Raider Up with President Rick

Rick Bailey
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Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles a new topic each month in this podcast moderated by Marketing and Communication student employee Nash Bennett. SOU student input determines the monthly topic.

  1. Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #17

    12/29/2025

    Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #17

    Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles new topics each month in this podcast hosted by Marketing & Communications student employee Jesse Reyna, a veteran with broad work experience who is studying history at SOU. President Rick and Jesse get to know each other in his month's episode, discussing their respective military careers and backgrounds, before exploring the SOU Resiliency Plan. Rick explains why the plan became necessary, what it will achieve and the great care that was taken to ensure that most students will be largely unaffected by changes. Students and prospective students are invited to submit potential topics or questions for the next podcast by email at mosleyj@sou.edu or on the @souashland Instagram page.

    43 min
  2. Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #16

    06/06/2025

    Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #16

    Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles new topics each month in this podcast moderated by Marketing and Communications student employee Susie Dale, a UK exchange student studying English at SOU. This month's topics are a look back from the end of the academic year at what has been learned and accomplished, and a look ahead to what may be in store for students in the fall – from progress on sustainability and older student housing, to more fantastic academics and student support. Students and prospective students are invited to submit potential topics or questions for the next podcast by email at mosleyj@sou.edu or on the @souashland Instagram page.

    10 min
  3. Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #15

    05/16/2025

    Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #15

    Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles new topics each month in this podcast moderated by Marketing and Communications student employee Susie Dale, a UK exchange student studying English at SOU. This month's topic is Artificial Intelligence – which President Bailey says should be leveraged to open more opportunities for students to learn and achieve. "Let's embrace it," he says. "Let's find ways to use it ethically and responsibly." Students and prospective students are invited to submit potential topics or questions for the next podcast by email at mosleyj@sou.edu or on the @souashland Instagram page.

    25 min
  4. Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #14

    04/22/2025

    Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #14

    Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles new topics each month in this podcast moderated by Marketing and Communications student employee Susie Dale, a UK exchange student studying English at SOU. This month's topics include preparations for the "SOU Thrive" strategic plan – the guiding document that President Bailey says will "create a pathway between where we are now and where we want to be as an institution." Students and prospective students are invited to submit potential topics or questions for the next podcast by email at mosleyj@sou.edu or on the @souashland Instagram page.

    29 min
  5. Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #13

    02/18/2025

    Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #13

    Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles new topics each month in this podcast moderated by Marketing and Communications student employee Susie Dale, a UK exchange student studying English at SOU. This month's topics include SOU's proposed public-private developments to construct an anchor building for the new University District and to create a senior living facility at the site of the former Cascade Complex. Rick and Susie also discuss the recent "snowmageddon" event in Ashland, and more. Students and prospective students are invited to submit potential topics or questions for the next podcast by email at mosleyj@sou.edu or on the @souashland Instagram page.

    17 min
  6. Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #12

    12/12/2024

    Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #12

    Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles new topics each month in this podcast moderated by Marketing and Communications student employee Susie Dale, a UK exchange student studying English at SOU. This month's topic is Ashland. President Bailey has now lived in Ashland for almost three years, while Susie has settled in for her exchange year from Nottingham, England. The conversation hits on restaurants, favorite outdoor features, the SOU campus and even Ashland's "old-school" Varsity theater. Students and prospective students are invited to submit potential topics or questions for the next podcast by email at mosleyj@sou.edu or on the @souashland Instagram page.

    27 min
  7. Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #11

    11/08/2024

    Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #11

    Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles new topics each month in this podcast moderated by Marketing and Communications student employee Susie Dale, a UK exchange student studying English at SOU. This month's topic is elections and politics – the differences and similarities between the U.S. and the UK. The conversation touches on characters as diverse as Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, Elon Musk and Taylor Swift. Students and prospective students are invited to submit potential topics or questions for the next podcast by email at mosleyj@sou.edu or on the @souashland Instagram page.

    34 min
  8. Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #10

    06/10/2024

    Raider Up with President Rick – Episode #10

    Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles new topics each month in this podcast moderated by Marketing and Communications student employee Kai Pace, a freshman Theatre major with an emphasis on production. This month's topics include a potential student agreement with the government of Taiwan; what President Bailey would want with him on a deserted island; his unusual path to a university presidency; and the "sweet spot" that sets SOU apart. Students and prospective students are invited to submit questions for the next podcast by email at mosleyj@sou.edu or on the @souashland Instagram page.

    23 min
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Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey tackles a new topic each month in this podcast moderated by Marketing and Communication student employee Nash Bennett. SOU student input determines the monthly topic.

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