames on the menorah.
Charles “Al” Huth: We can expand our potential to build true knowledge by altering what we spend time focusing on in our daily lives. In short, search for the Truth.
Herbert Rothschild: Apparently, Kissinger insisted on recording practically every word he said. His aides later commented that he needed to keep track of which lie he told to whom.
On a 4-2 vote, the Ashland City Council on Tuesday approved the first of two required readings of an ordinance to control time, place and manner of camping in Ashland. The ordinance will control occupation of public spaces and enforce behavior, rather than status, and does not seek to punish those who are homeless, the acting city attorney told the council.
Andrew Gast, general manager of the Mt. Ashland Ski Area, had hoped that this Saturday would be opening day for skiing this season, but he admitted defeat on Thursday, despite the latest snowstorm. Things are now day to day, while he, a couple hundred employees and untold numbers of skiers wait for more snow.
Oregonians who packed a legislative hearing on the state’s addiction crisis and flooded the Legislature with passionate testimony this week have vastly different viewpoints, but on one thing they agree: The status quo is not working. Some want to repeal Measure 110, the state’s voter-approved drug decriminalization law. Others say it needs to be tweaked.
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