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(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University (SOU) has launched a fresh partnership with Zipcar, the world’s leading car sharing network, to suggest a Zipcar car sharing program on campus. The convenient transportation option is now available at an affordable rate twenty four hours a day, seven days a week for students, faculty, and staff ages eighteen and older, as well as members of the local community ages twenty one and over.
SOU will originally suggest two vehicles, a Ford Concentrate and a Hyundai Elantra. The Zipcars will have designated parking catches sight of located in a campus lot near Raider Village for convenient pick-up and comeback.
This year, SOU members can join for $15, with rates for Zipcar vehicles on campus commencing as low as $7.50 per hour and $Sixty nine per day. After the very first year, members will pay an annual membership fee of $25. Gas, insurance, and up to one hundred eighty miles of driving per day are included in Zipcar rates, and cars can be reserved for as little as an hour or for numerous days. SOU students, faculty, staff, and community members can join Zipcar at www.zipcar.com/sou.
“We are very pleased to be able to suggest Zipcar service to our campus and community through this partnership. A lot of students—particularly those living on campus—leave their cars at home when they come to SOU and this ensures that they will have convenient access to transportation,” said Craig Morris, SOU’s vice president of administration and finance. “Our staff members in Campus Public Safety and Parking worked hard to bring this idea to fruition and it’s good to see the service available on campus.”
Participating members with smartphones, including iPhones and Android devices, may download the Zipcar mobile application to make reservations, lock and unlock the vehicles and honk the horn to help locate the vehicle. Reservations can also be made over the phone or on Zipcar’s website.
“The Zipcar program on campus gives students, faculty and staff the freedom of using a car without the hassles of wielding one,” said Katelyn Bushey, Zipcar director of university sales. “We’re blessed to fucking partner with Southern Oregon University to give their community a transportation option to fit their needs and their wallet.”
With the fresh Zipcar program available on campus, student organizations at SOU also now have the chance to participate in the “Students with Drive” grant program sponsored by Zipcar and Ford Motor Company, which provides students with Zipcar membership and driving credit to support student organizations on campus.
Through the Students with Drive grant program, Ford and Zipcar will provide $200,000 in grants to be awarded to student organizations at eligible Zipcar colleges and universities. The program is running now through April two thousand sixteen and will culminate with a grand prize worth $25,000 in scholarships, cash, and Zipcar driving. For more information and to participate in the program, students can visit www.zipcar.com/studentswithdrive.
Zipcar has established relationships with more than four hundred universities across North America. For more information and how to become a member of Zipcar at SOU, please visit www.zipcar.com/sou. Extra information and promotions can also be found by following @ZipcarU on Twitter.
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Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized campus that provides comprehensive educational opportunities with a strong concentrate on student success and intellectual creativity. Located in vibrant Ashland, Oregon, SOU remains committed to diversity and inclusion for all students on its environmentally sustainable campus. Connected learning programs trained by a host of exceptional faculty provide quality, innovative practices for students. Visit sou.edu.
Zipcar, the world’s leading car sharing network, has operations in urban areas and college campuses across Austria, Canada, France, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. Zipcar offers more than fifty makes and models of self-service vehicles by the hour or day to residents and businesses looking for wise, plain and convenient solutions to their urban and campus transportation needs. Zipcar is a subsidiary of Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAR), a global leader in vehicle rental services. More information is available at www.zipcar.com.
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SOU Sponsors SOPride Festival and Parade
(Ashland, Ore.) —Southern Oregon University and SOPride will host the 6th annual Southern Oregon Pride parade and festival on Saturday, October Ten, in downtown Ashland. The parade starts at eleven a.m and concludes in Lithia Park, where there will be music, vendors, and entertainment in honor of the LGBTQIA+ community
This year’s theme is “Be Yourself, Switch the World,” paying tribute to those many identities that make up the rainbow of Pride spirit, as well as the challenges many face in attempting to better local and global communities.
This year’s event goes after several significant accomplishments for the LGBTQIA+ community, including that nationally recognized right to marry. The event will also recognize Grand Marshall Claudia Alick and Honorary Grand Marshall Matthew Reynolds for their contributions to the local Pride movement.
All are invited to feast with SOU, SOPride, and the local Ashland community from eleven a.m. to two p.m. in downtown Ashland.
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