In the face of recently discovered accounting mistakes leading to over $1 million in changes to the 2023-24 fiscal-year budget for Southern Oregon University, President Rick Bailey delivered a candid assessment Monday: the university can and should do better.
The Southern Oregon University University Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Monday, Aug. 28, to review its budget in light of what the state legislature approved in the session that ended in June, but a key member of the SOU leadership team that crafted its multi-year “realignment” budget plan won’t be there.
Heather Yandell is off the streets and opening new doors to her future, including the front door to her new apartment. After navigating countless challenges as a homeless person pursuing a higher education degree, and thanks to her own determination and the generosity of others near and far, Yandell, thanks to a housing scholarship, moved into an apartment at the end of June.
Based on its initial reading of Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action in higher education, Southern Oregon University leadership said the ruling won’t change the diversity of its student population.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the White House student debt relief program will have a wide effect in Oregon. About 500,000 Oregonians qualified for the program, and by late last year when the court halted applications about two-thirds with student debt had applied.
More than 1,300 students received their diplomas Saturday in Raider Stadium at Southern Oregon University’s 97th commencement ceremony.
More than 1,300 students will receive their diplomas when Southern Oregon University celebrates its 97th commencement ceremony at Raider Stadium, beginning with a processional at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, June 17.
Southern Oregon University will receive $1 million from the Oregon Department of Energy to add additional solar power infrastructure to its campus, according to a news release. The current solar projects will increase SOU’s generating capacity to about 16 percent of the electricity it uses on campus.
A bill moving through the Oregon Legislature would grow the number of Southern Oregon University graduates trained to provide mental and behavioral health treatment in a region where help can be hard to come by.
Entre Amigos: Two professors and nine business administration students from the University of Guanajuato arrived in Ashland Saturday for a week of collaboration with SOU students, analyzing and evaluating three small businesses in the Ashland area.
Obituary: Margaret McCartney died Dec. 4 at 83. Memorial services are planned for 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 11, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 N. 2nd St., Ashland.
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has announced plans to offer free opioid overdose reversal kits to middle and high schools throughout the state. Ashland Superintendent Samuel Bogdanove shared his support for the increase in availability of Narcan, the brand name for a device that delivers naloxone, to Oregon schools, including in Ashland.
With local rescue groups still overflowing with cats and kittens, those wishing to bring home a new family member for the holidays will have opportunities to do so on two upcoming December weekends. On Saturday, Dec. 9, Ashland-based Friends of the Animals (formerly Friends of the Animal Shelter) will partner with Feral Cat Advocacy (FCA), Melly Cat Rescue, and Hero Tails Animal Sanctuary for a Feline Fair at the Rogue Valley Mall.
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.
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