On Tuesday, December 8th, President Cullinan signed an articulation agreement with Blaine Nisson, president of Umpqua Community College. The agreement is designed to offer transfer students from Umpqua a seamless transition to SOU. This is the fifth articulation that SOU has signed with Umpqua Community College, and it's meant to enable music majors to take certain classes that will be automatically accepted at SOU after transfer in their junior year. Southern Oregon University has a total of six schools with whom they have signed articulation agreements. The benefits to students are two-fold: convenience and confidence. The program enables them to see exactly which classes they need for their chosen major, and also gives them the confidence to know those particular credits will transfer with no complications. The number of transfer students at SOU is at it's highest peak in seven years, pointing to the trend of students starting at community colleges and then transferring to four-year universities like SOU.
