Extended Campus Programs

Extended Campus Programs Building
541-5526331
Barbara Scott, Director

SOU's Extended Campus Programs (ECP) develops and delivers a wide range of accessible and innovative programs that meet the academic, professional development, and personal enrichment needs of a diverse population in the southern Oregon region. ECP collaborates with University departments and faculty to provide accessible educational programs that are conveniently scheduled for both individuals and groups and are available on and off campus. ECP uses entrepreneurial strategies to expand access to SOU programs and to build on existing campus resources through selected partnerships with businesses, public institutions, and community organizations.

The major subdivisions within ECP include Summer Session, Medford Programs, and Distance Learning. ECP also manages the following programs:

Credit Programs: Continuing education credit courses; courses sponsored under contract with a school district, business, or organization; and high-school-to-college - transition programs (Advance Southern Credit and Early Entry).

Noncredit Programs: Community Education; SOU Youth Programs (Academy, enrichment classes, summer camps, and academic competitions); senior programs (Elderhostel, Senior Ventures, and Southern Oregon Learning in Retirement (SOLIR)); training (computers, project management, and organization development); arts enrichment classes; conferences; workshops; and special programs.

Complete schedules of these programs are published prior to each term in the following ECP publications: Programs for Academic Credit, Community and Youth Programs, and Career Development Programs. Schedules are available at SOU's Ashland and Medford campuses and are mailed upon request. This information may also be obtained at the Education and Resource Center located in the Rogue Valley Mall or at www.sou.edu/ecp.

Summer Session

Extended Campus Programs Building
541-5526331
Claire Cross, Director

Southern Oregon University offers a comprehensive Summer Session program of regular University courses, workshops, and institutes. Classes range in length from a weekend to eight weeks. Instruction is provided by University faculty, visiting scholars, scientists, educators, and other professionals. A Summer Session bulletin with scheduling and course details is published prior to summer term.

Medford Campus

229 North Bartlett Street
Medford, Oregon 97501
541-5528100
Vicki Purslow, Director

The University's Medford Campus provides offcampus students with access to many of the programs and services available on the main campus in Ashland. Degree completion and graduate programs are offered at various locations throughout Jackson County at times convenient for working students. The Medford Campus also schedules a broad range of noncredit courses and activities that offer personal enrichment, strengthen job skills, and provide recreational activities.

Classrooms, distance-learning facilities, computer labs, a bookstore, registration and fee payment, advising, and other student services are available at the Medford Campus. Computer lab facilities are open to all SOU students at no charge and to the public for a small fee. More than 1,500 students enroll in both credit and noncredit classes in Medford each term.

Distance Learning

Extended Campus Programs Building
541-5526331
Pat Bentley, Director

The Distance Learning Program uses various distributed learning strategies, including videoconferencing, the Internet/Web, videotapes, and television to offer students access. Courses are scheduled regularly in Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Coos Bay, Roseburg, Gold Beach, Lakeview, and elsewhere as requested. Details about these courses are available in the Programs for Academic Credit schedule, which ECP publishes before the fall, winter, and spring terms, or at the following Web site: www.sou.edu/ecp/distlearn.

International Programs

Stevenson Union 303
541-552-6336 / chambers@sou.edu
Keith Chambers, Director

The International Programs Office coordinates and promotes international activities and involvement by students and faculty. There are many ways to add an international dimension to studies at the University. With nearly 150 foreign students on campus, there are approximately 40 countries represented at the University. International activities include language and culture courses, participation in the International Students Association, involvement in international forums, and a special campuswide international event each spring.

Study Abroad

Many graduates consider the time they spent studying or working abroad one of their richest college experiences. This is easily arranged and enables students to live overseas while earning college credit. For details, see printed catalog page 163.

International Student Advisor

Stevenson Union 303
541-552-6660 / yockeyj@sou.edu
Jen Yockey, International Student Advisor

The international student advisor corresponds with prospective students about admission requirements, financial arrangements, housing, visa questions, and other topics. Once the students are on campus, the international student advisor connects them with an appropriate academic advisor and ensures a successful transition to life at SOU. The international student advisor meets with students throughout the year as needed and helps coordinate social events and other activities. International students are encouraged to remain in close contact with the international student advisor during their tenure at the University.

Lecture Series

The following endowed lecture series chairs have been established through the SOU Foundation's capital campaign drives:

School of Business

Ashland Daily Tidings Chair in Advertising

Endowed by the Albany Democrat Herald newspaper and the Capital Cities Foundation. Advertising industry leaders conduct workshops and lead discussions on contemporary issues in advertising.

Glenn L. Jackson Chair on Business Ethics

Endowed by Cynthia Ford in memory of her father, Glenn L. Jackson. Business leaders bring to the campus and community a higher level of awareness of current ethical problems in the national and international business environment.

Tyran Chair on the Free Enterprise System

Endowed by Ben and Jeanne Tyran. Leaders speak about the opportunities provided to the individual by the free enterprise system and its benefits to society.

School of Arts and Letters

Thomas W. Pyle First Amendment Forum

Established through an endowment from the Medford Mail Tribune and named after longtime SOU professor of journalism Thomas Pyle. Recently funded through the Frank J. Van Dyke Endowed Chair of Professional Ethics. Speakers address issues related to the First Amendment, with particular emphasis on the rights of free press and speech.

School of Sciences

Kieval Lecture Series

Endowed by Harry S. Kieval. Speakers address broad, popular aspects of mathematics that are attractive to undergraduates and the general public. Speakers meet with students and faculty informally in addition to giving two to four public lectures.

Nursing

John and Nora Darby Chair

Endowed by the John and Nora Darby Heart Fund. Established to link the southern Oregon community with nationally recognized experts in the area of cardiovascular disease prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. The lectures are for the campus community, health care providers, and the general public.

Betsy LaSor Lectureship

Endowed by friends and family of Betsy LaSor. Includes annual seminars and colloquia by prominent nursing leaders, who provide perspectives on key contemporary health care issues for nurses, nursing students, other health care professionals, and the general public.

School of Social Science, Education, Health and Physical Education

Daniel Meyer Memorial Chair

Endowed by Al and Margaret Meyer. This chair provides for two annual health enhancement lecture series, one series emphasizing health-related fitness areas, the other focusing on drug and alcohol education.

Florence Hemley Schneider Chair

Endowed by William and Florence Schneider. The charge of this chair is to demonstrate the ability of the social sciences to improve social decisions by empowering individuals. Speakers are encouraged to meet with students in small workshops in addition to their public lectures.

Interdisciplinary

Frank J. Van Dyke (Honors) Chair

Endowed by friends of Frank J. Van Dyke. Experts in the field of professional ethics discuss the concepts of ethics and how they apply to teaching and education, medicine, science, research, technology, and social and corporate responsibility.

National Student Exchange

Stevenson Union, SU 324
541-552-6221
Anita Caster, Coordinator

The National Student Exchange Program (NSE) offers currently enrolled SOU students the opportunity to attend one of more than 160 colleges and universities across the United States at resident tuition rates. NSE placements extend for a maximum of one year and are open to students in their sophomore or junior years. This is not a transfer program; students are expected to return to the SOU campus at the end of their placement. To be eligible, students must have at least a 2.5 grade point average. Applications are due in February for the following academic year.

Shakespeare Studies

Britt 125
541-552-6904
Alan Armstrong, Director

In collaboration with University resources, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and a national network of leading Shakespeare scholars, the Center for Shakespeare Studies develops and delivers programs that connect the academic study of Shakespeare with theatrical performance, as demonstrated in the Shakespeare Studies minor (see Interdisciplinary Minors on page 153). Varying in scope from the local to the national, center projects serve SOU students, middle and high school students, teachers, Shakespeare scholars, and playgoers.

Since 1987, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has supported Shakespeare in Ashland: Teaching from Performance, the center's national summer institute for secondary teachers. Other annual events include a symposium on the festival's spring Shakespeare play, a Shakespeare-on-film lecture series, and community education Shakespeare courses. Each year, 3,000 students enroll in the center's Shakespeare programs for visiting school groups. These programs include lectures on Shakespeare and Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre; exhibitions of Renaissance music, dance, and costume; and performance workshops.

Western Undergraduate Exchange

The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program enables students in fourteen participating states to enroll in designated programs at selected public colleges and universities at special tuition rates. Tuition for WUE students is regular in-state tuition of the institution the student will attend, plus 50 percent of that amount.

The following states are participating in the 2002 - 03 WUE program: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Non-Oregon residents from WUE states who would like to attend Southern Oregon University under WUE may apply for a WUE scholarship from the University Admissions Office for the following SOU BA/BS programs only: anthropology, art, business (accounting; marketing; management; or hotel, restaurant, and resort management), business-chemistry, business-math, business-music, business-physics, chemistry, communication (journalism, human communication, or media studies), computer science, criminology, economics, English, environmental studies, geography, geology, health and PE, history, interdisciplinary studies, international studies, language and culture (French, German, or Spanish), mathematics, music, physics, political science, sociology, and theatre (design and technical emphasis only). Contact Admissions for selection criteria and an application.