Extended Campus Programs

Extended Campus Programs Building
541-552-6331
Barbara Scott, Director
The mission of Extended Campus Programs (ECP) is to develop and deliver a wide range of accessible and innovative programs that meet the academic, professional development, and personal enrichment needs of a diverse population in the southern Oregon region. ECP collaborates with departments and faculty of the University to provide educational programs that are accessible and conveniently scheduled for individuals and groups, both on and off campus. ECP uses entrepreneurial strategies to expand access to University programs and build on existing campus resources using selected partnerships with businesses, public institutions, and community organizations.
Major subdivisions of ECP include the Summer Session program, Medford Programs, and Distributed and Distance Learning. ECP also manages the following programs:

Credit programs: continuing education credit courses; courses sponsored under contract with a school district, business, or organization; and collegehigh school transition programs (Advance Southern Credit, Early Entry, Division of Preparatory Studies).

Noncredit programs: Community Education; University Youth Programs (Academy, Saturday Academy, academic competitions); senior programs (Elderhostel, Senior Ventures, Southern Oregon Learning in Retirement, Brown Bag Lectures); training (computers, organization development); arts enrichment classes; conferences; workshops; and special programs.

Complete schedules of these credit and non credit programs are published prior to each term in the following ECP publications: Academic Programs, Programs for Business and Career, and Community Programs for All Ages. Schedules are available at SOU's Ashland and Medford campuses and are mailed upon request. This information may also be obtained at the Education and Resource Center located in the Rogue Valley Mall.

Summer Session

Extended Campus Programs Building
541-552-6331
Kevin Talbert, Director
Claire Cross, Assistant Director
Southern Oregon University offers a comprehensive Summer Session program of regular University courses, workshops, and institutes. Classes range in length from a weekend to eight weeks. Instruction is provided by regular University faculty, visiting scholars, scientists, educators, and other professionals. A Summer Session Bulletin with scheduling and course details is published prior to summer term.

Medford Campus

229 North Bartlett Street
Medford, Oregon 97501
541-552-8100
Barbara Scott, Director
SOU's Medford Campus provides offcampus students access to many of the programs and services available on the main campus in Ashland. Degree completion and graduate programs are offered at various locations throughout Jackson County at times convenient to working students. Under an agreement with Rogue Community College, most SOU lower division courses offered in Medford are available at community college rates. A broad range of noncredit courses and activities that enhance personal enrichment, strengthen job skills, and provide recreational and leisure time activities are also scheduled.
Classrooms, distance learning facilities, computer labs, a bookstore, registration and fee payment, advising, and other student services are available at the Medford Campus. Computer lab facilities are open to all SOU students at no charge and to the public for a small fee. More than 2,000 students enroll in both credit and noncredit classes in Medford each term.

Distributed and Distance Learning

Extended Campus Programs Building
541-552-6331
Pat Trowbridge, Coordinator
The Distance Learning program uses various distributed learning strategies, including EdNet, Internet/Web, and television to provide access to students. Courses are scheduled regularly in Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Coos Bay, Roseburg, Gold Beach, Lakeview, and elsewhere as requested. Details about these courses can be found in ECP's Academic Programs Schedule, which is published prior to fall, winter, and spring terms.

International Programs

Stevenson Union 303
541-552-6336 / chambers@sou.edu
Keith Chambers, Director
The Office of International Programs coordinates and promotes international activities and involvement by students and faculty. There are many ways to add an international dimension to studies at Southern Oregon University. With nearly 200 foreign students on campus, there are nearly 40 countries represented at the University. International activities include language and culture courses, participation in the International Students Association, involvement in international evening forums and a special yearly campus-wide international event.

Study Abroad

One of the richest experiences for college students is to study or work abroad for a term or more. This is easily arranged and enables students to live overseas while earning college credit. See page 147 of this catalog for further information.

International Student Advisor

Stevenson Union 303
541-552-6660 / george@www.sou.edu
Anne George, International Student Advisor
The international student advisor corresponds with prospective students to help with questions about admission requirements, financial arrangements, housing, visa questions, and other topics. Once they are on campus, the advisor works with students individually to help them connect with an appropriate academic advisor and to ensure successful transition to University life. The international student advisor meets with students throughout the year as needed, and helps coordinate organized social events and other activities. International students are encouraged and invited to remain in close contact with the international student advisor during their entire tenure at SOU.

Lecture Series

Through the SOU Foundation's capital campaign drives, the following endowed lecture series chairs have been established.

School of Business

Ashland Daily Tidings Chair in Advertising
Endowed by the Albany Democrat Herald newspaper and the Capital Cities Foundation. Features leaders in the advertising industry who conduct workshops and present discussions about contemporary issues in advertising.
Glenn L. Jackson Chair on Business Ethics
Endowed by Cynthia Ford in memory of her father, Glenn L. Jackson. Features business leaders who bring to the campus and community a higher level of awareness of current ethical problems in the national and international business environment.
Tyran Chair on the Free Enterprise System
Endowed by Ben and Jeanne Tyran. Features leaders who speak about the opportunities provided to the individual by the free enterprise system and its benefits to society.

School of Arts and Letters

Medford Mail Tribune First Amendment Chair
Established by Steve Ryder and Gil Bogley. Emphasizes the principles of the First Amendment, particularly the rights of free speech, press, and religion.

Nursing

John and Nora Darby Chair
Endowed by the John and Nora Darby Heart Fund. Established to link the southern Oregon community with nationally recognized experts in the area of cardiovascular disease prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. The lectures are for the campus community, healthcare providers, and the general public.
Betsy LaSor Lectureship
Endowed by friends and family of Betsy LaSor. Annual seminars and colloquia by prominent nursing leaders provide perspectives on key contemporary healthcare issues for nurses, nursing students, other healthcare professionals, and the general public.

School of Social Science, Education, Health and Physical Education

Daniel Meyer Memorial Chair
Endowed by Al and Margaret Meyer. Provides for two annual health enhancement lecture series: one series emphasizes health-related fitness areas, the other emphasizes drug and alcohol education.
Florence Hemley Schneider Chair
Endowed by William and Florence Schneider. The charge of this chair is to demonstrate the ability of the social sciences to empower individuals to improve social decisions. Speakers are encouraged to meet with students in small workshops in addition to their public lectures.

Interdisciplinary

Frank J. Van Dyke (Honors) Chair
Endowed by Friends of Frank J. Van Dyke. Features experts in the field of professional ethics who discuss the concepts of ethics and how they apply to teaching and education, medicine, science, research, technology, and social and corporate responsibility.

National Student Exchange

Stevenson Union, SU 321
541-552-6461
Mary Bernarde, Coordinator

The National Student Exchange Program (NSE) offers currently enrolled SOU students the opportunity to attend one of more than 150 colleges and universities across the United States at resident tuition rates. NSE placements extend for a maximum of one year and are open to students in their sophomore or junior years. This is not a transfer program and students are expected to return to the SOU campus at the end of their placement. To be eligible, students must have at least a 2.5 grade point average. Applications are due in February for the following academic year.

Shakespeare Studies

Britt 125
541-552-6904
Alan Armstrong, Director
Joining the resources of the University, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and a national network of leading Shakespeare scholars, the Center for Shakespeare Studies develops and delivers programs that connect academic study of Shakespeare with theatrical performance, including a proposed interdisciplinary minor in Shakespeare Studies slated to begin in the following academic year. Center projects vary in scope from the local to the national; they serve SOU students, middle and high school students and teachers, Shakespeare scholars, and playgoers.
Since 1987, the National Endowment for the Humanities has supported the center's national summer institute for secondary teachers, Shakespeare in Ashland: Teaching from Performance. Other annual events include a symposium on the Festival's spring Shakespeare play, a Shakespeare-on-film lecture series, a ten-week series of summer Shakespeare seminars, and community education Shakespeare courses. Each year, 3,000 students enroll in the center's Shakespeare programs, which are specially designed for visiting school groups. The programs include lectures on Shakespeare and Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre; exhibitions of Renaissance music, dance, and costume; and performance workshops.

Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)

The Western Undergraduate Exchange is a program through which students in thirteen participating states may enroll in designated programs at a number of public colleges and universities at special reduced tuition rates. Tuition for WUE students is regular instate tuition of the institution that the student will attend plus 50 percent of that amount.
WUE participating states in 19992000 are: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Oregon residents attending Southern Oregon University who would like to know about programs available in these participating states should contact the SOU director of admissions.
Non Oregon residents from WUE states who would like to attend Southern Oregon University under the Western Undergraduate Exchange, may request special WUE rates from the SOU director of admissions for the following SOU BA/BS programs only: anthropology, art, biology, business (accounting; marketing; management; hotel, restaurant, and resort management), business-chemistry, business-math, business-music, chemistry, communication, computer science, criminology, economics, English, environmental studies, geography, geology, health/PE, history, mathematics, music, physics, political science, sociology, and theatre arts.