Winter 2025 Information
Attending orientation is an important and useful step to joining the Raider family. The information and resources shared during the week is advantageous for all first year, transfer, and returning SOU students.
Attending orientation is an important and useful step to joining the Raider family. The information and resources shared during the week is advantageous for all first year, transfer, and returning SOU students.
Be sure to follow the tags @soustudentlife, @souepic on Instagram.
Log In to Hawk N.E.S.T.
Use your SOU email and password to sign into our student engagement platform called Hawk N.E.S.T. Hawk N.E.S.T. is your online landing to News, Engagement, Support, and Teamwork. On this platform, you can find, join, and interact with all of our active student-led clubs as well as view and register for upcoming events.
Raider Student Services Drop-In’s
The RSS Office in the Computing Sciences Building is open for walk-in traffic all week!
Email: StudentServices@sou.edu
RSS Phone: 541.552.6600
General Announcement
Activate your membership at the Student Recreation Center – your membership includes access to our fitness equipment, gymnasium, the Climbing Center, the Esports Hub, drop-in fitness classes, and more! Visit recreation.sou.edu for hours and more information.
Please keep checking this webpage for more details as we approach January!
Winter Orientation was held from January 8 – 29, 2024. View the schedule below to see what important activities are available:
Monday - January 8, 2024
9:30 – 11am Winter WOW – Free Coffee and Donut Holes (SU 323)
10 – 11am Learning to Fly: Well-Being and Resources with the Care Coordinators (SU 323)
1 – 2:30pm Financial Aid Questions? Drop-In (SU 306)
Tuesday - January 9, 2024
9:30 – 11am Winter WOW – Free Coffee and Donut Holes (SU 323)
10 – 11am Learning to Fly: Well-Being and Resources with the Care Coordinators (SU 323)
11:30am – 1pm Financial Aid Questions? Drop-In (SU 306)
Wednesday - January 10, 2024
9:30 – 11am Financial Aid Questions? Drop-In (SU 306)
10am – 3pm Stevenson Union Open House! (SU Various Locations)
11:30am – 1:30pm Winter Welcome Back Lunch Drop-In (SU 308)
6 – 8pm Snowball Fight! (Dodgeball) (SU 306) Drop-In, no need to register ahead of time
Thursday - January 11, 2024
12:30 – 1:30pm Job and Career Resource Workshop – Bring your lunch and learn about resources to find your career and/or a job (SU 323)
11am – 1pm RVTD Bus Passes! (Tabling in the Hawk)
3:30 – 5pm Career Connections Open House (SU 310)
3:30 – 5pm Financial Aid Questions? Drop-In (SU 306)
Friday - January 12, 2024
10 – 11am Financial Aid Questions? Drop-In (SU 203)
11am – 1pm Resource Fair (ASSOU Lounge – SU)
Wednesday - January 17, 2024
12:30 – 1:30pm Resume and Finding Campus Jobs Workshop – Bring your lunch and learn about writing a good resume and finding a job on campus (SU 323)
3:30 – 5pm Career Connections Open House (SU 310)
Thursday - January 18, 2024
6 – 9pm Student Club Showcase and Open Mic Night (SU Rouge River Room)
Thursday - January 25, 2024
6 – 9pm Game Night (Hannon Library)
Do you like board games? Hannon Library is hosting a Game Night on Thursday, January 25, from 6 – 9pm, to celebrate its brand new Board Game Collection! The library now has a collection of a wide range board games to suit every taste be it serious or silly, competitive or collaborative, solitary or social. Bring your friends, check out a game from our Tech Help Desk, and enjoy free snacks while you play!
Monday - January 29, 2024
8am – 8pm World’s Largest Puzzle Build! (SU Diversions)
Student Life at SOU
SOU Office of the Dean of Students
Stevenson Union, Room 321
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
Phone: 541.552.6221
Email: dos@sou.edu