We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season, enjoy your break Raiders. School resumes on Monday, January 7, 2019, and our regular postings will resume then as well.

SOU wears the seasons so beautifully don't you think?

Another huge win out of the SOU Honors College! Maya Helms, one of our Honors scholars, has just been awarded an Undergraduate research assistant internship at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., where she will spend the next year before returning to SOU to complete her studies. We're proud of you, Maya!

Hey Raider Fam... it's here! The Snapchat Volunteer Ambassador sign up form is linked in this post. Feel free to fill it out and help us create some epic content for all of campus to enjoy! We will be choosing five volunteers to help us create new content weekly for the Winter and Spring quarters. All forms must be submitted by December 30th, Snapchat Ambassadors will be chosen and informed the following week. http://bit.ly/2U8MJq8

Cookies with the President! Take a break from your studies and pick up a sweet treat. Dr. Linda Schott will be in the SOU Hannon Library Rotunda at 12:30 pm with cookies, come by and chat! Happy finals week Raiders.

Cookies with the President tomorrow at 12:30 pm! Please join President Linda Schott in the SOU Hannon Library rotunda! 🍪

Calling all SOU peeps, this holiday season a group of students, staff, and on-campus organizations is teaming together to aid those who have been affected by the California wildfires. Now until the end of the term, you can help by donating items such as clothing and other essentials, which can be dropped off at the Office of Student Life. If you're interested in making a monetary donation, please email jonesm1@sou.edu for more information.

Hey Raider, we hope you've had a fantastic start to your academic year, here at SOU! We wish you the best of luck on your finals. -SOU Marketing P.S. The library is open 24 hours this week for SOU students.

Southern Oregon Higher Education Consortium, Part 2

Southern Oregon Higher Education Consortium, Part 1

ECOS is recruiting student volunteers, interns, and work-study positions to help with our upcoming events and on-going projects. We ask a 5-10 hrs/wk commitment for all positions throughout the winter quarter. Hours are negotiable depending on position and interests. Internships can be for credit (or not), and students with Federal Work Study awards are eligible for paid opportunities. For the list of positions available visit: http://bit.ly/2P8QS9J, Apply by December 5th!

Four southern Oregon colleges and universities announce new collaborative approach today. Livestream of announcement at 2 p.m., right here on SOUAshland Facebook page. Details right now at SOU News: bit.ly/HigherEdConsortium

This past August and September, five students, and one professor journeyed through the countries of Georgia and Azerbaijan, pedaling their bikes from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. Join these folks for a special presentation just for campus! This free event will include a slideshow and video about their adventure, research posters that draw from their theses, and refreshments.

Thursday, November 29
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Meese Auditorium, Art Building

Its been an excellent Fall term, week 10 is upon us and finals are next week, study up! 📚

Sharing can change the course of a life. Just ask our students!

Hey Raider Fam! We hope preparing for finals has been going well, here are a few helpful study tips we found, 1) take breaks regularly, 2) explain your answers to others. Have a great week!

Wishing you all a happy holiday, but we want to recognize the history behind this day, and for that, we honor indigenous peoples'. See you all on Monday, enjoy your extended weekend.

Hey Raiders: Have a great extended weekend this week! The campus is closed Thursday and Friday of this week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. See you next week!

Serious about comics? SOU alumnus Ted Adams is, and his story is at SOU News: bit.ly/ComicsSOU

‪Here are some wonderful pictures of the SOU Theater and JPR building dedication that took place on November 10th. ‬

BSU Soul Food Dinner: Feast-Worthy and Free! The SOU Black Student Union is hosting its annual Soul Food Dinner featuring macaroni and cheese, fried chicken, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, peach cobbler, and more classic dishes. Enlightening entertainment will include slam poetry, presentations by BSU members, and a brief history of soul food and its role in black culture. All are welcome, and a 5 dollar donation is recommended. We are also requesting canned good donations for the SOU Student Food Pantry. Happening on November 20th from 6-8:30pm in the SU Rogue River Room.

Childcare will soon be back at the former Schneider Children's Center site. We have it at SOU News: bit.ly/ChildcareSOU

HEY Raiders: We're on snapchat and want you to be our friends! Follow us @SOUAshland to see our SOU delegation at this year's Oregon Students of Color Conference. We will also be putting a call out for five Raider Snapchat Ambassadors, this volunteer position will help us create Snapchat exclusive content for all of our friends to see! Stay tuned and add us on snapchat.

Halloween flashback: Winners of SOU English program's "scary story" contest. Today on SOU News: bit.ly/ScaryStorySOU

Fall perfection next to Hannon Library. It will be gone very soon! 🍁🍂😍 -SOU Hannon Library