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2023-24 Catalog 
    
2023-24 Catalog

2023-24 Catalog


Administration

 
Richard J. Bailey, Jr.
  President of Southern Oregon University
Susan Walsh
  Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Gregory Perkinson
  Vice President for Finance and Administration
Janet Fratella
  Vice President of University Advancement and Executive Director, SOU Foundation
Toya Cooper
  Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Mission

Southern Oregon University is a regionally-engaged learning community committed to being the educational provider of choice for learners throughout their lives.

  • We inspire curiosity and creativity, compel critical thinking, foster discovery, and cultivate bold ideas and actions.
  • We achieve student success, professional preparation, and civic engagement through service excellence, evolving technologies, and innovative curriculum.
  • We foster access, equity, inclusion and diversity in thought and practice.
  • We prepare our learners to be responsible, engaged citizens in our democracy.
  • We promote economic vitality, sustainability, cultural enrichment, and social well-being in our region, the state, the nation, and the world.

Vision

Southern Oregon University will become an inclusive, sustainable university for the future that guides all learners to develop the knowledge, capacities, and audacity to innovate boldly and create lives of purpose.

SOU Values

  • The well-being and success of all learners
  • Critical thinking, discovery, and engaged learning
  • Equity, diversity, and inclusion
  • Creativity and collaboration
  • Excellence, continuous improvement, and accountability
  • A healthy, safe, and civil campus
  • Economic vitality and environmental sustainability
  • Improving our community, region, and world

Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity

Click Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement for the university policy on affirmative action/equal employment opportunity, and select Policy FAD .021.