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.
David Humphrey: Supporting the arts in Ashland, particularly its public art, is a crucial endeavor. The arts not only enhance the natural beauty of our town but also allow for artistic expression and commercial enterprise to thrive.
Dancing, singing and ceremonial drums were undaunted by cloudy skies and light rain as several hundred people from across Oregon celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day at Southern Oregon University on Monday. This was the sixth official observance by SOU since 2019.
An Oregon state trooper shot and killed a cougar in an Ashland backyard Thursday afternoon. The cougar attacked a cat at the residence on Glendale Avenue earlier in the day, then returned. About an hour and a half later, the decision was made to kill it.
Helicopters will be carrying logs out of the forest above Ashland seven days a week beginning Thursday, April 18, according to a city announcement. The work will start above Walker Avenue in Siskiyou Mountain Park. After one week the helicopters will move to the top of Granite Street and work in the lower Ashland Watershed for two weeks.
The city’s three grants for housing and human services programs don’t usually line up in one year, said Linda Reid, Ashland’s Housing Program Specialist. But this year, the Ashland City Council had the opportunity to award hundreds of thousands of dollars to various nonprofits and agencies in one night.
Southern Oregon University has partnered with a local low-cost health care provider to operate its student health center next year. La Clinica will take over the student health clinic’s operations effective Sept. 1, in time for fall term.
More than 2,000 community members gathered over the weekend for Southern Oregon University’s 31st annual powwow. The event, hosted by the school’s Native American Student Union at the Lithia Motors Pavilion, is known as the largest student-led event on campus. The event spanned both Saturday and Sunday, with grand entries Saturday afternoon and evening and again mid-day Sunday.
Interim City Manager Sabrina Cotta and Emergency Management Coordinator Kelly Burns made the case to Ashland City Council on Monday that the demands of homelessness services have reached beyond the capacity of city staff.
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