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More than 1,000 receive degrees Saturday at SOU Southern Oregon University students celebrate Saturday at Raider Stadium as they move their tassels from right to left, signalling they had officially graduated. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Saturday Jun 17, 2017 at 5:54 PM Jun 17, 2017 at 7:05 PM Local report More than 1,000 students earned degrees Saturday at Southern Oregon University's commencement ceremony. SOU’s Class of 2017 includes 866 recipients of bachelor’s degrees, plus 61 from the Oregon Health & Science University nursing program at the Ashland campus. Another 184 students received graduate degrees. Giving the commencement address was prominent Native American environmentalist and activist Winona LaDuke, who twice ran for vice president on a Green Party ticket headed by Ralph Nader. LaDuke, who now lives on a reservation in northern Minnesota, was raised in Ashland, and her mother, noted Oregon painter Betty LaDuke, was a member of SOU’s art faculty for 32 years. See more photos at www.mailtribune.com/photos