Comm, Media & Cinema @ Southern Oregon University

May 16

CMC Alum Q.E. Drummond Connects Scholarship & Praxis In Canadian Graduate Studies

When Quinn-Evelynn Drummond arrived on campus at Southern Oregon University, she didn’t identify as an academically strong student. But when she connected with students and faculty in SOU’s courses in Communication Studies and Emerging Media & Digital Arts, something clicked. “My SOU experience has, essentially, transformed me,” said Drummond. “Not…

Grad School

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CMC Alum Q.E. Drummond Connects Scholarship & Praxis In Canadian Graduate Studies

May 4

CMC Faculty Lead The Way at Southern Oregon’s Women’s Leadership Conference in 2022

Southern Oregon University professors Alena Ruggerio and Precious Yamaguchi will both take the stage for the Women’s Leadership Conference on May 13 at the Ashland Springs Hotel. Ruggerio will lead a session on Communication Strategies to Break Through Communication Barriers, while Yamaguchi will join local community leaders Julie Gillis and…

Southern Oregon

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Mar 31

Digital Cinema Shines at Ashland Independent Film Festival

The 2022 edition of the Ashland Independent Film Festival kicks off on April 1, and festival jurors have honored at least five films produced by alumni and majors of Southern Oregon University’s Digital Cinema program. Digital Cinema majors earned three slots in AIFF’s LAUNCH competition for films produced by students…

Aiff

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Digital Cinema Shines at Ashland Independent Film Festival

Mar 7

New Student Ombuds Office Provides Caring, Confidential Advice for Southern Oregon University Students

Southern Oregon University doesn’t have any Ghostbusters on campus (wouldn’t that be great?), but for most non-ectoplasmic problems, our new Student Ombuds Office gives students a welcoming pathway to get caring help and advice. What is ombud? Ombuds are impartial conflict resolution practitioners who provide confidential and informal assistance to…

Conflict Management

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New Student Ombuds Office Provides Caring, Confidential Advice for Southern Oregon University…

Feb 9

SPRING SEMINAR: Photography, Theatre & Ethics

CMC Course Explores Photojournalism via Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Production of “unseen” by Mona Mansour — In partnership with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Associate Professor Erik Palmer will teach COMM399 — Photography, Theatre & Ethics in the second five weeks of Southern Oregon University’s Spring 2022 term. In the course, students explore questions of witnessing, memory and ethics suggested by OSF’s Spring production of “unseen” by Mona Mansour.

Conflict Photography

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SPRING SEMINAR: Photography, Theatre & Ethics

CMC Course Explores Photojournalism via Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Production of “unseen” by Mona Mansour

In partnership with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Associate Professor Erik Palmer will teach COMM399 — Photography, Theatre & Ethics in the second five weeks of Southern Oregon University’s Spring 2022 term.

In the course, students explore questions of witnessing, memory and ethics suggested by OSF’s Spring production of “unseen” by Mona Mansour.

The play depicts a photojournalist’s confrontation with the violence she documents in Syria, and the personal and political frame of her photographic practice.

In addition to attending a performance of “unseen,” students will encounter other cinematic and scholarly works related to international photojournalism and conflict photography, and will undertake a critical study of photographs and photographers in that genre.

Feb 2

Raider Demo Day 2022

Innovators, entrepreneurs and inventors at Southern Oregon University: are you ready to take your best ideas to the big leagues? You and your startup team might be eligible to advance to the InventOR Collegiate Challenge, a statewide prototyping competition involving nearly all colleges and universities in Oregon. Here’s how: Come…

Inventor

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Jan 26

Digital Cinema Students Teach Mobile Filmmaking for Southern Oregon K12 Teachers

Ashland Independent Film Festival Training Connects New Media Skills With Local Educators — Learners became teachers last fall, as Digital Cinema grad Andy Neal and current Digital Cinema students Karl Sorenson and PJ Doolin taught a media production workshop in smartphone storytelling for K-12 educators in Southern Oregon. The training also showcased the Communication, Media & Cinema program’s ongoing partnership with the Ashland…

Aiff

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Digital Cinema Students Teach Mobile Filmmaking for Southern Oregon K12 Teachers

Jan 17

Britt Hall Renovation Continues with Reopening of Student Lounge

As the multi-stage rejuvenation of the Communication, Media & Cinema Program’s home turf continues, students now have the option to study, meet and relax in Britt Hall’s new student lounge. Located adjacent to the program’s faculty offices, the lounge includes an open, safe and accessible environment to promote student learning…

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Britt Hall Renovation Continues with Reopening of Student Lounge

Dec 13, 2021

Where Creativity Meets Community

SOU’s Design Thinking Course Builds 21st-Century Skills in Collaboration & Innovation — In a year in which the global pandemic has disrupted almost everything about everyday life, the theme of Southern Oregon University’s course in Design Thinking seems especially on-target: Reinventing College. Offered in a special five-week format, COMM325 directs students to complete a Design Sprint, in which they conceive, prototype, test…

Design Thinking

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Nov 28, 2021

Where Truth & Storytelling Connect

New Documentary Production Certificate Brings Video Skills to SOU Students and Community Members — Southern Oregon University’s new 36-credit Documentary Production certificate gives non-fiction filmmakers the tools they need to tell stories that matter about our world’s most pressing challenges. The Documentary Production program is designed for both non-degree-seeking students and traditional degree-seeking students majoring in other disciplines. …

Digital Cinema

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