http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/rss.php Dr. Mary Cullinan, SOU President en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:08:34 PST Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:08:34 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog http://www.sou.edu/president/images/rss-icon.jpg http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/ presidentsoffice@sou.edu webmaster@sou.edu http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog037.html
In April, SOU and Ashland hosted guests from the University and the City of Guanajuato to celebrate the first half of our 40-year partnership. Late next week, delegations from SOU and the City of Ashland will celebrate again with our friends in Guanajuato.]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog037.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog036.html
Now that we've had our Fourth of July celebrations, it seems like summer is running away before we've had time to enjoy it. Yes, fall is only weeks away.]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog036.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog035.html
Thanks to all of you who attended the Faculty/Administrator Breakfast on Thursday morning. It was fun to see folks in such good spirits as the academic year winds down. We can certainly look back at many successes over the past nine months. ]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog035.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog034.html We can't avoid it; the news is depressing. Every day we hear bigger and bigger numbers—numbers we can't imagine. Budget shortfalls, foreclosures, and job losses fill the news and our conversations. We await bad budget forecasts and then learn that the next one will be worse. We're all feeling nervous, not sure what bad news will hit next.]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog034.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog033.html I sat in the Music Recital Hall Sunday afternoon, enjoying a concert by the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers. The hall was packed; the music was glorious. Outside, despite the chilly wind, daffodils were beginning to show their first green shoots.]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog033.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog032.html th anniversary celebration with the Universidad de Guanajuato (UG)—and the city of Guanajuato. Dean Josie Wilson, Meredith Reynolds, Dennis Slattery, and many others have been putting together an exciting academic colloquium for April 16, 2009, while folks from the City of Ashland and SOU have been working on the Global Conference that will take place on April 17.]]> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog032.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog031.html SOU continues to make headlines related to sustainability. We've just learned that, based on our green power purchasing and other factors, the Environmental Protection Agency is going to name SOU one of the top twenty universities for green power. This is wonderful news, a great testament to the work done by our students, faculty, and staff—and our hardworking Sustainability Council. ]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog031.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog030.html Dear Campus Community:
Last year, we took our first steps in strategic planning. We developed a mission statement that was discussed across campus and approved by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in February 2008. We also formalized a number of smaller plans for initiatives that were already in process when I arrived in 2006 (you may view these and other planning documents here). ]]> Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog030.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog029.html As the summer winds down and fall term marches closer, groups all over campus start coming together. This year, we celebrated the opening of the Higher Education Center in Medford with a spectacular ribbon-cutting and Open House. The executive team met for a day's retreat out at Deer Creek. ]]> Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog029.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog028.html
It's heading toward the end of August. The new academic year is just weeks away. The first holiday catalogs are already arriving. The air is a tad smoky, and the price of gasoline is breathtaking. But the weather is warm, Ashland is awash with playgoers, and vacations are happening in many shapes and forms. ]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog028.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog027.html
Now that we’ve sailed into summer after the excitement of Commencement and end-of-year celebrations, we can take a few minutes to reflect on the previous academic year and look forward to the next one. ]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog027.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog026.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog026.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog025.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog025.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog024.html SOU Today. It’s been great to watch it evolve into a dynamic, visual review of life on our campus. I appreciate deeply that Dennis takes the time to capture our day-to-day campus experiences with such panache and enthusiasm. ]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog024.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog023.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog023.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog022.html Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog022.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog021.html newsletter, we are making good progress on our planning process. The Strategic Planning Group has been discussing ways to help us weave the new, approved mission statement more deeply into the fabric of the campus. Dennis Dunleavy and his students are continuing to work on an “unpacked version” to help expand everyone’s understanding of the mission and its connections with SOU. As soon as we have some samples of unpacking, we will share them with the campus. ]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog021.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog020.html click here), I wrote about the Strategic Planning Workgroup and the progress toward a new SOU mission statement. Since that post was written, we have had our visit from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) evaluation team, and they stressed that we should finalize the mission statement and move forward with strategic planning. ]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog020.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog019.html Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog019.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog018.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog018.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog017.html Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog017.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog016.html th anniversary of our sister institution, Dankook University. While I was away, I continued to think about our recent site visit from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. I am very thankful to the many folks who participated in the self-study and extremely proud that SOU fared so well in the evaluation process. ]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog016.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog015.html Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog015.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog014.html Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog014.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog013.html Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog013.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog012d.html Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog012d.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog012c.html Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog012c.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog012b.html Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog012b.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog012.html Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog012.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog011.html Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog011.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog010.html Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog010.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog009.html Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog009.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog008.html Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog008.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog007.html Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog007.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog006.html Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog006.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog005.html Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog005.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog004.html Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog004.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog003.html Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog003.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog002.html Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog002.html http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog001.html Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.sou.edu/president/blog/blog001.html