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mosleyj2026-02-17 15:09:362026-02-17 15:09:36Six trustees appointed and confirmed to SOU Board
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mosleyj2026-02-17 11:52:232026-02-17 11:52:23Winter workshops: student-led learning at The FarmSOU Campus News
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mosleyj2026-02-17 15:09:362026-02-17 15:09:36Six trustees appointed and confirmed to SOU Board
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mosleyj2026-02-17 11:52:232026-02-17 11:52:23Winter workshops: student-led learning at The Farm
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mosleyj2026-02-03 15:03:322026-02-05 12:13:42SOU enacts spending restrictions amid cash-flow concerns
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mosleyj2026-01-27 11:56:022026-01-27 11:56:02Lyn Hennion, SOU friend and former trustee, passes awayAcademic Stories
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mosleyj2026-03-03 12:11:292026-03-03 12:12:42Earl Hills, a map forward and the hammer
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mosleyj2026-02-10 14:01:272026-02-10 15:24:29SOU civics course included on select national list
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mosleyj2026-01-13 09:50:552026-01-13 09:50:55New book suggests transformation of education and educators
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mosleyj2025-11-18 11:06:552025-11-18 11:06:55Open textbook report: 11,000 SOU students, $1.9 million savedAlumni Spotlight
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mosleyj2026-01-05 10:05:132026-01-05 10:05:13SOU grad’s beverage cooler idea pivots toward humanitarian use
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mosleyj2025-10-27 10:31:122025-10-27 11:01:39Gift from SOU alumni leads to partnerships in Ghana
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mosleyj2025-09-30 11:36:422025-09-30 11:36:42Four to receive annual SOU alumni awards
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mosleyj2025-07-17 15:59:372025-07-17 15:59:37SOU students step up for solar energy projectStudent Life
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mosleyj2026-01-22 09:30:022026-01-22 09:30:02SOU seeking student fellows for new Community Resilience and Leadership program
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mosleyj2025-04-17 08:57:242025-04-17 08:57:24SOU student joins Board of Trustees
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mosleyj2025-04-11 12:37:522025-04-11 12:37:52SOU Criminology & Criminal Justice class visits historic UK sites
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mosleyj2025-03-31 15:06:282025-03-31 15:06:28Global Innovation Scholars unite to serve U.S. and Mexican businessesSOU in the Arts
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mosleyj2025-08-05 13:44:522025-08-11 12:42:14Creative Industries project gains legislative funding
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mosleyj2025-05-12 12:57:382025-05-13 15:14:12Recent SOU alumna stars in OSF production of “Earnest”
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mosleyj2025-04-09 13:07:432025-04-09 13:07:43SOU professor presents “Raising Aniya” West Coast premiere at AIFF
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mosleyj2024-08-13 13:29:152024-08-13 13:29:15SOU’s 50th anniversary celebration of its pipe organAwards & Recognitions
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mosleyj2026-02-27 13:24:272026-02-27 13:24:27“Lollipop Moments” celebrate faculty & staff
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mosleyj2026-02-04 12:05:582026-02-04 12:05:58SOU’s Slattery receives community service award
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mosleyj2025-10-07 10:56:472025-10-07 10:56:47SOU board chair receives highest Chamber honor
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Earl Hills, a map forward and the hammer
/in AcademicsA 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 […]