a loooooooooooong line of SOU graduates

Part 1 is here. You can click on any of these images for a larger view. From there you can right click a picture to save it.

Dennis and Rene

Math professors...

This was the first year that professors formed a gauntlet since commencement moved from Lithia Park in 2003. I thought we should have done the tunnel like at kids' soccer games, but Dennis opted for low fives instead.

I think this is the first year that students (half of them anyway) marched in in front of the grand stands.

Perhaps you are in there?

Some SOU international students...

Soon-to-be grads sipping coffee and chatting on the phone while walking in the procession...

SOU professor gauntlet

SOU Business students

I couldn't see the stage so I got to watch the new grads watch the speaker.

Bill Rauch, of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, was the main speaker at 2011 Commencement. He must have said something funny at this point.

Tassles on the right until graduated...

This SOU graduate appears to be heading to UW for graduate work in chemistry.

This graduate grabbed a photo of the crowd just before her name was read.

After an hour or so of names being read, I amused myself with photos of graduation cap decoration ideas.

SOU School of Business faculty

I finally made it into a photo. I think Rene just wanted to try out my camera.

At long last, SOU's School of Business students approach the stage.

Funny story... Actually, look at this photo long and hard to see if you can see what is "funny" about it first.

Did you see it?

Someone's camera got in the way of the guy's hands on the far right. When I tried to remove the camera from the photo in Photoshop, Photoshop was "smart" enough to realize that hands were missing so it substituted the other guy's hands in the far right guy's "hand place" too. I would have just undone it and left it with the camera blocking the lower right portion of the photo, but I thought this looked too funny to not keep.

Jayne was one of my accounting students...

Sachta Bakshi

Susan gives Alisha a hug proving that accountants are very personable.

You can watch some of Wenjun’s Senior Recital here.

Yeah baby!

The faculty were allowed to exit before everyone else, giving us first crack at the cookies placed in the end zone.

Posted on June 11th, 2011 under only in ashland, people. Tags: commencement, dennis slattery, grizzly peak, people, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on Southern Oregon University Graduation Photos (part 2 of 2)

SOU grads lining up with Grizzly Peak in the background

I have about 60 decent photos from Southern Oregon University’s graduation ceremony this morning. I’ll post them in two installments. This first set of pictures will consist of 10, and the next one will have 50. If you were there, there is a chance you are in at least one of these images.

Donna and Lisa greet soon-to-be grads

Mark Siders visits with former students

Donna poses for a photo

A couple of Criminology professors arrive just in time

A couple of my accounting students discuss debits and credits

Dennis Slattery and a new grad

Posted on June 11th, 2011 under only in ashland, people. Tags: commencement, grizzly peak, people, Southern Oregon University. Comments: 1

One of my favorite things about driving Ellie to school every morning is seeing this view of Grizzly Peak (from E Main Street between Walker and Wightman). Every day is different–the clouds, the shadows, the level of green (or snow), cows in the field (or not), fog, etc. Today’s photo was yesterday’s view, one of the better ones in my memory so I pulled over to take a picture as I sometimes do.

Ten minutes later, when I got to work, the clouds had lifted and I could see that Grizzly Peak was covered in snow. Grizzly being blanketed in snow is not unusual, but this is June! I don’t think I have ever seen snow on Grizzly in June.

This photo actually looks much better on a big screen. Click on the image after maximizing your browser window for a bigger view.

Posted on June 3rd, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, skywatch. Comments: 1

I took today’s photo (yesterday) from the Ashland Springs Hotel. The clouds made for some spectacular scenery and shadows. Grizzly Peak looks best this time of year as it isn’t normally this green.

Posted on April 3rd, 2011 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, skywatch. Comments Off on Shadows cover the town while sunlight hits the greening mountains

Ashland can’t hold a candle to Japan when it comes to cherry blossoms, but we do have our fair share of blossoming trees anyway. They have begun to open in the past few days but are yet to peak. Hopefully, we’ll have weather like today’s for a week or two from here on out to fully enjoy them.

Posted on March 30th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: flowers, grizzly peak, spring. Comments Off on Cherry blossoms have begun to open

What a difference a few weeks can make! Remember this view of I-5 and horses through the barbed wire fence?

Posted on March 25th, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: grizzly peak. Comments Off on Same view, different season

Euclid Avenue in Ashland is a funny street. It cuts diagonally through a chunk of town in which all of the other streets form the more typical grid. I like the view from the top, pictured here. Grizzly Peak has been snow capped for a while now.

Posted on March 19th, 2011 under only in ashland, places. Tags: grizzly peak. Comments Off on Corner of Euclid Avenue and Ashland Street

Saturday morning featured a beautiful, blue sky and temperatures in the 20s. Very little snow melted, due to the temperature, which is very unusual for sunny, winter days in Ashland.

Posted on February 28th, 2011 under places. Tags: grizzly peak, snow, winter. Comments Off on Tennis anyone?

This shot could have been really good had I been on the roof in the lower left corner instead of behind it. I took this from Glenview Drive, near the corner where it meets Hillcrest and Vista, looking north. You can see the Ashland Springs Hotel and the Ashland Elks Lodge, built 101 years ago, in this photo.

Posted on January 30th, 2011 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland springs hotel, clouds, grizzly peak, skywatch. Comments: 1