Southern Oregon University

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SOU president in Salem on Tuesday for university’s first lobby day

Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey, along with an entourage of Raider representatives, plan to be in Salem on Tuesday, March 4, for SOU’s first lobby day of its own at the state capital. SOU is among the state’s seven public universities asking for a collective $1.275 billion for the Public Universities Support Fund.

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Books

SOU’s Saigo Multicultural Alcove rededicated

SOU recognized the importance of providing a diverse perspective with its recent rededication of the Drs. Roy and Barbara Saigo Multicultural Alcove in SOU’s Hannon Library. The collection was originally established during Roy Saigo’s tenure as SOU’s interim president and then president, from 2014 through August 2016.

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Events

Verdi’s Requiem comes to SOU Recital Hall March 15-16

The combined forces of Southern Oregon University’s Concert and Chamber choirs, Medford-based Rogue Valley Chorale, a professional chamber orchestra, and four nationally known soloists convene for 3 p.m. performances of Verdi’s Requiem Saturday, March 15, and Sunday, March 16, at SOU Recital Hall.

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SOU freshman joins Board of Trustees

Southern Oregon University freshman Ryan Goodrich, a business administration student who graduated from North Medford High School, has been appointed by Gov. Tina Kotek and confirmed by the Oregon Senate to serve on the university’s Board of Trustees.

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Ashland School District

Anxious local schools face federal funding threats

Federal threats to stop funding campuses that support diversity programs have sent shock waves through Southern Oregon University and Ashland schools. A majority of students at SOU rely on federal grants to help cover tuition, and roughly two-thirds of the school’s $65 million general fund budget is derived from federal dollars.

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Bill Thorndike Jr. remembered as community titan, treasured friend

Family, community members and longtime friends of Medford native Bill Thorndike Jr. were collectively at a loss for words over the weekend at the sudden loss of a man they say had a hand in nearly anything good to happen in Southern Oregon for much of the past half-century. Thorndike, 71, suffered a heart attack early Saturday morning, just following a Valentine’s Day spent with his wife, Angela Thorndike, at a family cabin on Whidbey Island in Washington’s Puget Sound.

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Level Up: Conversations across communities to make change

How to collectively think about big problems and discuss them across lines of difference — a lot to learn in 50 minutes, but that’s what students, faculty, and staff at Southern Oregon University, along with Ashland community members, did Wednesday afternoon. 

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