Southern Oregon University
Required Fees

(for full-time students; prorated for part-time students)

Matriculation Fee: $212 per term
What types of things get funded?

Matriculation Fees are assessed one time to all new and transfer students and fund admissions, advising, orientation, and academic support services.

Technology Fee: $62 per term
What types of things get funded?

Technology resource fees are used to purchase technology and support services that directly benefit students, such as the dial-in email system, software, computers, and system upgrades for the main computer lab, residence halls, and the library.

Who determines how the money is spent?

A committee comprised of students, faculty, and staff who make recommendations to the university administration.

Health Service Fee: $102.00 per term
What types of things get funded?

Health Service fees support student health services including counseling services, free office visits, health and wellness programming, and reduced pricing for services and products such as prescriptions, lab work, and special procedures.

Who determines how the money is spent?

Staff at the Student Health and Wellness Center, with student input from surveys and other devices.

Incidental Fee: $264.00 per term
What types of things get funded?

Programs funded include intercollegiate and club sports, clubs, multicultural unions, Siskiyou newspaper, theater arts and music department events, ASSOU, Stevenson Union operation. Over 70 programs all together.

Who determines how the money is spent?

The Student Fee Committee and 3 subcommittees, comprised almost entirely of student Senators and students at large, make a recommendation to ASSOU Student Senate.

Green Tag Fee: $8.00 per term
What types of things get funded?

The fee offsets 100% of SOU's energy consumption including electricity and natural gas used to power all university facilities.

Who determines how the money is spent?

The fee was established by the Green Energy Referendum and was approved by 85% of voting students.  The group "Students for a Sustainable Future" worked with SOU Facilities Management and Planning and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to calculate the amount of Green Tags necessary to offset the carbon dioxide production attributed to SOU's kilowatt-hour usage of electricity and included the carbon dioxide emitted by natural gas consumption.

Building Fee: $45 per term
What types of things get funded?

Meyer Fitness Center expansion;  ACCESS Center expansion; Stevenson Union expansion.

Who determines how the money is spent?

A committee made up entirely of students makes a recommendation to the university administration.

Health Insurance Premium: $26 per term
What types of things get funded?

The Basic Insurance Plan was adopted by the Associated Students of SOU as a way of providing a low-cost insurance plan for students registered for at least 6 credits.

How can I have more input into how these funds are spent?

• Vote in student government elections to help determine the people who will allocate these fees.
• Run for a senate seat yourself.
• Let one of your student senators know how you feel about how the money is allocated.
• Apply to sit on one of the fee committees.
• Come to a fee committee or senate meeting. They are open to the public and meeting dates are published in the Siskiyou newspaper.

Contact ASSOU (Student Government) for more information on getting
involved in the allocation of your fees and the governance of your university:

James K. Sours Student Leadership Office
Student Activities & Leadership Office:  552-6221, SU Room 312

Associated Students of Southern Oregon University
Stevenson Union Room 308
President & VP:  552-6653
Cabinet: 552-6655
Senate:  552-6028
 

http://www.sou.edu/su/assou/
(also accessible from the SOU Home page)

Southern Oregon University reserves the right to make changes as needed to this schedule of fees.

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