{"id":4292,"date":"2021-07-05T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T01:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2021-07-05T18:47:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T01:47:04","slug":"smith-to-head-sou-division-of-business-communication-and-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/smith-to-head-sou-division-of-business-communication-and-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith to head SOU Division of Business, Communication and the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"347\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.24-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4296 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.24-PM.png 609w, https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.24-PM-300x171.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 609px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 609\/347;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.24-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.24-PM.png 609w, https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.24-PM-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Vincent Smith \u2013 chair of Southern Oregon University\u2019s&nbsp;Environmental Science and Policy Program&nbsp;and director of&nbsp;The Farm at SOU&nbsp;\u2013 has been named director of the university\u2019s Division of Business, Communication and the Environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith has served on the SOU faculty since fall 2011&nbsp;and has made a mark on campus with innovative courses such as \u201cEcoAdventure\u201d excursions to Central and South America, \u201cSocial Problems and Policy: Food and Nutrition,\u201d \u201cFood, Power and Agriculture\u201d and \u201cSustainability and Natural Resources.\u201d His research focuses on the human\/environmental systems that shape the world \u2013 including various issues surrounding food systems \u2013 and he incorporates the academic disciplines of human ecology, environmental sociology, landscape ecology, agroecology and human geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe division of Business, Communication and the Environment encourages collaboration between programs focused on innovation, entrepreneurship and regional solutions,\u201d Smith said. \u201cOur region is our campus. Our students want to make a difference. They are waiting for SOU to empower them to collaborate with regional businesses, state and federal agencies, artists, nonprofits and dedicated citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile our region, nation, and planet face tremendous challenges, I believe that when our students, faculty, staff and community work together we can and will generate the science, citizenship and civility required to creatively solve even the toughest of challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith succeeds business professor Joan McBee, who has served as division director for Business, Communication and the Environment for the past year, following the retirement of former director and business professor Katie Pittman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business, Communication and the Environment is one of SOU\u2019s seven academic divisions and includes the academic programs within the departments of&nbsp;business,&nbsp;communication, and&nbsp;environmental science and policy. Each division is led by a director who provides leadership and guidance for the departments and programs within their divisions, encouraging originality and advancement while aligning their academic programs with&nbsp;the university\u2019s mission, vision and values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am very pleased that Dr. Smith is joining our senior academic leadership team,\u201d said Susan Walsh, SOU\u2019s provost and vice president for academic affairs. \u201cThe breadth and depth of his professional portfolio truly compliments the entrepreneurial direction the BCE Division has been forging since its inception in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVince has many exciting ideas about how to take the outstanding work of the BCE faculty, staff and students to the next level, in collaboration with other partners across campus \u2013 as well as in the greater community, region and state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM-776x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4295 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM-776x1024.png 776w, https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM-768x1014.png 768w, https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM.png 884w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 776px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 776\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM-776x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM-776x1024.png 776w, https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM-768x1014.png 768w, https:\/\/southernoregonbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-6.14.32-PM.png 884w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith was hired as an assistant professor in 2011 and was promoted to associate professor five years ago. He has a varied background of applying academics and research to the real world, including a nine-month project in which he managed a family farm in Missouri as a direct-market mixed vegetable operation, two years as an instructor at The Science Factory children\u2019s museum in Eugene and a year of teaching at an outdoor school on California\u2019s Catalina Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in biology from Truman State University in Missouri, his master\u2019s degree in environmental science from Oregon State University and his doctorate in environmental science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. As an undergraduate, Smith participated in the Semester at Sea program through the University of Pittsburgh, visiting Japan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Kenya, South Africa, Brazil and Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith enjoys working with students from various sociological and environmental backgrounds, and finding research opportunities for those whose academic interests are similar to his own. He has advised students on undergraduate capstone projects ranging from permaculture to body modification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Vincent Smith \u2013 chair of Southern Oregon University\u2019s&nbsp;Environmental Science and Policy Program&nbsp;and director of&nbsp;The Farm at SOU&nbsp;\u2013 has been named director of the university\u2019s Division of Business, Communication and the Environment. 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