{"id":12,"date":"2022-05-24T19:57:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2024-05-06T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:51:20","slug":"150-years-of-leadership-at-southern-oregon-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/","title":{"rendered":"150 Years of Leadership at Southern Oregon University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3fyfk-485be5c305a52e99936014823b564bcc\">\n.avia-section.av-3fyfk-485be5c305a52e99936014823b564bcc{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Celebrate-History-of-Southern-Oregon-University-150-Year-Anniversary.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='150th-section-id'  class='avia-section av-3fyfk-485be5c305a52e99936014823b564bcc main_color 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class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>at Southern Oregon University<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2fl4-5a83f88ac229329bea72336a7fca3af2\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-2fl4-5a83f88ac229329bea72336a7fca3af2 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:21px;\ntext-align:center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2fl4-5a83f88ac229329bea72336a7fca3af2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock big-pillow'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Celebrating 150 years of service to the Southern Oregon region. SOU inspires curiosity and creativity, compels critical thinking, fosters discovery and creates lives of purpose. It\u2019s been our calling since 1872.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l4de5102-f8a021b982a3ae2a294083d13a2aa786\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l4de5102-f8a021b982a3ae2a294083d13a2aa786{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l4de5102-f8a021b982a3ae2a294083d13a2aa786 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3lxo8a5-42172d3ef4fe7b1e02d002a92d751d40\">\n.avia-section.av-l3lxo8a5-42172d3ef4fe7b1e02d002a92d751d40{\nbackground-color:#e4e4e4;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-l3lxo8a5-42172d3ef4fe7b1e02d002a92d751d40 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-25eyw-28d379f5c30a798705653dfa1c64cb05 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-10  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l8dm80x3-102969ca137a9288e3796fff8c714054\">\n.avia-video.av-l8dm80x3-102969ca137a9288e3796fff8c714054{\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/09\/SOUs-150th-Anniversary-Message-from-President.jpg);\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-video av-l8dm80x3-102969ca137a9288e3796fff8c714054 avia-video-16-9 av-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/vimeo.com\/752727585'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SOU&#039;s 150th Anniversary: Message from the President\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/752727585?h=5365ba891a&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&muted=0\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l8dmj9js-bc1cd5196a44e9be3dd178d84c88e973 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span class=\"heavy-man pop-4\">Watch:<\/span> A Special Message from SOU&#8217;s President Rick Bailey Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-15ij4-dad2c1ab4d2749859a7476b15bf41c46 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3lxs22h-8dba4aa36854b6b7eca35828772d746e\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l3lxs22h-8dba4aa36854b6b7eca35828772d746e{\npadding-bottom:0;\nfont-size:28px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l3lxs22h-8dba4aa36854b6b7eca35828772d746e .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l3lxs22h-8dba4aa36854b6b7eca35828772d746e .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:28px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l3lxs22h-8dba4aa36854b6b7eca35828772d746e .av-subheading{\nfont-size:21px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l3lxs22h-8dba4aa36854b6b7eca35828772d746e .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l3lxs22h-8dba4aa36854b6b7eca35828772d746e .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l3lxs22h-8dba4aa36854b6b7eca35828772d746e av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-14  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  force-pop-8 av-inherit-size'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Celebrate the Incredible Journey!<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3lxss2n-d01f965e2fda28484c4d5a8fed45cdba\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l3lxss2n-d01f965e2fda28484c4d5a8fed45cdba .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3lxss2n-d01f965e2fda28484c4d5a8fed45cdba '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock right-pillow-15'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Congratulations to all who have made SOU&#8217;s first 150 years possible. Our campus certainly benefits from a remarkably beautiful location; however, it is the dynamic partnership with our community and the full engagement of our faculty, staff and students that set SOU apart. And we&#8217;re just beginning! We are on the cusp of game-changing shifts, and we encourage our larger community to remain engaged and share in our optimism for the future. We commit to remaining accessible and ensuring that our graduates will be ready for meaningful careers and active citizenship. The excitement is building. Take a look at where we&#8217;ve been \u2013 and where we&#8217;re going!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-244o8-12076e8b7593466199ad9cd1792a0ed9\">\n.avia-section.av-244o8-12076e8b7593466199ad9cd1792a0ed9 .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/SOU-Land-Acknowledgement-at-Southern-Oregon-University.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 100%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-244o8-12076e8b7593466199ad9cd1792a0ed9 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.4;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-244o8-12076e8b7593466199ad9cd1792a0ed9 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  punk-band 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modern-centered  avia-builder-el-17  el_before_av_button  avia-builder-el-first  small-pillow av-inherit-size'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Southern Oregon University\u2019s<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Land Acknowledgement<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-2t8s-408b290c9c371a1e0031ac33c7301627-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='\/land\/'  class='avia-button av-2t8s-408b290c9c371a1e0031ac33c7301627 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-no avia-size-large avia-position-center avia-color-light'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"  aria-label=\"SEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >SEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_5'  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force-pop-8 av-inherit-size'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>A Brief History of Southern Oregon University<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Fostering Leadership in Higher Education<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1knlc-7873bc37e9eddcb6a9b3b013adb14341\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-1knlc-7873bc37e9eddcb6a9b3b013adb14341 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\ntext-align:right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1knlc-7873bc37e9eddcb6a9b3b013adb14341 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock left-pillow'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Southern Oregon University\u2019s first building was completed in 1872, a square clapboard schoolhouse, where Briscoe School now stands, the school was called the Ashland Academy. In 1895, the school was renamed Southern Oregon State Normal School and was located about a mile south of the present campus. In 1925, the City of Ashland donated 24 acres for a new campus, the present site of SOU. For 150 years, dedicated faculty and staff have led\u00a0the\u00a0way\u00a0at\u00a0SOU.<\/p>\n<p>In every era, Southern Oregon University students have embraced new ways of learning, thinking, and impacting the world. Join us as we mark SOU&#8217;s Sesquicentennial with stories that celebrate our rich history and illuminate our path as the university of the future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-154es-2d03dd0fe8db45032d1bc39c57a18a72 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l437opv9-4c430fb18dfa58bb04a74d14b080d904\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l437opv9-4c430fb18dfa58bb04a74d14b080d904 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l437opv9-4c430fb18dfa58bb04a74d14b080d904 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l437opv9-4c430fb18dfa58bb04a74d14b080d904 av-styling-no-styling av-img-linked avia-align-  avia-builder-el-24  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Original-Ashland-Academy-Building-1872-1030x1030.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Original-Ashland-Academy-Building-1872-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Original-Ashland-Academy-Building-1872-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Original-Ashland-Academy-Building-1872-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Original-Ashland-Academy-Building-1872-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Original-Ashland-Academy-Building-1872-36x36.jpg 36w, 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https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Original-Ashland-Academy-Building-1872-705x705.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" class=\"wp-image-315 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-315 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"SOU Original Ashland Academy Building 1872\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"1872: SOU\u2019s Original Ashland Academy Building was the earliest incarnation of Southern Oregon University, and was a combined primary, secondary, and higher education institution.\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l439ukf1-9e3aabce83009413144a7bc25a038abd\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l439ukf1-9e3aabce83009413144a7bc25a038abd .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:left;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l439ukf1-9e3aabce83009413144a7bc25a038abd '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-0 av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">1872:<\/span> <em> Ashland Academy, the earliest incarnation of SOU.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3m1sa5a-40b37d71a1294afc56e4026861915d24\">\n.avia-section.av-l3m1sa5a-40b37d71a1294afc56e4026861915d24 .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-University-Class-of-1928.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_6'  class='avia-section av-l3m1sa5a-40b37d71a1294afc56e4026861915d24 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-26  el_after_av_section 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Making<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Stories <span class='special_amp'>&amp;<\/span> Inspiration from the Past<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-xm9s-d820857dd036621d039af94ab936b91f\">\n#top .hr.av-xm9s-d820857dd036621d039af94ab936b91f{\nmargin-top:20px;\nmargin-bottom:30px;\n}\n.hr.av-xm9s-d820857dd036621d039af94ab936b91f .hr-inner{\nwidth:40%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-xm9s-d820857dd036621d039af94ab936b91f hr-custom  avia-builder-el-29  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_fifth  hr-center hr-icon-no'><span class='hr-inner inner-border-av-border-thin'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-553tk-fcb68354f1737327b6b15ce1fbd0d86f av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-30  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_three_fifth  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-zyrg-b7ba952e430691f0c46e4e9728313f4e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-zyrg-b7ba952e430691f0c46e4e9728313f4e img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-zyrg-b7ba952e430691f0c46e4e9728313f4e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-zyrg-b7ba952e430691f0c46e4e9728313f4e av-styling-no-styling av-img-linked avia-align-  avia-builder-el-31  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='1872: Rev. Joseph Henry Skidmore and wife Annie Hill Skidmore were instrumental in the funding and completion of the first building in the history of Southern Oregon University.'><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-300x200.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-1030x687.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-768x512.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-705x470.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS.jpg\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1872-The-Rev-and-Mrs-J-H-Skidmore-founders-of-SOSNS-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-255 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-255 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"1872 The Rev-and Mrs J H Skidmore founders of SOSNS\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"1872: Rev. Joseph Henry Skidmore and wife Annie Hill Skidmore were instrumental in the funding and completion of the first building in the history of Southern Oregon University.\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3m66ki9-7d251c147d2ddd188212895b0fe73c13\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l3m66ki9-7d251c147d2ddd188212895b0fe73c13 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3m66ki9-7d251c147d2ddd188212895b0fe73c13 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-0 av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">1872:<\/span> <em>Rev. Joseph Henry Skidmore and wife Annie Hill Skidmore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-4fyhw-c934ec30e44ae24d65d0279d3b146096 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-33  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-rqb8-28f08fdcc18977b619bdc4dcd259c2bd\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-rqb8-28f08fdcc18977b619bdc4dcd259c2bd{\npadding-bottom:0;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:24px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-rqb8-28f08fdcc18977b619bdc4dcd259c2bd .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-rqb8-28f08fdcc18977b619bdc4dcd259c2bd .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:24px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-rqb8-28f08fdcc18977b619bdc4dcd259c2bd .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-rqb8-28f08fdcc18977b619bdc4dcd259c2bd .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-rqb8-28f08fdcc18977b619bdc4dcd259c2bd .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-rqb8-28f08fdcc18977b619bdc4dcd259c2bd .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-rqb8-28f08fdcc18977b619bdc4dcd259c2bd av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-34  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>SOU&#8217;s Early Days<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Ashland Academy Opens in 1872<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3m5fuz3-eae85b4d746aaf963477f618f80e3ec2\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l3m5fuz3-eae85b4d746aaf963477f618f80e3ec2 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3m5fuz3-eae85b4d746aaf963477f618f80e3ec2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock right-pillow av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Southern Oregon University can trace its beginning to 1869 when local citizens formed the Rogue River Valley Educational Society with the goal of building an academy of higher learning. Funds were raised through subscription sales, a building lot was donated by A.D. Helman, and construction of a new building began. Under the leadership of the Reverend Joseph Skidmore, who obtained a mortgage, the building was completed, and the Ashland Academy opened in November 1872.<\/p>\n<p>In 1882, the Oregon Legislature authorized creation of a state normal school in Ashland for teacher training, and the school was renamed Ashland State Normal School.<\/p>\n<p>In 1895, W.T. Van Scoy became president of the newly renamed Southern Oregon State Normal School. That fall, there were 133 students, and the school\u2019s eight faculty were paid an average of $200 per year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div id='av-masonry-1' class='av-masonry av-8ok64-7a71c3808774310708b73b1d604a0e5a noHover av-fixed-size av-no-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-6 av-caption-on-hover av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery ' data-post_id=\"12\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ASNS-Class-of-1885-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ASNS-Class-of-1885-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ASNS-Class-of-1885-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ASNS-Class-of-1885-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ASNS-Class-of-1885-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ASNS-Class-of-1885.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1885: Ashland State Normal School (ASNS) Class of 1885 \u2013 There were two graduates and five juniors this year.\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-263' data-av-masonry-item='263' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-263 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1885: Ashland State Normal School (ASNS) Class of 1885 \u2013 There were two graduates and five juniors this year.\" alt=\"Ashland State Normal School (ASNS) Class of 1885\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ASNS-Class-of-1885-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1885: Ashland State Normal School (ASNS) Class of 1885 \u2013 There were two graduates and five juniors this year.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Theatrical-Productions-SOSNS-taken-January-1-1896-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Theatrical-Productions-SOSNS-taken-January-1-1896-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Theatrical-Productions-SOSNS-taken-January-1-1896-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Theatrical-Productions-SOSNS-taken-January-1-1896-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Theatrical-Productions-SOSNS-taken-January-1-1896-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Theatrical-Productions-SOSNS-taken-January-1-1896.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1896: Theatrical Production from the Southern Oregon State Normal School. Taken January 1, 1896 &#8211; this photograph represents some of the early roots of thespian artistry at SOSNC which evolved into the SOU Theatre Program and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland today.\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-266' data-av-masonry-item='266' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-266 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1896: Theatrical Production from the Southern Oregon State Normal School. Taken January 1, 1896 &#8211; this photograph represents some of the early roots of thespian artistry at SOSNC which evolved into the SOU Theatre Program and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland today.\" alt=\"1896 Theatrical Productions SOSNS - Taken January 1, 1896\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Theatrical-Productions-SOSNS-taken-January-1-1896-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1896: Theatrical Production from the Southern Oregon State Normal School. Taken January 1, 1896 &#8211; this photograph represents some of the early roots of thespian artistry at SOSNC which evolved into the SOU Theatre Program and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland today.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/The-Ashland-football-team-the-combined-town-and-Normal-school-teams-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/The-Ashland-football-team-the-combined-town-and-Normal-school-teams-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/The-Ashland-football-team-the-combined-town-and-Normal-school-teams-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/The-Ashland-football-team-the-combined-town-and-Normal-school-teams-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/The-Ashland-football-team-the-combined-town-and-Normal-school-teams-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/The-Ashland-football-team-the-combined-town-and-Normal-school-teams.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1897: Ashland Football team &#8211; Combined town and Normal School teams. The Cascade Mountain range which lines the eastern flank of the Rogue Valley and Ashland, with the familiar snow covered Grizzly Peak in the background.\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-264' data-av-masonry-item='264' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-264 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1897: Ashland Football team &#8211; Combined town and Normal School teams. The Cascade Mountain range which lines the eastern flank of the Rogue Valley and Ashland, with the familiar snow covered Grizzly Peak in the background.\" alt=\"The Ashland Football Team the Combined Town and Normal School Teams\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/The-Ashland-football-team-the-combined-town-and-Normal-school-teams-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1897: Ashland Football team &#8211; Combined town and Normal School teams. The Cascade Mountain range which lines the eastern flank of the Rogue Valley and Ashland, with the familiar snow covered Grizzly Peak in the background.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Picture-of-five-cyclists-taken-on-December-8-1897-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Picture-of-five-cyclists-taken-on-December-8-1897-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Picture-of-five-cyclists-taken-on-December-8-1897-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Picture-of-five-cyclists-taken-on-December-8-1897-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Picture-of-five-cyclists-taken-on-December-8-1897-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Picture-of-five-cyclists-taken-on-December-8-1897.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1897: Five Cyclists &#8211; With trophy in hand, Champion bicycle riders from SOSNC showcase the early accomplishments of regional athletic competition. Taken on December 8, 1897\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-268' data-av-masonry-item='268' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-268 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1897: Five Cyclists &#8211; With trophy in hand, Champion bicycle riders from SOSNC showcase the early accomplishments of regional athletic competition. Taken on December 8, 1897\" alt=\"1897 Picture of Five Cyclists - Taken on December 8, 1897\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Picture-of-five-cyclists-taken-on-December-8-1897-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1897: Five Cyclists &#8211; With trophy in hand, Champion bicycle riders from SOSNC showcase the early accomplishments of regional athletic competition. Taken on December 8, 1897\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1898-Southern-Oregon-Normal-School-Class-of-1898-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1898-Southern-Oregon-Normal-School-Class-of-1898-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1898-Southern-Oregon-Normal-School-Class-of-1898-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1898-Southern-Oregon-Normal-School-Class-of-1898-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1898-Southern-Oregon-Normal-School-Class-of-1898-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1898-Southern-Oregon-Normal-School-Class-of-1898.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1898: Southern Oregon State Normal School &#8211; Proud graduates from the class of 1898 represented a growing institution and student body on the verge of the turn of the century.\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-270' data-av-masonry-item='270' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-270 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1898: Southern Oregon State Normal School &#8211; Proud graduates from the class of 1898 represented a growing institution and student body on the verge of the turn of the century.\" alt=\"1898 Southern Oregon State Normal School - Class of 1898\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/1898-Southern-Oregon-Normal-School-Class-of-1898-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1898: Southern Oregon State Normal School &#8211; Proud graduates from the class of 1898 represented a growing institution and student body on the verge of the turn of the century.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/W-T-Van-Scoy-1-736x1030.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/W-T-Van-Scoy-1-736x1030.jpg 736w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/W-T-Van-Scoy-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/W-T-Van-Scoy-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/W-T-Van-Scoy-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/W-T-Van-Scoy-1-1071x1500.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/W-T-Van-Scoy-1-504x705.jpg 504w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/W-T-Van-Scoy-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\"  aria-label=\"image 1895: W.T. Van Scoy, 1st President of newly renamed Southern Oregon State Normal School. That fall, there were 133 students, and the schools eight faculty were paid an average of $200 per year.\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-345' data-av-masonry-item='345' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-345 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1895: W.T. Van Scoy, 1st President of newly renamed Southern Oregon State Normal School. That fall, there were 133 students, and the schools eight faculty were paid an average of $200 per year.\" alt=\"1895: W.T. Van Scoy - First President of Southern Oregon State Normal School\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/W-T-Van-Scoy-1-504x705.jpg);\"  title=\"1895: W.T. Van Scoy, 1st President of newly renamed Southern Oregon State Normal School. That fall, there were 133 students, and the schools eight faculty were paid an average of $200 per year.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-t4jk-8946cfc13ff72a6966827b8012de3dd0\">\n.avia-section.av-t4jk-8946cfc13ff72a6966827b8012de3dd0{\nbackground-color:#231f20;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_8'  class='avia-section av-t4jk-8946cfc13ff72a6966827b8012de3dd0 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-37  el_after_av_masonry_gallery  el_before_av_masonry_gallery  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7im28-01dcd67067ec0af65a664e7c51357942 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-38  el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6woh8-fea852feccdd8af813f8e399d469b4ed\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-6woh8-fea852feccdd8af813f8e399d469b4ed{\npadding-bottom:0;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:24px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-6woh8-fea852feccdd8af813f8e399d469b4ed .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-6woh8-fea852feccdd8af813f8e399d469b4ed .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:24px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-6woh8-fea852feccdd8af813f8e399d469b4ed .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-6woh8-fea852feccdd8af813f8e399d469b4ed .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-6woh8-fea852feccdd8af813f8e399d469b4ed .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-6woh8-fea852feccdd8af813f8e399d469b4ed .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-6woh8-fea852feccdd8af813f8e399d469b4ed av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-right  avia-builder-el-39  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Postcard from the Past<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Southern Oregon State Normal School<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6dja4-98e7c0ea29cf8bda8f30524d975f9035\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-6dja4-98e7c0ea29cf8bda8f30524d975f9035 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6dja4-98e7c0ea29cf8bda8f30524d975f9035 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock left-pillow av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The new campus of Southern Oregon State Normal School opened in 1895 with an academic building and a women&#8217;s dormitory. The seven and a half acre campus was located near the intersection of present day Normal Street and Siskiyou Boulevard, a mile south of today\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n<p>An early graduate in 1896, Suzanne Homes Carter dedicated her life to teaching and in 1920 was elected superintendent of Jackson County schools, serving for 12 years. Suzanne Homes Residence Hall was later named in her honor.<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Oregon State Normal School campus closed in 1909, when the state legislature failed to fund Oregon\u2019s normal schools. Promotional postcards were created by local citizens as part of a campaign to reopen the normal school.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-1ym0-686f6a84c87765a2f4370aa9150d9a21 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-41  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-o9xg-e8982931b7e7d40f1a2e5bbb265c79c0\">\n.avia-image-container.av-o9xg-e8982931b7e7d40f1a2e5bbb265c79c0 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-o9xg-e8982931b7e7d40f1a2e5bbb265c79c0 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-o9xg-e8982931b7e7d40f1a2e5bbb265c79c0 av-styling-no-styling av-img-linked avia-align-  avia-builder-el-42  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='1899: The first Southern Oregon State Normal School academic building which included a women&#039;s dormitory. Community members worked to establish the school by contributing funds and land. The 7 1\/2 acre campus was located near the intersection of present day Normal Street and Siskiyou Boulevard.'><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-300x200.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-1030x687.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-768x512.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-705x470.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate.jpg\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-1899-Alice-Applegate-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-160 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-160 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Southern Oregon State Normal School 1899 Alice Applegate\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"1899: The first Southern Oregon State Normal School academic building which included a women&#039;s dormitory. Community members worked to establish the school by contributing funds and land. The 7 1\/2 acre campus was located near the intersection of present day Normal Street and Siskiyou Boulevard.\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l43c5z2x-46a276b829885516c967831956d83566\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l43c5z2x-46a276b829885516c967831956d83566 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:left;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l43c5z2x-46a276b829885516c967831956d83566 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-0 av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">1899:<\/span> <em> Southern Oregon State Normal School Campus<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div id='av-masonry-2' class='av-masonry av-1n8f0-6954f9a04a0facbd418e99ff2cbbb223 noHover av-fixed-size av-no-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-6 av-caption-on-hover av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery ' data-post_id=\"12\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Suzanne-Homes-Carter-1896-Graduate-736x1030.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Suzanne-Homes-Carter-1896-Graduate-736x1030.jpg 736w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Suzanne-Homes-Carter-1896-Graduate-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Suzanne-Homes-Carter-1896-Graduate-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Suzanne-Homes-Carter-1896-Graduate-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Suzanne-Homes-Carter-1896-Graduate-1071x1500.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Suzanne-Homes-Carter-1896-Graduate-504x705.jpg 504w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Suzanne-Homes-Carter-1896-Graduate.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\"  aria-label=\"image 1896: Suzanne Homes Carter was an 1896 SOSNC graduate. Suzanne dedicated her life to teaching and in 1920 was elected superintendent of Jackson County Schools, serving for 12 years. When visiting rural schools, Homes drove her horse tied to the back of her car. If roads got rough she completed the journey on horseback. The Suzanne Homes Residence Hall was later named in her honor.\"  id='av-masonry-2-item-340' data-av-masonry-item='340' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-340 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1896: Suzanne Homes Carter was an 1896 SOSNC graduate. Suzanne dedicated her life to teaching and in 1920 was elected superintendent of Jackson County Schools, serving for 12 years. When visiting rural schools, Homes drove her horse tied to the back of her car. If roads got rough she completed the journey on horseback. The Suzanne Homes Residence Hall was later named in her honor.\" alt=\"1896: Suzanne Homes Carter 1896 Graduate\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Suzanne-Homes-Carter-1896-Graduate-504x705.jpg);\"  title=\"1896: Suzanne Homes Carter was an 1896 SOSNC graduate. Suzanne dedicated her life to teaching and in 1920 was elected superintendent of Jackson County Schools, serving for 12 years. When visiting rural schools, Homes drove her horse tied to the back of her car. If roads got rough she completed the journey on horseback. The Suzanne Homes Residence Hall was later named in her honor.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1902-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1902-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1902-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1902-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1902-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1902.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1902: Southern Oregon State Normal School class photo. Top row: Mayme Peck; Grace Garrett Engle; Tella Dixon. Bottom row: Samuel Chestnut; Agnes Moore; Anna Bogue; Earl Shepherd (study level unknown)\"  id='av-masonry-2-item-367' data-av-masonry-item='367' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-367 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1902: Southern Oregon State Normal School class photo. Top row: Mayme Peck; Grace Garrett Engle; Tella Dixon. Bottom row: Samuel Chestnut; Agnes Moore; Anna Bogue; Earl Shepherd (study level unknown)\" alt=\"Class of 1902: Southern Oregon State Normal School\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1902-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1902: Southern Oregon State Normal School class photo. Top row: Mayme Peck; Grace Garrett Engle; Tella Dixon. Bottom row: Samuel Chestnut; Agnes Moore; Anna Bogue; Earl Shepherd (study level unknown)\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Student-Teachers-SOSNS-Training-School-1903-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Student-Teachers-SOSNS-Training-School-1903-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Student-Teachers-SOSNS-Training-School-1903-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Student-Teachers-SOSNS-Training-School-1903-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Student-Teachers-SOSNS-Training-School-1903-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Student-Teachers-SOSNS-Training-School-1903.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1903: Student Teachers who taught in the SOSNS Training School. The teacher training program began in 1895, but it wasn\u2019t until 1899 that the program had its own building. There were classrooms for Ashland children in grades K-9. The training school brought Ashland children to campus and prepared SOSNS students to become teachers. Enrollment of children in the teacher training program reached a high of more than 100 students during the 1903-1904 school year.\"  id='av-masonry-2-item-352' data-av-masonry-item='352' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-352 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1903: Student Teachers who taught in the SOSNS Training School. The teacher training program began in 1895, but it wasn\u2019t until 1899 that the program had its own building. There were classrooms for Ashland children in grades K-9. The training school brought Ashland children to campus and prepared SOSNS students to become teachers. Enrollment of children in the teacher training program reached a high of more than 100 students during the 1903-1904 school year.\" alt=\"1903: Student Teachers who taught in the SOSNS Training School\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Student-Teachers-SOSNS-Training-School-1903-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1903: Student Teachers who taught in the SOSNS Training School. The teacher training program began in 1895, but it wasn\u2019t until 1899 that the program had its own building. There were classrooms for Ashland children in grades K-9. The training school brought Ashland children to campus and prepared SOSNS students to become teachers. Enrollment of children in the teacher training program reached a high of more than 100 students during the 1903-1904 school year.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1903-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1903-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1903-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1903-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1903-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1903.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image Class of 1903: Southern Oregon State Normal School. Top row: Eva E. Storey; George Marksbury; Ola Mickey; Clyde Briggs; George W. Milam; Delia Tibbetts. Middle row: David C. Mathews; Lou M. Grubb; Raymond Bates; Lucie George; Docia Willitts; Walter McIntire. Bottom row: Floy Cambers; Loleta Norton; Aura D. Thompson\"  id='av-masonry-2-item-368' data-av-masonry-item='368' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-368 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"Class of 1903: Southern Oregon State Normal School. Top row: Eva E. Storey; George Marksbury; Ola Mickey; Clyde Briggs; George W. Milam; Delia Tibbetts. Middle row: David C. Mathews; Lou M. Grubb; Raymond Bates; Lucie George; Docia Willitts; Walter McIntire. Bottom row: Floy Cambers; Loleta Norton; Aura D. Thompson\" alt=\"Class of 1903: Southern Oregon State Normal School\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Southern-Oregon-State-Normal-School-Class-of-1903-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"Class of 1903: Southern Oregon State Normal School. Top row: Eva E. Storey; George Marksbury; Ola Mickey; Clyde Briggs; George W. Milam; Delia Tibbetts. Middle row: David C. Mathews; Lou M. Grubb; Raymond Bates; Lucie George; Docia Willitts; Walter McIntire. Bottom row: Floy Cambers; Loleta Norton; Aura D. Thompson\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-Armilda-Doughtys-General-History-Class-1030x801.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-Armilda-Doughtys-General-History-Class-1030x801.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-Armilda-Doughtys-General-History-Class-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-Armilda-Doughtys-General-History-Class-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-Armilda-Doughtys-General-History-Class-705x548.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-Armilda-Doughtys-General-History-Class.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1905: Armilda Doughty&#8217;s General History class is captured in this January 1905 photograph. Doughty also taught Economics and Geography. By 1905, the Southern Oregon State Normal School faculty had grown to 12, including Normal School president Benjamin F. Mulkey, who taught Psychology and Pedagogy. Courses were offered in six broad areas: Science, History, Civil Government, Athletics, Arts, and Manual Training.\"  id='av-masonry-2-item-364' data-av-masonry-item='364' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-364 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1905: Armilda Doughty&#8217;s General History class is captured in this January 1905 photograph. Doughty also taught Economics and Geography. By 1905, the Southern Oregon State Normal School faculty had grown to 12, including Normal School president Benjamin F. Mulkey, who taught Psychology and Pedagogy. Courses were offered in six broad areas: Science, History, Civil Government, Athletics, Arts, and Manual Training.\" alt=\"1905: Armilda Doughty&#039;s General History Class\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-Armilda-Doughtys-General-History-Class-705x548.jpg);\"  title=\"1905: Armilda Doughty&#8217;s General History class is captured in this January 1905 photograph. Doughty also taught Economics and Geography. By 1905, the Southern Oregon State Normal School faculty had grown to 12, including Normal School president Benjamin F. Mulkey, who taught Psychology and Pedagogy. Courses were offered in six broad areas: Science, History, Civil Government, Athletics, Arts, and Manual Training.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-SOSNS-Womens-Basketball-Team-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-SOSNS-Womens-Basketball-Team-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-SOSNS-Womens-Basketball-Team-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-SOSNS-Womens-Basketball-Team-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-SOSNS-Womens-Basketball-Team-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-SOSNS-Womens-Basketball-Team.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1905: SOSNS\u2019s strong athletic programs extended to women\u2019s athletics and the 1905 basketball team pictured here with coach Clyde Payne. SOSNS also offered baseball, lawn tennis, football, track, walking clubs, and a fencing club.\"  id='av-masonry-2-item-355' data-av-masonry-item='355' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-355 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1905: SOSNS\u2019s strong athletic programs extended to women\u2019s athletics and the 1905 basketball team pictured here with coach Clyde Payne. SOSNS also offered baseball, lawn tennis, football, track, walking clubs, and a fencing club.\" alt=\"1905: Southern Oregon State Normal School Women&#039;s Basketball Team with coach Clyde Payne\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1905-SOSNS-Womens-Basketball-Team-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1905: SOSNS\u2019s strong athletic programs extended to women\u2019s athletics and the 1905 basketball team pictured here with coach Clyde Payne. SOSNS also offered baseball, lawn tennis, football, track, walking clubs, and a fencing club.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-45t7w-fad7a08639b1ce3d84ef98775de7a25f\">\n.avia-section.av-45t7w-fad7a08639b1ce3d84ef98775de7a25f{\nbackground-color:#231f20;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_9'  class='avia-section av-45t7w-fad7a08639b1ce3d84ef98775de7a25f main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-45  el_after_av_masonry_gallery  el_before_av_masonry_gallery  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-33ct0-30e1e1c7e7b97932a68db0321cda9bbc av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-46  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2x8cw-8e91cfda81a877b5f1168b8de33a58e7\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2x8cw-8e91cfda81a877b5f1168b8de33a58e7 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-2x8cw-8e91cfda81a877b5f1168b8de33a58e7 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2x8cw-8e91cfda81a877b5f1168b8de33a58e7 av-styling-no-styling av-img-linked avia-align-  avia-builder-el-47  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='Churchill Hall - Completed in 1926, was designed by Architect John Bennes. When Southern Oregon State Normal School opened its doors on June 21, 1926, all classes were held in the new Administration building, now known as Churchill Hall, named after Julius Alonso Churchill, president from 1926 to 1932. Among the first faculty members were Marion Ady (art,) Arthur S. Taylor (social science,) and Wayne W. Wells (science.)'><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-300x200.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-1030x687.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-768x512.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-705x470.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926.jpg\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Churchill-Hall-Southern-Oregon-University-Designed-Architect-John-Bennes-1926-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-377 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-377 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Churchill Hall - Completed in 1926, Designed by Architect John Bennes\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"Churchill Hall - Completed in 1926, was designed by Architect John Bennes. When Southern Oregon State Normal School opened its doors on June 21, 1926, all classes were held in the new Administration building, now known as Churchill Hall, named after Julius Alonso Churchill, president from 1926 to 1932. Among the first faculty members were Marion Ady (art,) Arthur S. Taylor (social science,) and Wayne W. Wells (science.)\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l44nzcis-2c03b4cf02221cbbc8f40efe6b82c2bc\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l44nzcis-2c03b4cf02221cbbc8f40efe6b82c2bc .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l44nzcis-2c03b4cf02221cbbc8f40efe6b82c2bc '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-0 av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Completed 1926:<\/span> <em>Churchill Hall, designed by Architect John Bennes<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2bug8-c8319b88804a7c556d71997995fb2a62 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-49  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3m5eth8-a55415d97cde456f7de5de6e2b8d620a\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l3m5eth8-a55415d97cde456f7de5de6e2b8d620a{\npadding-bottom:0;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:24px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l3m5eth8-a55415d97cde456f7de5de6e2b8d620a .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l3m5eth8-a55415d97cde456f7de5de6e2b8d620a .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:24px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l3m5eth8-a55415d97cde456f7de5de6e2b8d620a .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l3m5eth8-a55415d97cde456f7de5de6e2b8d620a .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l3m5eth8-a55415d97cde456f7de5de6e2b8d620a .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l3m5eth8-a55415d97cde456f7de5de6e2b8d620a .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l3m5eth8-a55415d97cde456f7de5de6e2b8d620a av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-50  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Churchill Hall &amp; Britt Hall Founded<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >A New Campus in the Heart of Ashland<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13gdo-2db07e80356e9fe267d2ae384241f7e4\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-13gdo-2db07e80356e9fe267d2ae384241f7e4 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-13gdo-2db07e80356e9fe267d2ae384241f7e4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock right-pillow av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Following the closure of Southern Oregon State Normal School in 1909, the region united to advocate for a teacher training school in Southern Oregon. In 1925, $175,000 was appropriated for a normal school building, and the City of Ashland donated 24 acres for a new campus, the present site of SOU. Construction was completed on the new building known as Churchill Hall, and Southern Oregon State Normal School officially reopened on June 21, 1926.<\/p>\n<p>In 1932, the school name was officially shortened to Southern Oregon Normal School (SONS,) and the normal school expanded into a junior college offering more courses and evening classes. In 1939, after the Oregon Board of Regents eliminated normal schools, SONS received full accreditation from the American Association of Teachers Colleges, and the institution changed names again to Southern Oregon College\u00a0of\u00a0Education.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div id='av-masonry-3' class='av-masonry av-12v08-d24b714b8d0eb4a3a86cae000ac81604 noHover av-fixed-size av-no-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-6 av-caption-on-hover av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery ' data-post_id=\"12\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-Julius-Alonso-Churchill-President-SOSNS-736x1030.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-Julius-Alonso-Churchill-President-SOSNS-736x1030.jpg 736w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-Julius-Alonso-Churchill-President-SOSNS-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-Julius-Alonso-Churchill-President-SOSNS-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-Julius-Alonso-Churchill-President-SOSNS-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-Julius-Alonso-Churchill-President-SOSNS-1071x1500.jpg 1071w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-Julius-Alonso-Churchill-President-SOSNS-504x705.jpg 504w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-Julius-Alonso-Churchill-President-SOSNS.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\"  aria-label=\"image 1926: SOSNS President Julius Alonso Churchill was appointed the first president of the soon-to-open SOSNS in 1926. Having served as state superintendent of schools and in other positions, Churchill brought a wealth of experience. He quickly hired 12 faculty to teach in the normal school as well as 10 women to teach in the nearby teacher training school, and he set the schools curriculum.\"  id='av-masonry-3-item-381' data-av-masonry-item='381' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-381 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1926: SOSNS President Julius Alonso Churchill was appointed the first president of the soon-to-open SOSNS in 1926. Having served as state superintendent of schools and in other positions, Churchill brought a wealth of experience. He quickly hired 12 faculty to teach in the normal school as well as 10 women to teach in the nearby teacher training school, and he set the schools curriculum.\" alt=\"1926 SOSNS President Julius Alonso Churchill\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-Julius-Alonso-Churchill-President-SOSNS-504x705.jpg);\"  title=\"1926: SOSNS President Julius Alonso Churchill was appointed the first president of the soon-to-open SOSNS in 1926. Having served as state superintendent of schools and in other positions, Churchill brought a wealth of experience. He quickly hired 12 faculty to teach in the normal school as well as 10 women to teach in the nearby teacher training school, and he set the schools curriculum.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1920s-Spring-Campus-Day-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1920s-Spring-Campus-Day-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1920s-Spring-Campus-Day-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1920s-Spring-Campus-Day-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1920s-Spring-Campus-Day-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1920s-Spring-Campus-Day.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1920&#8217;s: Spring Campus Day, a day off from classes and an annual day of service, including faculty versus student Games and a BBQ.\"  id='av-masonry-3-item-383' data-av-masonry-item='383' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-383 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1920&#8217;s: Spring Campus Day, a day off from classes and an annual day of service, including faculty versus student Games and a BBQ.\" alt=\"1920&#039;s: Spring Campus Day, a day off from classes and an annual day of service, including faculty versus student Games and a BBQ.\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1920s-Spring-Campus-Day-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1920&#8217;s: Spring Campus Day, a day off from classes and an annual day of service, including faculty versus student Games and a BBQ.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1931-Baseball-Team-Coached-by-Roy-McNeal-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1931-Baseball-Team-Coached-by-Roy-McNeal-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1931-Baseball-Team-Coached-by-Roy-McNeal-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1931-Baseball-Team-Coached-by-Roy-McNeal-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1931-Baseball-Team-Coached-by-Roy-McNeal-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1931-Baseball-Team-Coached-by-Roy-McNeal.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1931: SOSNS Baseball Team, Coached by Roy McNeal. President Churchill hired McNeil to build and coach a competitive football team. McNeil, who started successful programs at Albany college and Puget sound, was recruited to increase enrollment. McNeil coached from 1927 to 1931, with an overall 13-9-5 record, then taught geography until his retirement in 1972.\"  id='av-masonry-3-item-385' data-av-masonry-item='385' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-385 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1931: SOSNS Baseball Team, Coached by Roy McNeal. President Churchill hired McNeil to build and coach a competitive football team. McNeil, who started successful programs at Albany college and Puget sound, was recruited to increase enrollment. McNeil coached from 1927 to 1931, with an overall 13-9-5 record, then taught geography until his retirement in 1972.\" alt=\"1931: SOSNS Baseball Team, Coached by Roy McNeal\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1931-Baseball-Team-Coached-by-Roy-McNeal-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1931: SOSNS Baseball Team, Coached by Roy McNeal. President Churchill hired McNeil to build and coach a competitive football team. McNeil, who started successful programs at Albany college and Puget sound, was recruited to increase enrollment. McNeil coached from 1927 to 1931, with an overall 13-9-5 record, then taught geography until his retirement in 1972.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Britt-Hall-Second-Bulding-Constructed-on-the-Current-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-1030x736.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Britt-Hall-Second-Bulding-Constructed-on-the-Current-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-1030x736.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Britt-Hall-Second-Bulding-Constructed-on-the-Current-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Britt-Hall-Second-Bulding-Constructed-on-the-Current-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Britt-Hall-Second-Bulding-Constructed-on-the-Current-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Britt-Hall-Second-Bulding-Constructed-on-the-Current-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-705x503.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Britt-Hall-Second-Bulding-Constructed-on-the-Current-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1936: Britt Hall was the second building constructed on the current Southern Oregon University campus. First named Memorial Court, Britt Hall was completed in 1936 at the cost of $45,000 and then remodeled as Britt Hall thanks to a significant contribution from Molly Britt\u2019s estate.\"  id='av-masonry-3-item-395' data-av-masonry-item='395' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-395 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1936: Britt Hall was the second building constructed on the current Southern Oregon University campus. First named Memorial Court, Britt Hall was completed in 1936 at the cost of $45,000 and then remodeled as Britt Hall thanks to a significant contribution from Molly Britt\u2019s estate.\" alt=\"1936: Britt Hall was the Second Building Constructed on the Current Southern Oregon University Campus\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/Britt-Hall-Second-Bulding-Constructed-on-the-Current-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-705x503.jpg);\"  title=\"1936: Britt Hall was the second building constructed on the current Southern Oregon University campus. First named Memorial Court, Britt Hall was completed in 1936 at the cost of $45,000 and then remodeled as Britt Hall thanks to a significant contribution from Molly Britt\u2019s estate.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-1927-Faculty-and-Administrators-Outside-Churchill-Hall-1030x579.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-1927-Faculty-and-Administrators-Outside-Churchill-Hall-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-1927-Faculty-and-Administrators-Outside-Churchill-Hall-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-1927-Faculty-and-Administrators-Outside-Churchill-Hall-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-1927-Faculty-and-Administrators-Outside-Churchill-Hall-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-1927-Faculty-and-Administrators-Outside-Churchill-Hall.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1926-1927: Faculty and Administrators outside Churchill Hall with President Julius Alonso Churchill. At the time, tuition was set by the state at six dollars per term; student fees of $3 and a health service fee of $1 brought quarterly costs to $10. The Normal School coursework followed a standardized two year certification program that included student teaching.\"  id='av-masonry-3-item-393' data-av-masonry-item='393' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-393 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1926-1927: Faculty and Administrators outside Churchill Hall with President Julius Alonso Churchill. At the time, tuition was set by the state at six dollars per term; student fees of $3 and a health service fee of $1 brought quarterly costs to $10. The Normal School coursework followed a standardized two year certification program that included student teaching.\" alt=\"1926-1927: Faculty and Administrators Outside Churchill Hall with President Julius Alonso Churchill\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1926-1927-Faculty-and-Administrators-Outside-Churchill-Hall-705x397.jpg);\"  title=\"1926-1927: Faculty and Administrators outside Churchill Hall with President Julius Alonso Churchill. At the time, tuition was set by the state at six dollars per term; student fees of $3 and a health service fee of $1 brought quarterly costs to $10. The Normal School coursework followed a standardized two year certification program that included student teaching.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1941-Southern-Oregon-College-of-Education-Campus-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1941-Southern-Oregon-College-of-Education-Campus-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1941-Southern-Oregon-College-of-Education-Campus-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1941-Southern-Oregon-College-of-Education-Campus-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1941-Southern-Oregon-College-of-Education-Campus-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1941-Southern-Oregon-College-of-Education-Campus.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1941: An aerial view of then Southern Oregon College of Education campus and streets in 1941. It is easy to spot Churchill Hall and Britt Hall. The next decades would bring more construction to the campus.\"  id='av-masonry-3-item-397' data-av-masonry-item='397' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-397 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1941: An aerial view of then Southern Oregon College of Education campus and streets in 1941. It is easy to spot Churchill Hall and Britt Hall. The next decades would bring more construction to the campus.\" alt=\"1941: Aerial View of then Southern Oregon College of Education Campus\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1941-Southern-Oregon-College-of-Education-Campus-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1941: An aerial view of then Southern Oregon College of Education campus and streets in 1941. It is easy to spot Churchill Hall and Britt Hall. The next decades would bring more construction to the campus.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-50wcs-d82dd5b62bf9d8731657a653f83c1ca5\">\n.avia-section.av-50wcs-d82dd5b62bf9d8731657a653f83c1ca5{\nbackground-color:#231f20;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_10'  class='avia-section av-50wcs-d82dd5b62bf9d8731657a653f83c1ca5 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-53  el_after_av_masonry_gallery  el_before_av_masonry_gallery  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4dp0k-d2136263e8597dd8cba4c655a10639d0 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-54  el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3x3y4-f8300487d9a87fbee36ba374ef96a82e\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-3x3y4-f8300487d9a87fbee36ba374ef96a82e{\npadding-bottom:0;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:24px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-3x3y4-f8300487d9a87fbee36ba374ef96a82e .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-3x3y4-f8300487d9a87fbee36ba374ef96a82e .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:24px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-3x3y4-f8300487d9a87fbee36ba374ef96a82e .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-3x3y4-f8300487d9a87fbee36ba374ef96a82e .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-3x3y4-f8300487d9a87fbee36ba374ef96a82e .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-3x3y4-f8300487d9a87fbee36ba374ef96a82e .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-3x3y4-f8300487d9a87fbee36ba374ef96a82e av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-right  avia-builder-el-55  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>When the Boys Came Home<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >From War Years to Boom Years<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3bg5w-053eb106a364f03987cab2ded7dea985\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-3bg5w-053eb106a364f03987cab2ded7dea985 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-3bg5w-053eb106a364f03987cab2ded7dea985 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock left-pillow av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In 1939, SOCE enrollment was declining. By 1941, most male faculty had joined the military, and men who otherwise might have gone to college enlisted as well. The country waited out the war and waited for its boys to come home.<\/p>\n<p>And come home they did. In the fall of 1946, 387 men enrolled as freshman, bringing the student body to 492. Clubs, societies, and sports started up with a roar, and the 1946 football team won every game. College life was vibrant and exciting.<\/p>\n<p>Dormitories, classrooms, and service buildings were erected, and the construction of McNeil Pavilion in 1957 gave athletics a proper home. President Elmo Stevenson expanded the campus borders across Siskiyou Boulevard and a 20-year plan was approved by the Oregon State Board of Education.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2xp0w-5c4422319d3c9ae0be9f769e4b9e9f41 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-57  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2cju4-b4724d96b3c84c0a85376f6ae4717ec1\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2cju4-b4724d96b3c84c0a85376f6ae4717ec1 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-2cju4-b4724d96b3c84c0a85376f6ae4717ec1 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2cju4-b4724d96b3c84c0a85376f6ae4717ec1 av-styling-no-styling av-img-linked avia-align-  avia-builder-el-58  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='1953: Students enjoying a newspaper fight in Suzanne Homes Residence Hall, which was constructed in 1947 as a dormitory for 84 female students. The building had a cafeteria that served 250 students, a living room, and a recreational area where dances and other student events were held.'><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-300x200.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-1030x687.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-768x512.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-705x470.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall.jpg\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Suzanne-Homes-Residence-Hall-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-409 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-409 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"1953: Students Enjoying a Newspaper Fight in Suzanne Homes Residence Hall\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"1953: Students enjoying a newspaper fight in Suzanne Homes Residence Hall, which was constructed in 1947 as a dormitory for 84 female students. The building had a cafeteria that served 250 students, a living room, and a recreational area where dances and other student events were held.\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1g7n0-a50cef66b09c8cc45c6e2f6d2bb74b75\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-1g7n0-a50cef66b09c8cc45c6e2f6d2bb74b75 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:left;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1g7n0-a50cef66b09c8cc45c6e2f6d2bb74b75 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-0 av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">1953:<\/span> <em> Students Enjoying a Newspaper Fight, Suzanne Homes Residence Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div id='av-masonry-4' class='av-masonry av-30hw-55a4bf76635d342338a2df51bb7300ad noHover av-fixed-size av-no-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-6 av-caption-on-hover av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery ' data-post_id=\"12\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1939-Goldfish-Gulping-was-a-College-Rage-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1939-Goldfish-Gulping-was-a-College-Rage-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1939-Goldfish-Gulping-was-a-College-Rage-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1939-Goldfish-Gulping-was-a-College-Rage-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1939-Goldfish-Gulping-was-a-College-Rage-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1939-Goldfish-Gulping-was-a-College-Rage.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1952: Goldfish Gulping was a college rage in 1939, with students setting records at 101 and more fish swallowed. This photograph shows that the trend was still alive at Southern Oregon College of Education in 1952.\"  id='av-masonry-4-item-426' data-av-masonry-item='426' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-426 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1952: Goldfish Gulping was a college rage in 1939, with students setting records at 101 and more fish swallowed. This photograph shows that the trend was still alive at Southern Oregon College of Education in 1952.\" alt=\"1952: Goldfish Gulping was a College Rage\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1939-Goldfish-Gulping-was-a-College-Rage-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1952: Goldfish Gulping was a college rage in 1939, with students setting records at 101 and more fish swallowed. This photograph shows that the trend was still alive at Southern Oregon College of Education in 1952.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Pine-Hall-Science-Hall-Students-Working-at-Lab-Benches-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Pine-Hall-Science-Hall-Students-Working-at-Lab-Benches-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Pine-Hall-Science-Hall-Students-Working-at-Lab-Benches-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Pine-Hall-Science-Hall-Students-Working-at-Lab-Benches-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Pine-Hall-Science-Hall-Students-Working-at-Lab-Benches-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Pine-Hall-Science-Hall-Students-Working-at-Lab-Benches.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1947: The H-shaped Pine Hall, also called Science Hall, was constructed in 1947 from surplus war buildings to house the new science programs, a lunch counter, the bookstore, and classrooms. The school&#8217;s science and math programs were enhanced in 1940 as a military preparedness initiative.\"  id='av-masonry-4-item-417' data-av-masonry-item='417' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-417 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1947: The H-shaped Pine Hall, also called Science Hall, was constructed in 1947 from surplus war buildings to house the new science programs, a lunch counter, the bookstore, and classrooms. The school&#8217;s science and math programs were enhanced in 1940 as a military preparedness initiative.\" alt=\"1947: Pine Hall (Science Hall,) Students Working at Lab Benches\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1947-Pine-Hall-Science-Hall-Students-Working-at-Lab-Benches-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1947: The H-shaped Pine Hall, also called Science Hall, was constructed in 1947 from surplus war buildings to house the new science programs, a lunch counter, the bookstore, and classrooms. The school&#8217;s science and math programs were enhanced in 1940 as a military preparedness initiative.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1953-Irene-Arashiro-Second-Hawaiian-Student-at-SOCE-Homecoming-Queen-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1953-Irene-Arashiro-Second-Hawaiian-Student-at-SOCE-Homecoming-Queen-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1953-Irene-Arashiro-Second-Hawaiian-Student-at-SOCE-Homecoming-Queen-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1953-Irene-Arashiro-Second-Hawaiian-Student-at-SOCE-Homecoming-Queen-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1953-Irene-Arashiro-Second-Hawaiian-Student-at-SOCE-Homecoming-Queen-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1953-Irene-Arashiro-Second-Hawaiian-Student-at-SOCE-Homecoming-Queen.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1953: Irene Arashiro was the Second Hawaiian Student at SOCE. She was a sophomore in 1953 living in Suzanne Holmes Hall. When Irene first laid eyes on tall, handsome football captain Ernest Bretzel, she determined to marry him. Irene was voted homecoming queen that fall, and Ernest was her escort. Irene and Ernie wed in 1954 and celebrated many happy years together.\"  id='av-masonry-4-item-422' data-av-masonry-item='422' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-422 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1953: Irene Arashiro was the Second Hawaiian Student at SOCE. She was a sophomore in 1953 living in Suzanne Holmes Hall. When Irene first laid eyes on tall, handsome football captain Ernest Bretzel, she determined to marry him. Irene was voted homecoming queen that fall, and Ernest was her escort. Irene and Ernie wed in 1954 and celebrated many happy years together.\" alt=\"1953: Irene Arashiro was the Second Hawaiian Student at SOCE. She was a sophomore in 1953 living in Suzanne Holmes Hall.\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1953-Irene-Arashiro-Second-Hawaiian-Student-at-SOCE-Homecoming-Queen-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1953: Irene Arashiro was the Second Hawaiian Student at SOCE. She was a sophomore in 1953 living in Suzanne Holmes Hall. When Irene first laid eyes on tall, handsome football captain Ernest Bretzel, she determined to marry him. Irene was voted homecoming queen that fall, and Ernest was her escort. Irene and Ernie wed in 1954 and celebrated many happy years together.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1948-Students-Crowded-Into-Pine-Hall-for-a-Quick-Lunch-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1948-Students-Crowded-Into-Pine-Hall-for-a-Quick-Lunch-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1948-Students-Crowded-Into-Pine-Hall-for-a-Quick-Lunch-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1948-Students-Crowded-Into-Pine-Hall-for-a-Quick-Lunch-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1948-Students-Crowded-Into-Pine-Hall-for-a-Quick-Lunch-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1948-Students-Crowded-Into-Pine-Hall-for-a-Quick-Lunch.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1948: Students crowded into Pine Hall for a quick lunch. Adjacent to Pine Hall was the Student Union, also known as the Siskiyou Shack because it housed the student newspaper and student buyers cooperative. These two military surplus buildings, Pine Hall and the Student Union, were located where the Hannon Library is today. Pine Hall had many uses over the years into the 1990s.\"  id='av-masonry-4-item-420' data-av-masonry-item='420' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-420 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1948: Students crowded into Pine Hall for a quick lunch. Adjacent to Pine Hall was the Student Union, also known as the Siskiyou Shack because it housed the student newspaper and student buyers cooperative. These two military surplus buildings, Pine Hall and the Student Union, were located where the Hannon Library is today. Pine Hall had many uses over the years into the 1990s.\" alt=\"1948: Students Crowded into Pine Hall for a Quick Lunch\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1948-Students-Crowded-Into-Pine-Hall-for-a-Quick-Lunch-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1948: Students crowded into Pine Hall for a quick lunch. Adjacent to Pine Hall was the Student Union, also known as the Siskiyou Shack because it housed the student newspaper and student buyers cooperative. These two military surplus buildings, Pine Hall and the Student Union, were located where the Hannon Library is today. Pine Hall had many uses over the years into the 1990s.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1958-Southern-Oregon-College-Rapid-Expansion-Aerial-View-1030x726.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1958-Southern-Oregon-College-Rapid-Expansion-Aerial-View-1030x726.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1958-Southern-Oregon-College-Rapid-Expansion-Aerial-View-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1958-Southern-Oregon-College-Rapid-Expansion-Aerial-View-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1958-Southern-Oregon-College-Rapid-Expansion-Aerial-View-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1958-Southern-Oregon-College-Rapid-Expansion-Aerial-View-1500x1058.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1958-Southern-Oregon-College-Rapid-Expansion-Aerial-View-705x497.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1958-Southern-Oregon-College-Rapid-Expansion-Aerial-View.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1958: Aerial view of Southern Oregon College\u2019s rapid and significant expansion. Siskiyou Hall, at top right was completed in the final months of 1958, as the new Science Building, who&#8217;s footprint is evident in the lower right. The Commons and Huffman Hall along Siskiyou Boulevard were completed earlier that year, and the old Ashland Hospital, at lower left with the circular drive, was in use as a men\u2019s dormitory; this was later the site of the Stevenson Union. Pine-Hall is the H shaped building towards center near the snack building. The Commons is known today as the Marion Ady building, and Huffman Hall was demolished to make way for the Schneider Museum of Art.\"  id='av-masonry-4-item-413' data-av-masonry-item='413' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-413 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1958: Aerial view of Southern Oregon College\u2019s rapid and significant expansion. Siskiyou Hall, at top right was completed in the final months of 1958, as the new Science Building, who&#8217;s footprint is evident in the lower right. The Commons and Huffman Hall along Siskiyou Boulevard were completed earlier that year, and the old Ashland Hospital, at lower left with the circular drive, was in use as a men\u2019s dormitory; this was later the site of the Stevenson Union. Pine-Hall is the H shaped building towards center near the snack building. The Commons is known today as the Marion Ady building, and Huffman Hall was demolished to make way for the Schneider Museum of Art.\" alt=\"1958: Aerial View of Southern Oregon College Rapid Expansion\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1958-Southern-Oregon-College-Rapid-Expansion-Aerial-View-705x497.jpg);\"  title=\"1958: Aerial view of Southern Oregon College\u2019s rapid and significant expansion. Siskiyou Hall, at top right was completed in the final months of 1958, as the new Science Building, who&#8217;s footprint is evident in the lower right. The Commons and Huffman Hall along Siskiyou Boulevard were completed earlier that year, and the old Ashland Hospital, at lower left with the circular drive, was in use as a men\u2019s dormitory; this was later the site of the Stevenson Union. Pine-Hall is the H shaped building towards center near the snack building. The Commons is known today as the Marion Ady building, and Huffman Hall was demolished to make way for the Schneider Museum of Art.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane-1030x1030.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1956: President Elmo Stevenson sits at the console of the Southern Oregon College airplane. Stevenson recruited heavily throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California and often flew into remote areas of the region to spread the good word about Southern Oregon College.\"  id='av-masonry-4-item-430' data-av-masonry-item='430' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-430 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1956: President Elmo Stevenson sits at the console of the Southern Oregon College airplane. Stevenson recruited heavily throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California and often flew into remote areas of the region to spread the good word about Southern Oregon College.\" alt=\"1956: President Elmo Stevenson in Southern Oregon College Airplane\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1956-SOC-President-Elmo-Stevenson-in-Southern-Oregon-College-Airplane-705x705.jpg);\"  title=\"1956: President Elmo Stevenson sits at the console of the Southern Oregon College airplane. Stevenson recruited heavily throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California and often flew into remote areas of the region to spread the good word about Southern Oregon College.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5bu10-cba0470c79c02bfba55ca9343ba678a8\">\n.avia-section.av-5bu10-cba0470c79c02bfba55ca9343ba678a8{\nbackground-color:#231f20;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_11'  class='avia-section av-5bu10-cba0470c79c02bfba55ca9343ba678a8 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-61  el_after_av_masonry_gallery  el_before_av_masonry_gallery  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-49mc0-50a05126122deb318f45862c85b2fa9f av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-62  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3vtt0-b8855a71b31a7231175f645827d56f0a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-3vtt0-b8855a71b31a7231175f645827d56f0a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-3vtt0-b8855a71b31a7231175f645827d56f0a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-3vtt0-b8855a71b31a7231175f645827d56f0a av-styling-no-styling av-img-linked avia-align-  avia-builder-el-63  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='1967: Southern Oregon College Homecoming Court posed in Lithia Park. Left to right: Cathi Morris (queen); Sherry Campbell; Carol Shirley; Betty Schwiebert; Laurie Spelgar.'><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-300x200.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-1030x687.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-768x512.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-705x470.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park.jpg\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Homecoming-Court-Posed-in-Lithia-Park-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-435 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-435 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"1967: Southern Oregon College Homecoming Court Posed in Lithia Park\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"1967: Southern Oregon College Homecoming Court posed in Lithia Park. Left to right: Cathi Morris (queen); Sherry Campbell; Carol Shirley; Betty Schwiebert; Laurie Spelgar.\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-b7ek-0315ca55b9971aa43b9800308c24c6a5\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-b7ek-0315ca55b9971aa43b9800308c24c6a5 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-b7ek-0315ca55b9971aa43b9800308c24c6a5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-0 av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">1967:<\/span> <em>Southern Oregon College Homecoming Court, posed in Lithia Park.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2laq8-c07c47d5931fbc54e0f1b489be7ce146 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-65  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-24ds0-cbbdd07720b42dbb7c021ab8fcc3a839\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-24ds0-cbbdd07720b42dbb7c021ab8fcc3a839{\npadding-bottom:0;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:24px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-24ds0-cbbdd07720b42dbb7c021ab8fcc3a839 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-24ds0-cbbdd07720b42dbb7c021ab8fcc3a839 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:24px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-24ds0-cbbdd07720b42dbb7c021ab8fcc3a839 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-24ds0-cbbdd07720b42dbb7c021ab8fcc3a839 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-24ds0-cbbdd07720b42dbb7c021ab8fcc3a839 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-24ds0-cbbdd07720b42dbb7c021ab8fcc3a839 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-24ds0-cbbdd07720b42dbb7c021ab8fcc3a839 av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-66  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Growing in the Right Direction<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >An Era of Cultural <span class='special_amp'>&amp;<\/span> Social Change<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1g208-4ab798356e6ebf5924edbae31ec15797\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-1g208-4ab798356e6ebf5924edbae31ec15797 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1g208-4ab798356e6ebf5924edbae31ec15797 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock right-pillow av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The 1960s and 1970s were a time of turbulent change. A growing focus on inclusion and diversity was taking shape on campus. The first Las Posadas celebration was held in December 1967, the Black Student Union was formed in 1969, a Director of Minority Students was hired in 1970, Indian Awareness Days were observed in 1975, and a Women\u2019s Center was created in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>The physical campus was transformed with the construction and opening of new buildings, including the Student Health Center in 1962, Taylor Hall in 1965, the Library in 1967, and the Greensprings Residence Hall complex in 1969. A Student Union was constructed and opened in 1972 and named after past SOU president Elmo Stevenson. During 1966 \u2013 1967, the Science Building was expanded and Central Hall was remodeled. Two years later, the student radio station KSOR was established.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div id='av-masonry-5' class='av-masonry av-z8j0-3c15d99ef353961b1207b4bc96ae8f11 noHover av-fixed-size av-no-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-6 av-caption-on-hover av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery ' data-post_id=\"12\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1970-Black-Panthers-Traveled-to-the-Southern-Oregon-College-Campus-824x1030.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1970-Black-Panthers-Traveled-to-the-Southern-Oregon-College-Campus-824x1030.jpg 824w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1970-Black-Panthers-Traveled-to-the-Southern-Oregon-College-Campus-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1970-Black-Panthers-Traveled-to-the-Southern-Oregon-College-Campus-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1970-Black-Panthers-Traveled-to-the-Southern-Oregon-College-Campus-564x705.jpg 564w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1970-Black-Panthers-Traveled-to-the-Southern-Oregon-College-Campus.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\"  aria-label=\"image 1970: Members of the Black Panthers traveled to the Southern Oregon College campus from the San Francisco bay area.\"  id='av-masonry-5-item-446' data-av-masonry-item='446' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-446 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1970: Members of the Black Panthers traveled to the Southern Oregon College campus from the San Francisco bay area.\" alt=\"1970 Black Panthers Traveled to the Southern Oregon College Campus\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1970-Black-Panthers-Traveled-to-the-Southern-Oregon-College-Campus-564x705.jpg);\"  title=\"1970: Members of the Black Panthers traveled to the Southern Oregon College campus from the San Francisco bay area.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/May-6th-1970-SOC-Students-Protesting-the-Kent-State-Killings-1030x515.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/May-6th-1970-SOC-Students-Protesting-the-Kent-State-Killings-1030x515.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/May-6th-1970-SOC-Students-Protesting-the-Kent-State-Killings-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/May-6th-1970-SOC-Students-Protesting-the-Kent-State-Killings-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/May-6th-1970-SOC-Students-Protesting-the-Kent-State-Killings-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/May-6th-1970-SOC-Students-Protesting-the-Kent-State-Killings-1500x750.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/May-6th-1970-SOC-Students-Protesting-the-Kent-State-Killings-705x353.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/May-6th-1970-SOC-Students-Protesting-the-Kent-State-Killings.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image May 6th, 1970: SOC students protesting the Kent State killings. On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard had opened fire on unarmed Kent State College students protesting the Vietnam War and American bombing of Cambodia, resulting in four deaths. At SOC, flags were lowered to mark the deaths &#8211; over 100 students gathered in protest.\"  id='av-masonry-5-item-448' data-av-masonry-item='448' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-448 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"May 6th, 1970: SOC students protesting the Kent State killings. On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard had opened fire on unarmed Kent State College students protesting the Vietnam War and American bombing of Cambodia, resulting in four deaths. At SOC, flags were lowered to mark the deaths &#8211; over 100 students gathered in protest.\" alt=\"May 6th, 1970: SOC Students Protesting the Kent State Killings\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/May-6th-1970-SOC-Students-Protesting-the-Kent-State-Killings-705x353.jpg);\"  title=\"May 6th, 1970: SOC students protesting the Kent State killings. On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard had opened fire on unarmed Kent State College students protesting the Vietnam War and American bombing of Cambodia, resulting in four deaths. At SOC, flags were lowered to mark the deaths &#8211; over 100 students gathered in protest.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1960s-1970s-Mary-Christlieb-Dean-of-Students-Southern-Oregon-State-College-824x1030.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1960s-1970s-Mary-Christlieb-Dean-of-Students-Southern-Oregon-State-College-824x1030.jpg 824w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1960s-1970s-Mary-Christlieb-Dean-of-Students-Southern-Oregon-State-College-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1960s-1970s-Mary-Christlieb-Dean-of-Students-Southern-Oregon-State-College-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1960s-1970s-Mary-Christlieb-Dean-of-Students-Southern-Oregon-State-College-564x705.jpg 564w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1960s-1970s-Mary-Christlieb-Dean-of-Students-Southern-Oregon-State-College.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\"  aria-label=\"image 1960s &#8211; 1970s: Mary Christlieb was a much loved Dean of Women and then Dean of Students at SOC during the turbulent years, on occasion bailing students out of jail after arrests for demonstrating. Dean Christlieb oversaw dormitories, a student union, student clubs, advising, and the health center. A supporter of women&#8217;s rights, she was instrumental in the founding of the Women&#8217;s Resource Center and Schneider Children&#8217;s Center.\"  id='av-masonry-5-item-443' data-av-masonry-item='443' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-443 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1960s &#8211; 1970s: Mary Christlieb was a much loved Dean of Women and then Dean of Students at SOC during the turbulent years, on occasion bailing students out of jail after arrests for demonstrating. Dean Christlieb oversaw dormitories, a student union, student clubs, advising, and the health center. A supporter of women&#8217;s rights, she was instrumental in the founding of the Women&#8217;s Resource Center and Schneider Children&#8217;s Center.\" alt=\"1960s - 1970s: Mary Christlieb was a much loved dean of women and then dean of students @SOC during the turbulent years, on occasion bailing students out of jail after arrests for demonstrating.\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1960s-1970s-Mary-Christlieb-Dean-of-Students-Southern-Oregon-State-College-564x705.jpg);\"  title=\"1960s &#8211; 1970s: Mary Christlieb was a much loved Dean of Women and then Dean of Students at SOC during the turbulent years, on occasion bailing students out of jail after arrests for demonstrating. Dean Christlieb oversaw dormitories, a student union, student clubs, advising, and the health center. A supporter of women&#8217;s rights, she was instrumental in the founding of the Women&#8217;s Resource Center and Schneider Children&#8217;s Center.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-President-James-K-Sours-and-William-Maurice-Sterling-Director-of-Minority-Students-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-President-James-K-Sours-and-William-Maurice-Sterling-Director-of-Minority-Students-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-President-James-K-Sours-and-William-Maurice-Sterling-Director-of-Minority-Students-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-President-James-K-Sours-and-William-Maurice-Sterling-Director-of-Minority-Students-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-President-James-K-Sours-and-William-Maurice-Sterling-Director-of-Minority-Students-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-President-James-K-Sours-and-William-Maurice-Sterling-Director-of-Minority-Students.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1969: President James K. Sours and William Maurice Sterling, Director of Minority Students. Presidents Elmo Stevenson and Sours both provided support to students of color in various ways, ranging from tuition assistance to funding for the BSU&#8217;s Black Cultural Symposium, held April 16-20, 1969. The symposium included movie screenings, panel discussions, arts performances, and keynote by noted journalist Louis Lomax.\"  id='av-masonry-5-item-450' data-av-masonry-item='450' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-450 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1969: President James K. Sours and William Maurice Sterling, Director of Minority Students. Presidents Elmo Stevenson and Sours both provided support to students of color in various ways, ranging from tuition assistance to funding for the BSU&#8217;s Black Cultural Symposium, held April 16-20, 1969. The symposium included movie screenings, panel discussions, arts performances, and keynote by noted journalist Louis Lomax.\" alt=\"1969: President James K. Sours and William Maurice Sterling, Director of Minority Students\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-President-James-K-Sours-and-William-Maurice-Sterling-Director-of-Minority-Students-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1969: President James K. Sours and William Maurice Sterling, Director of Minority Students. Presidents Elmo Stevenson and Sours both provided support to students of color in various ways, ranging from tuition assistance to funding for the BSU&#8217;s Black Cultural Symposium, held April 16-20, 1969. The symposium included movie screenings, panel discussions, arts performances, and keynote by noted journalist Louis Lomax.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-Student-DJ-from-SOC-Radio-Station-KSOR-824x1030.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-Student-DJ-from-SOC-Radio-Station-KSOR-824x1030.jpg 824w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-Student-DJ-from-SOC-Radio-Station-KSOR-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-Student-DJ-from-SOC-Radio-Station-KSOR-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-Student-DJ-from-SOC-Radio-Station-KSOR-564x705.jpg 564w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-Student-DJ-from-SOC-Radio-Station-KSOR.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\"  aria-label=\"image 1969: A student DJ from the SOC radio station, KSOR &#8211; playing an Andr\u00e9 Watts album, one of the first African-Americans to achieve international fame in classical music. KSOR was established in 1969 as a tiny 10-watt station and expanded with grant funds in 1976 to reach 100,000 listeners. By 1979, KSOR was building translators to expand its regional coverage and also began carrying National Public Radio programming.\"  id='av-masonry-5-item-452' data-av-masonry-item='452' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-452 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1969: A student DJ from the SOC radio station, KSOR &#8211; playing an Andr\u00e9 Watts album, one of the first African-Americans to achieve international fame in classical music. KSOR was established in 1969 as a tiny 10-watt station and expanded with grant funds in 1976 to reach 100,000 listeners. By 1979, KSOR was building translators to expand its regional coverage and also began carrying National Public Radio programming.\" alt=\"1969 Student DJ from SOC Radio Station KSOR\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1969-Student-DJ-from-SOC-Radio-Station-KSOR-564x705.jpg);\"  title=\"1969: A student DJ from the SOC radio station, KSOR &#8211; playing an Andr\u00e9 Watts album, one of the first African-Americans to achieve international fame in classical music. KSOR was established in 1969 as a tiny 10-watt station and expanded with grant funds in 1976 to reach 100,000 listeners. By 1979, KSOR was building translators to expand its regional coverage and also began carrying National Public Radio programming.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Las-Posadas-Fete-Event-Mexican-Celebration-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Las-Posadas-Fete-Event-Mexican-Celebration-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Las-Posadas-Fete-Event-Mexican-Celebration-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Las-Posadas-Fete-Event-Mexican-Celebration-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Las-Posadas-Fete-Event-Mexican-Celebration-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Las-Posadas-Fete-Event-Mexican-Celebration.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1967: SOU has hosted many Las Posadas events, traditional Mexican celebrations of the nativity, since the 1960s. This Las Posadas fete took place the evening of December 14, 1967, in the McNeal Pavilion gymnasium. The event was organized by Grace &#8220;Se\u00f1ora Chela&#8221; Tapp-Kochs and sponsored by the Foreign Languages Department.\"  id='av-masonry-5-item-464' data-av-masonry-item='464' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-464 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1967: SOU has hosted many Las Posadas events, traditional Mexican celebrations of the nativity, since the 1960s. This Las Posadas fete took place the evening of December 14, 1967, in the McNeal Pavilion gymnasium. The event was organized by Grace &#8220;Se\u00f1ora Chela&#8221; Tapp-Kochs and sponsored by the Foreign Languages Department.\" alt=\"1967: SOC Las Posadas Fete Event Mexican Celebration\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1967-SOC-Las-Posadas-Fete-Event-Mexican-Celebration-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1967: SOU has hosted many Las Posadas events, traditional Mexican celebrations of the nativity, since the 1960s. This Las Posadas fete took place the evening of December 14, 1967, in the McNeal Pavilion gymnasium. The event was organized by Grace &#8220;Se\u00f1ora Chela&#8221; Tapp-Kochs and sponsored by the Foreign Languages Department.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2lh20-5397e66152944d1b84736d23f0fb0271\">\n.avia-section.av-2lh20-5397e66152944d1b84736d23f0fb0271{\nbackground-color:#231f20;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_12'  class='avia-section av-2lh20-5397e66152944d1b84736d23f0fb0271 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-69  el_after_av_masonry_gallery  el_before_av_masonry_gallery  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-21f54-6dbf6ce16f6181332f1189d7c1449020 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-70  el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l47bipow-72ca53effd1a1be0bb587bdf64923c0a\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l47bipow-72ca53effd1a1be0bb587bdf64923c0a{\npadding-bottom:0;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:24px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l47bipow-72ca53effd1a1be0bb587bdf64923c0a .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l47bipow-72ca53effd1a1be0bb587bdf64923c0a .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:24px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l47bipow-72ca53effd1a1be0bb587bdf64923c0a .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l47bipow-72ca53effd1a1be0bb587bdf64923c0a .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l47bipow-72ca53effd1a1be0bb587bdf64923c0a .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l47bipow-72ca53effd1a1be0bb587bdf64923c0a .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l47bipow-72ca53effd1a1be0bb587bdf64923c0a av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-right  avia-builder-el-71  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Art, Technology, and Progressive Thinking<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Evolution to Southern Oregon University<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1gxn4-637fd1ee21c45bb44e1b4342565f33d1\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-1gxn4-637fd1ee21c45bb44e1b4342565f33d1 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1gxn4-637fd1ee21c45bb44e1b4342565f33d1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock left-pillow av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Southern Oregon State College grew and transformed during the final decades of the last century. Despite the recession of the early 1980s, public and private fundraising aided in a time of growth, including a modern multi-use stadium and the construction of the Schneider Museum of Art. Academic programs were organized into four schools, and preprofessional programs were introduced in nursing, forest management, social\u00a0work, and other disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, Southern Oregon State College attained university status with an official name change to <span class=\"heavy-man\">Southern Oregon University!<\/span> Major campus events during this time included the construction of the Theater Arts Building, KSOR&#8217;s affiliation with National Public Radio, and construction of the Computing Services Center and Family Housing Complex which were both completed in 1990.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-rrus-c2b0fa823c016cc589086704432f2d6e av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-73  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l47b8unf-a4efb622a514b4d5c23d4afd0eca2590\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l47b8unf-a4efb622a514b4d5c23d4afd0eca2590 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l47b8unf-a4efb622a514b4d5c23d4afd0eca2590 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l47b8unf-a4efb622a514b4d5c23d4afd0eca2590 av-styling-no-styling av-img-linked avia-align-  avia-builder-el-74  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='1988: The newly built Schneider Museum of Art Building, before construction of the SOU Center for Visual Arts.'><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-300x200.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-1030x687.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-768x512.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-705x470.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus.jpg\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-Building-SOSC-Campus-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-478 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-478 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"1988: Schneider Museum of Art Building SOSC Campus\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"1988: The newly built Schneider Museum of Art Building, before construction of the SOU Center for Visual Arts.\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l47b9odg-d254dd8e9fdba07f1f1ab80f620eeff1\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l47b9odg-d254dd8e9fdba07f1f1ab80f620eeff1 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:left;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l47b9odg-d254dd8e9fdba07f1f1ab80f620eeff1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-0 av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">1988: The newly built Schneider Museum of Art Building, before construction of the SOU Center for Visual Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div id='av-masonry-6' class='av-masonry av-l47bjm60-4bc8d911e13771c8f7c8d44e85aeb61d noHover av-fixed-size av-no-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-6 av-caption-on-hover av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery ' data-post_id=\"12\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1984-Presidential-Candidate-Reverend-Jesse-Jackson-on-Campus-1030x824.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1984-Presidential-Candidate-Reverend-Jesse-Jackson-on-Campus-1030x824.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1984-Presidential-Candidate-Reverend-Jesse-Jackson-on-Campus-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1984-Presidential-Candidate-Reverend-Jesse-Jackson-on-Campus-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1984-Presidential-Candidate-Reverend-Jesse-Jackson-on-Campus-705x564.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1984-Presidential-Candidate-Reverend-Jesse-Jackson-on-Campus.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1984: During both his 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns, Jesse Jackson held rallies throughout Oregon, including Southern Oregon cities. In this photo, Jackson is on campus during his 1984 campaign.\"  id='av-masonry-6-item-488' data-av-masonry-item='488' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-488 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1984: During both his 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns, Jesse Jackson held rallies throughout Oregon, including Southern Oregon cities. In this photo, Jackson is on campus during his 1984 campaign.\" alt=\"1984 Presidential Candidate Reverend Jesse Jackson on Campus\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1984-Presidential-Candidate-Reverend-Jesse-Jackson-on-Campus-705x564.jpg);\"  title=\"1984: During both his 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns, Jesse Jackson held rallies throughout Oregon, including Southern Oregon cities. In this photo, Jackson is on campus during his 1984 campaign.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1964-to-1996-Betty-LeDuke-Taught-in-SOUs-Art-Program-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1964-to-1996-Betty-LeDuke-Taught-in-SOUs-Art-Program-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1964-to-1996-Betty-LeDuke-Taught-in-SOUs-Art-Program-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1964-to-1996-Betty-LeDuke-Taught-in-SOUs-Art-Program-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1964-to-1996-Betty-LeDuke-Taught-in-SOUs-Art-Program-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1964-to-1996-Betty-LeDuke-Taught-in-SOUs-Art-Program.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1964 to 1996: Influential artist, author, and activist Betty LeDuke taught in SOU&#8217;s Art Program. LaDuke gained international recognition for her vivid photography, paintings, sketches, and murals based largely on social justice issues and women&#8217;s experiences.\"  id='av-masonry-6-item-467' data-av-masonry-item='467' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-467 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1964 to 1996: Influential artist, author, and activist Betty LeDuke taught in SOU&#8217;s Art Program. LaDuke gained international recognition for her vivid photography, paintings, sketches, and murals based largely on social justice issues and women&#8217;s experiences.\" alt=\"1964 to 1996 Betty LeDuke Taught in SOUs Art Program\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1964-to-1996-Betty-LeDuke-Taught-in-SOUs-Art-Program-705x470.jpg);\"  title=\"1964 to 1996: Influential artist, author, and activist Betty LeDuke taught in SOU&#8217;s Art Program. LaDuke gained international recognition for her vivid photography, paintings, sketches, and murals based largely on social justice issues and women&#8217;s experiences.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1983-Raider-Stadium-was-Built-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1983-Raider-Stadium-was-Built-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1983-Raider-Stadium-was-Built-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1983-Raider-Stadium-was-Built-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1983-Raider-Stadium-was-Built-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1983-Raider-Stadium-was-Built.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1983: Raider Stadium was built at a cost of $1.55 million and seats 4000, with a covered grandstand on the west side of the field.\"  id='av-masonry-6-item-472' data-av-masonry-item='472' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-472 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1983: Raider Stadium was built at a cost of $1.55 million and seats 4000, with a covered grandstand on the west side of the field.\" alt=\"1983: Raider Stadium was Built\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1983-Raider-Stadium-was-Built-705x470.jpg);\"  title=\"1983: Raider Stadium was built at a cost of $1.55 million and seats 4000, with a covered grandstand on the west side of the field.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-SOU-Computer-Labs-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-SOU-Computer-Labs-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-SOU-Computer-Labs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-SOU-Computer-Labs-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-SOU-Computer-Labs-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-SOU-Computer-Labs.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1988: By the late 80s, the region needed workers who knew how to use personal computers and desktop software. SOU responded by building computer labs for graduating Business and Computer Science students. The Suzuki Foundation and 3M in White City contributed financially and then kind to the growth of these programs.\"  id='av-masonry-6-item-484' data-av-masonry-item='484' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-484 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1988: By the late 80s, the region needed workers who knew how to use personal computers and desktop software. SOU responded by building computer labs for graduating Business and Computer Science students. The Suzuki Foundation and 3M in White City contributed financially and then kind to the growth of these programs.\" alt=\"1988 SOU Computer\\ Labs\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1988-SOU-Computer-Labs-705x470.jpg);\"  title=\"1988: By the late 80s, the region needed workers who knew how to use personal computers and desktop software. SOU responded by building computer labs for graduating Business and Computer Science students. The Suzuki Foundation and 3M in White City contributed financially and then kind to the growth of these programs.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1966-2002-Poet-Lawson-Inada-SOU-English-Professor.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1966-2002-Poet-Lawson-Inada-SOU-English-Professor.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1966-2002-Poet-Lawson-Inada-SOU-English-Professor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1966-2002-Poet-Lawson-Inada-SOU-English-Professor-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1966-2002-Poet-Lawson-Inada-SOU-English-Professor-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1966-2002-Poet-Lawson-Inada-SOU-English-Professor-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1966-2002-Poet-Lawson-Inada-SOU-English-Professor-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1966-2002-Poet-Lawson-Inada-SOU-English-Professor-705x705.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  aria-label=\"image 1966-2002: Acclaimed poet Lawson Fusao Inada taught in SOU&#8217;s English program. His experiences as a child incarcerated in World War II internment camps are reflected in his poetry. In 2006, Inada was named Oregon&#8217;s sixth Poet Laureate, a position held through 2010.\"  id='av-masonry-6-item-490' data-av-masonry-item='490' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-490 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1966-2002: Acclaimed poet Lawson Fusao Inada taught in SOU&#8217;s English program. His experiences as a child incarcerated in World War II internment camps are reflected in his poetry. In 2006, Inada was named Oregon&#8217;s sixth Poet Laureate, a position held through 2010.\" alt=\"1966-2002: Poet Lawson Inada SOU English Professor\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1966-2002-Poet-Lawson-Inada-SOU-English-Professor-705x705.jpg);\"  title=\"1966-2002: Acclaimed poet Lawson Fusao Inada taught in SOU&#8217;s English program. His experiences as a child incarcerated in World War II internment camps are reflected in his poetry. In 2006, Inada was named Oregon&#8217;s sixth Poet Laureate, a position held through 2010.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010-1030x1030.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 1980: Composer Todd Barton was on the SOU Music Faculty from 1999 to 2010, and he was the Oregon Shakespeare Festival&#8217;s resident composer from 1969 to 2012. Barton is known for his work with synthesizers, and his award winning compositions have been performed around the world.\"  id='av-masonry-6-item-482' data-av-masonry-item='482' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-482 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"1980: Composer Todd Barton was on the SOU Music Faculty from 1999 to 2010, and he was the Oregon Shakespeare Festival&#8217;s resident composer from 1969 to 2012. Barton is known for his work with synthesizers, and his award winning compositions have been performed around the world.\" alt=\"1980: Composer Todd Barton was on the SOU Music Faculty from 1999 to 2010\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/1980-Composer-Todd-Barton-SOU-Music-Faculty-1999-to-2010-705x705.jpg);\"  title=\"1980: Composer Todd Barton was on the SOU Music Faculty from 1999 to 2010, and he was the Oregon Shakespeare Festival&#8217;s resident composer from 1969 to 2012. Barton is known for his work with synthesizers, and his award winning compositions have been performed around the world.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cduc-c2e8418084ff8da6b83b75407be3ba8f\">\n.avia-section.av-cduc-c2e8418084ff8da6b83b75407be3ba8f{\nbackground-color:#231f20;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_13'  class='avia-section av-cduc-c2e8418084ff8da6b83b75407be3ba8f main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-77  el_after_av_masonry_gallery  el_before_av_masonry_gallery  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2igho-8dd4e5314cfab1d65c6a95fb93bebdcf av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-78  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l47p3dbe-555b69edf2fd93cffad987010ef3a6a9\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l47p3dbe-555b69edf2fd93cffad987010ef3a6a9 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l47p3dbe-555b69edf2fd93cffad987010ef3a6a9 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l47p3dbe-555b69edf2fd93cffad987010ef3a6a9 av-styling-no-styling av-img-linked avia-align-  avia-builder-el-79  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='2012: The renovated and expanded Hannon library was dedicated on May 18, 2005, doubling in size from 64,380 to 122,830 feet.'><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-300x200.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-1030x687.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-768x512.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-705x470.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus.jpg\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2012-Hannon-Library-Southern-Oregon-University-Campus-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-504 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-504 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"2012 Southern Oregon University Hannon Library\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"2012: The renovated and expanded Hannon library was dedicated on May 18, 2005, doubling in size from 64,380 to 122,830 feet.\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l47p4kdp-7d822a3eeb29697a6a96ff31d72964a8\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l47p4kdp-7d822a3eeb29697a6a96ff31d72964a8 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l47p4kdp-7d822a3eeb29697a6a96ff31d72964a8 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-0 av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">2012:<\/span><em> The renovated and expanded Hannon library was dedicated on May 18, 2005, doubling in size from 64,380 to 122,830 feet.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2d0t8-a03760f6a26aa02ee67faacfe817bccb av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-81  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1pjwk-5bcc16a810a16f9b1bbeb42d844ae33f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1pjwk-5bcc16a810a16f9b1bbeb42d844ae33f{\npadding-bottom:0;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:24px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1pjwk-5bcc16a810a16f9b1bbeb42d844ae33f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-1pjwk-5bcc16a810a16f9b1bbeb42d844ae33f .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:24px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1pjwk-5bcc16a810a16f9b1bbeb42d844ae33f .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1pjwk-5bcc16a810a16f9b1bbeb42d844ae33f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-1pjwk-5bcc16a810a16f9b1bbeb42d844ae33f .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-1pjwk-5bcc16a810a16f9b1bbeb42d844ae33f .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-1pjwk-5bcc16a810a16f9b1bbeb42d844ae33f av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-82  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>A Transforming Campus<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Embracing Sustainability in Higher Education<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-qlsw-19772e4c1f031ec77ed58ff5447a53a2\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-qlsw-19772e4c1f031ec77ed58ff5447a53a2 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-qlsw-19772e4c1f031ec77ed58ff5447a53a2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock right-pillow av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Since 2000, SOU has seen unprecedented change. A focus on Sustainability has allowed the university to develop programs including an organic farm, solar panel installation, a recycling center, Bee-campus and Tree-campus designations, and most recently SOU was awarded a Gold rating for &#8220;Sustainability in Higher Education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>New construction projects have continued to transform the campus, including: the four-building Center for the Visual Arts complex completed in 2000; the renovated and expanded Hannon Library in 2005; the Higher Education Center at SOU&#8217;s Medford campus in 2008; Raider Village, which opened in 2013, including residence halls and a dining commons; the 96,000 square-foot Lithia Motors Pavilion and adjacent Student Recreation Center in 2018; and the expanded and renovated Theater building with the Jefferson Public Radio broadcast center, also completed in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div id='av-masonry-7' class='av-masonry av-tou4-02ee745ec4166cd502a7472d32ca393f noHover av-fixed-size av-no-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-6 av-caption-on-hover av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery ' data-post_id=\"12\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2013-SOU-Raider-Village-Residence-Hall-Complex-1030x736.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2013-SOU-Raider-Village-Residence-Hall-Complex-1030x736.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2013-SOU-Raider-Village-Residence-Hall-Complex-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2013-SOU-Raider-Village-Residence-Hall-Complex-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2013-SOU-Raider-Village-Residence-Hall-Complex-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2013-SOU-Raider-Village-Residence-Hall-Complex-705x503.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2013-SOU-Raider-Village-Residence-Hall-Complex.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 2013: The SOU Raider Village was completed at Southern Oregon University\u2019s north campus and includes 2 new state-of-the-art Residence Hall buildings, as well as the Hawk Dining Commons.\"  id='av-masonry-7-item-532' data-av-masonry-item='532' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-532 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"2013: The SOU Raider Village was completed at Southern Oregon University\u2019s north campus and includes 2 new state-of-the-art Residence Hall buildings, as well as the Hawk Dining Commons.\" alt=\"2013: SOU Raider Village Residence Hall Complex\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2013-SOU-Raider-Village-Residence-Hall-Complex-705x503.jpg);\"  title=\"2013: The SOU Raider Village was completed at Southern Oregon University\u2019s north campus and includes 2 new state-of-the-art Residence Hall buildings, as well as the Hawk Dining Commons.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Lithia-Motors-Pavilion-and-Student-Recreation-Center-1030x736.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Lithia-Motors-Pavilion-and-Student-Recreation-Center-1030x736.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Lithia-Motors-Pavilion-and-Student-Recreation-Center-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Lithia-Motors-Pavilion-and-Student-Recreation-Center-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Lithia-Motors-Pavilion-and-Student-Recreation-Center-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Lithia-Motors-Pavilion-and-Student-Recreation-Center-705x503.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Lithia-Motors-Pavilion-and-Student-Recreation-Center.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 2018: The newly constructed 96,000 square-foot Lithia Motors Pavilion and Student Recreation Center. The center includes Campus Recreation, a 1,400 seat gymnasium, training rooms, sports medicine facilities, a rock climbing wall, fitness equipment and gym workout rooms, the SOU Outdoor Program, an Esports Hub, and a surfboard shaping bay.\"  id='av-masonry-7-item-535' data-av-masonry-item='535' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-535 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"2018: The newly constructed 96,000 square-foot Lithia Motors Pavilion and Student Recreation Center. The center includes Campus Recreation, a 1,400 seat gymnasium, training rooms, sports medicine facilities, a rock climbing wall, fitness equipment and gym workout rooms, the SOU Outdoor Program, an Esports Hub, and a surfboard shaping bay.\" alt=\"2018: Lithia Motors Pavilion and Student Recreation Center\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Lithia-Motors-Pavilion-and-Student-Recreation-Center-705x503.jpg);\"  title=\"2018: The newly constructed 96,000 square-foot Lithia Motors Pavilion and Student Recreation Center. The center includes Campus Recreation, a 1,400 seat gymnasium, training rooms, sports medicine facilities, a rock climbing wall, fitness equipment and gym workout rooms, the SOU Outdoor Program, an Esports Hub, and a surfboard shaping bay.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Thalden-Pavilion-and-the-Farm-at-SOU-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Thalden-Pavilion-and-the-Farm-at-SOU-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Thalden-Pavilion-and-the-Farm-at-SOU-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Thalden-Pavilion-and-the-Farm-at-SOU-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Thalden-Pavilion-and-the-Farm-at-SOU-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Thalden-Pavilion-and-the-Farm-at-SOU.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 2018: The Thalden Pavilion is a venue for education and performance at the Farm at SOU. The Farm grows organic fruits and vegetables that are sustainably harvested, and is maintained by student farmers and volunteers. During the season, a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program supplies healthy food to the community, and weekly farm stands are found outside of the Stevenson Union in the courtyard.\"  id='av-masonry-7-item-538' data-av-masonry-item='538' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-538 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"2018: The Thalden Pavilion is a venue for education and performance at the Farm at SOU. The Farm grows organic fruits and vegetables that are sustainably harvested, and is maintained by student farmers and volunteers. During the season, a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program supplies healthy food to the community, and weekly farm stands are found outside of the Stevenson Union in the courtyard.\" alt=\"2018: Thalden Pavilion and the Farm at SOU\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Thalden-Pavilion-and-the-Farm-at-SOU-705x470.jpg);\"  title=\"2018: The Thalden Pavilion is a venue for education and performance at the Farm at SOU. The Farm grows organic fruits and vegetables that are sustainably harvested, and is maintained by student farmers and volunteers. During the season, a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program supplies healthy food to the community, and weekly farm stands are found outside of the Stevenson Union in the courtyard.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Expanded-and-Renovated-Theater-Building-and-Jefferson-Public-Radio-Broadcast-Center-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Expanded-and-Renovated-Theater-Building-and-Jefferson-Public-Radio-Broadcast-Center-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Expanded-and-Renovated-Theater-Building-and-Jefferson-Public-Radio-Broadcast-Center-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Expanded-and-Renovated-Theater-Building-and-Jefferson-Public-Radio-Broadcast-Center-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Expanded-and-Renovated-Theater-Building-and-Jefferson-Public-Radio-Broadcast-Center-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Expanded-and-Renovated-Theater-Building-and-Jefferson-Public-Radio-Broadcast-Center.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 2018: The expanded and renovated Theater Building and Jefferson Public Radio Broadcast Center was dedicated on November 10, 2018. The new construction ads 60,000 square feet, of which 7,000 is the JPR annex with state-of-the-art broadcast studios. The theater building has new acting studios, control booths, a costume shop, a movement studio, a design studio, a lighting lab, and a green room.\"  id='av-masonry-7-item-530' data-av-masonry-item='530' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-530 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"2018: The expanded and renovated Theater Building and Jefferson Public Radio Broadcast Center was dedicated on November 10, 2018. The new construction ads 60,000 square feet, of which 7,000 is the JPR annex with state-of-the-art broadcast studios. The theater building has new acting studios, control booths, a costume shop, a movement studio, a design studio, a lighting lab, and a green room.\" alt=\"2018: Expanded and Renovated Theater Building and Jefferson Public Radio Broadcast Center\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2018-Expanded-and-Renovated-Theater-Building-and-Jefferson-Public-Radio-Broadcast-Center-705x470.jpg);\"  title=\"2018: The expanded and renovated Theater Building and Jefferson Public Radio Broadcast Center was dedicated on November 10, 2018. The new construction ads 60,000 square feet, of which 7,000 is the JPR annex with state-of-the-art broadcast studios. The theater building has new acting studios, control booths, a costume shop, a movement studio, a design studio, a lighting lab, and a green room.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2000-SOU-Center-for-Visual-Arts-complex-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2000-SOU-Center-for-Visual-Arts-complex-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2000-SOU-Center-for-Visual-Arts-complex-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2000-SOU-Center-for-Visual-Arts-complex-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2000-SOU-Center-for-Visual-Arts-complex-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2000-SOU-Center-for-Visual-Arts-complex.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 2000: The SOU Center for the Visual Arts complex. The four-building complex includes; a new 19,000 square-foot art building with a 160 seat lecture hall, ceramics workshops, classrooms, seminar rooms, and galleries; a renovated DeBoer Sculpture Building; a renovated Marion Ady Building, a re-modeled Schneider Museum of Art; all surrounded by a central courtyard.\"  id='av-masonry-7-item-528' data-av-masonry-item='528' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-528 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"2000: The SOU Center for the Visual Arts complex. The four-building complex includes; a new 19,000 square-foot art building with a 160 seat lecture hall, ceramics workshops, classrooms, seminar rooms, and galleries; a renovated DeBoer Sculpture Building; a renovated Marion Ady Building, a re-modeled Schneider Museum of Art; all surrounded by a central courtyard.\" alt=\"2000: SOU Center for Visual Arts complex\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/2000-SOU-Center-for-Visual-Arts-complex-705x470.jpg);\"  title=\"2000: The SOU Center for the Visual Arts complex. The four-building complex includes; a new 19,000 square-foot art building with a 160 seat lecture hall, ceramics workshops, classrooms, seminar rooms, and galleries; a renovated DeBoer Sculpture Building; a renovated Marion Ady Building, a re-modeled Schneider Museum of Art; all surrounded by a central courtyard.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Higher-Education-Center-Medford-Oregon-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Higher-Education-Center-Medford-Oregon-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Higher-Education-Center-Medford-Oregon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Higher-Education-Center-Medford-Oregon-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Higher-Education-Center-Medford-Oregon-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Higher-Education-Center-Medford-Oregon.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  aria-label=\"image 2008: SOU&#8217;s Medford Campus is located within the Higher Education Center. The 68,700 square-foot building is shared with Rogue Community College in a unique partnership and houses 29 classrooms, a lecture hall, a video conference room, a 100-seat presentation hall, science labs, computer labs, study areas, and a caf\u00e9.\"  id='av-masonry-7-item-526' data-av-masonry-item='526' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-526 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"2008: SOU&#8217;s Medford Campus is located within the Higher Education Center. The 68,700 square-foot building is shared with Rogue Community College in a unique partnership and houses 29 classrooms, a lecture hall, a video conference room, a 100-seat presentation hall, science labs, computer labs, study areas, and a caf\u00e9.\" alt=\"SOU Higher Education Center Medford Oregon\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/06\/SOU-Higher-Education-Center-Medford-Oregon-705x470.jpg);\"  title=\"2008: SOU&#8217;s Medford Campus is located within the Higher Education Center. The 68,700 square-foot building is shared with Rogue Community College in a unique partnership and houses 29 classrooms, a lecture hall, a video conference room, a 100-seat presentation hall, science labs, computer labs, study areas, and a caf\u00e9.\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_14'  class='avia-section av-l4daehtd-2edeb70398fbf05ce731ce127ecd8cb2 alternate_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-85  el_after_av_masonry_gallery  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l4dagahq-f8ef8153dd2342514509394fea854418\">\n#top 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class=\"heavy-man\">Contributions:<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Richard J. Bailey, Jr. &#8211; SOU President<br \/>\nS. Glassford &#8211; Website Development<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"pop-0\"><span class=\"heavy-man\">Words and Photos Inspired by:<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"heavy-man\">&#8220;Southern Oregon University&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<em>By Mary Jane McDermott Cedar Face &amp; Maureen Flanagan Battistella<br \/>\nArcadia Publishing, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='avia-logo-element-container av-l3nc9ina-887f39241865ed70563c7dea8bba2b77 av-border-deactivate avia-logo-grid avia-content-slider avia-smallarrow-slider avia-content-grid-active noHover avia-content-slider-odd  avia-builder-el-97  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  avia-content-slider1' ><div class='avia-smallarrow-slider-heading  no-logo-slider-heading '><div class='new-special-heading'>&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"avia-content-slider-inner\"><div class=\"slide-entry-wrap\"><div  class='slide-entry av-l3nc9hha-1-1-1-e1e6eae38b5a58010f4d74a5fbd06c3a flex_column no_margin av_one_third real-thumbnail 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