{"id":8496,"date":"2025-12-11T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/?p=8496"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:27:08","slug":"watch-president-baileys-video-update-for-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/watch-president-baileys-video-update-for-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: President Bailey\u2019s Video Update for December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-16u1ihs-c1f254936e34ff3dae00405f4245aedd\">\n.avia-section.av-16u1ihs-c1f254936e34ff3dae00405f4245aedd{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='podcast-dome'  class='avia-section av-16u1ihs-c1f254936e34ff3dae00405f4245aedd main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll 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itemprop=\"headline\"  >President Bailey\u2019s Video Update for December 2025<\/h1><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p><em>December 11, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mj23rx92-e7c456f2604b62cd0543865a601184a5\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-mj23rx92-e7c456f2604b62cd0543865a601184a5 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mj23rx92-e7c456f2604b62cd0543865a601184a5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Progress and momentum are the two themes for this month\u2019s video message from Â鶹´«Ã½ President Rick Bailey. He points out that Â鶹´«Ã½ is one of just three public universities in Oregon to have a gain in overall student headcount this fall, and that lines up with a new initiative that the university will soon launch. \u201cProject Architect\u201d will have two primary goals: to increase enrollment among first-year students, and to increase overall retention of students \u2013 to \u201chold onto them and make sure they get all the support they need to get to the graduation stage,\u201d President Bailey says. \u201cWe have to be the architects of the university we want to be.\u201d This month\u2019s message also touches upon Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s value to its region and state. A study from a few years ago found that the university generates $282 million per year in economic activity \u2013 almost nine times the $32 million Â鶹´«Ã½ receives from the state\u2019s Public University Support Fund. The governor has recently announced that she wants to elevate Oregon to be one of the nation\u2019s top 10 business-friendly states, and President Bailey notes that the current top 10 states on that list contribute about $5,000 per year more per student in their public universities than Oregon. \u201cUniversities are the engines to make that (business-friendly ranking) happen,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box av-seovsg-73cd4db21734f464b7e11a87aab72e6b av-social-sharing-box-default  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  av-social-sharing-box-fullwidth'><div class=\"av-share-box\"><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this Message<\/h5><ul class=\"av-share-box-list noLightbox\"><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" 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He points out that Â鶹´«Ã½ is one of just three public universities in Oregon to have a gain in overall student headcount this fall, and that lines up with a new initiative that the university will soon launch. \u201cProject Architect\u201d will have two primary goals: to increase enrollment among first-year students, and to increase overall retention of students \u2013 to \u201chold onto them and make sure they get all the support they need to get to the graduation stage,\u201d President Bailey says. \u201cWe have to be the architects of the university we want to be.\u201d This month\u2019s message also touches upon Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s value to its region and state. A study from a few years ago found that the university generates $282 million per year in economic activity \u2013 almost nine times the $32 million Â鶹´«Ã½ receives from the state\u2019s Public University Support Fund. 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