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SOU Ashland's Earl Hills and his soft hammer

Earl Hills, a map forward and the hammer

A middle school teacher, a working class past and the quiet labor of keeping a community together when everything breaks. It was 2020, the year the Rogue Valley felt like it was ending. Earl Hills was in his early forties, sitting alone with a laptop, staring at a grid of middle school faces on Google […]

SOU Ashland's Liz DeFranco receives a lollipop
New trustees appointed to SOU Ashland board
The Farm at SOU Ashland

SOU Campus News

New trustees appointed to SOU Ashland board
The Farm at SOU Ashland
SOU Ashland limits spending
Lyn Hennion, former member of SOU Ashland Board of Trustees

Academic Stories

SOU Ashland's Earl Hills and his soft hammer
Civics course by SOU Ashland's Prakash Chenjeri
New book for educators by SOU Ashland's Renee Owen
Open textbook program at SOU Ashland

Alumni Spotlight

SOU grad's Cold Connect cooler keeps vaccines cool
New SOU Ashland program in Ghana funded by Matt and Ella Essieh.
SOU Ashland alumni awards recipients
Solar energy project approved by students at SOU Ashland

Student Life

SOU Ashland Board of Trustees member Micelle Fuentes
Criminology & Criminal Justice students from SOU Ashland

SOU in the Arts

Creative Industries will be consolidated at SOU Ashland
SOU Ashland graduate Thilini Dissanyake stars in "Earnest" at OSF
SOU's Worth Harvey Pipe Organ is 50 years old.

Awards & Recognitions

SOU Ashland's Liz DeFranco receives a lollipop
SOU Ashland's Dennis Slattery
Sheila Clough and husband Chris at Ashland Chamber of Commerce awards dinner
SOU Ashland alumni awards recipients

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SOU News is your comprehensive source of timely news and information about the university and its programs and people. We produce stories from reader-submitted material and aggregate relevant news from other sources on campus. This is a hub from which readers can learn about SOU, its noteworthy events and the remarkable accomplishments of its students, faculty, staff, and alumni. If it’s news about SOU, you’ll find it here.