Southern Oregon University

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Southern Oregon University is a university in Ashland, Oregon. Founded in 1926 and formerly known as Southern Oregon State College. The university is known for its criminology, environmental studies, Shakespearean Studies and theatre arts programs. It is also the headquarters for Jefferson Public Radio.

Bachelors and master's programs are offered through the School of Arts and Letters, the School of Business, the School of Sciences, School of Education, and the School of Social Science, Health & Phys Ed.

SOU is home to public access Rogue Valley Television.

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[edit] Degrees Offered

Southern offers over 35 majors and 100 programs. Individual Departments offer practicum credit, research, and internships.

[edit] Graduate Programs

  • MA/MS in Elementary Education
  • MA/MS in Secondary Education
  • MA in Teaching
  • MS in Environmental Education
  • Master in Management
  • Master in Business Administration (MBA)
  • Master in Applied Psychology
  • Master in Music
  • MA/MS in School Areas
  • MA/MS in Arts and Letters
  • MA/MS in Environmental Science
  • MS in Environmental Education

[edit] Bachelor's Degrees

[edit] Associates Degrees

[edit] Certificates

[edit] School of Business

[edit] School of Social Sciences

  • Certificate in Applied Cultural Anthropology
  • Certificate in Applied Finance and Economics
  • Certificate in Cultural Resource Management
  • Certificate in Native American Studies

[edit] Minors

[edit] Activities on Campus

There are many clubs, groups, and larger organizations working under the advice and guidance of the Student Activities and Leadership Office. These groups include clubs for the majors that SOU offers, hobbies, sports, music, as well as continued support for multiculturalism focused by the Multicultural Coalition. Additionally, there is a Newman Center for Roman Catholic students, the Latter Day Saint Student Association, and several Protestant organizations, such as the Campus Crusade for Christ to the Bible Club.

Student activities and support are also supplemented by a number of resource centers on campus. The Women's Resource Center, Non-Traditional and Commuter Resource Center, and the Queer Resource Center all provide services, resources, and events to their respective communities.

[edit] Athletics

The school's sports teams are called the Raiders (its mascot is the Red Tailed Hawk). They participate in the NAIA and in the Cascade Conference; for football, SOU is an NAIA independent, in Wrestling SOU competes in the NAIA west Regional, they have won the National Wrestling Championship four times in 1978, '83, '94, and 2001.

[edit] Culture and Recreation

Ashland is home to the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival with an annual repertoire of 11 Shakespearean and non-Shakespearean plays that run from February through October, and to the Ashland Independent Film Festival. In nearby historic Jacksonville, the Britt Music Festivals provide classical and popular music concerts. Ashland is also known for a monthly art gallery walk known as "First Friday" and is also home to the Schneider Museum of Art.

Outside magazine rated SOU 20th on a list of U.S. universities, based on recreational opportunities.[1] Mount Ashland offers winter sports from snowboarding to downhill and cross country skiing. Crater Lake is two hours away. Mount Shasta, a 14,162 foot volcanic member of the Cascade Range, is approximately an hour away. The Rogue, Klamath and Illinois Rivers offer fishing, white water rafting and kayaking. Klamath Lake, about 90 minutes away, offers some of the best birding in the continental United States.

[edit] Residence Life

There are several Residence Halls on campus, as well as family housing complexes.

  • The Cascade Complex is built around the Cascade Food Court. It consists of: Baker Hall, which houses only students 21 years or older (it is a 14 hour quiet hall); Cedar Hall; Diamond and Emerald Halls, which are drug and alcohol free; Forest Hall, which has a community kitchen; Glacier Hall; Hawthorne Hall, which is a multi-cultural hall; and Ivy Hall, a 24 hour quiet hall. All the halls in the Cascade Complex are smoke free.
  • The Greensprings Complex consists of four halls, designated as A, B, C, D. Only students 20 years old and younger are allowed to stay in the Greensprings Complex.
  • The oldest residence hall on campus, Susanne Homes (affectionately called Suzy by those who live there) was built in the 1940's.
  • The newest residence hall on campus is the Madrone Apartment complex. The rooms are set up in quad style apartments. Each "quad" consists of four bedrooms, two bathrooms (one shower and either one bathtub or one ADA compliant shower), and one kitchen/living room area. The Madrone Apartments opened in September of 2005.
  • The Old Mill Village is a complex of apartments specifically for students attending SOU who have families. The university also has houses available to qualified students.

[edit] Famous People

SOU Professor Emeritus Lawson Inada was named Oregon Poet Laureate in 2006, a post that has been vacant since poet William Stafford vacated the post in the early 1990's. SOU Music Department alum Brett Watkins has won a number of national and international piano competitions and prizes. SOU's Shea Washington was named NAIA Basketball Player of the Year in 2006.

[edit] Past Presidents


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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Outside University". Outside. Retrieved 2006-05-05.

[http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200309/200309_college_towns_4.html


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