History professor gives History Comes Alive lecture

Sara Chapman Williams, professor of history, will be giving the next lecture in the History Comes Alive Lecture Series called The Making of French Detroit: Frontier and Empire in 1701 from 7 to 9 p.m. on March 20 in the Oakland Room of the Oakland Center. The admission for this event is free, however, students must make reservations in order to ensure that a seat will be available. Contact Johanna McReynolds at 248-370-3511 or email [email protected]

OUSC hosts women’s symposium

Oakland University Student Congress will be hosting a symposium titled Empowering Women in the Global Community at 9:00 a.m. on March 21 beginning at Meadow Brook Theatre. Special guest, journalist and author Sheryl WuDunn will be the keynote speaker. Additional lectures and panels will be given around campus until Wednesday evening. In order to attend, the free event students must register on the OUSC’s website. For more information about the symposium, email Samantha Wolf at [email protected]

School of Education and Human Services hostes winter faculty research symposium

The School of Education and Human Services will be hosting the Winter Faculty Research Symposium from 2 to 3:30p.m. March 22 in 350 Pawley Hall. All OU students, faculty and staff are invited to attend. Presenters include Tanya Christ, Ji-Eun Lee and Tom Pedroni. For more information contact Mark Olson at 248-370-2638 or email him at [email protected]

American studies concentration group hosts American Studies Colloquium

The American Studies Concentration group will be sponsoring an event called American Studies Colloquium on Thursday, March 22 from 5 until 7 p.m. in Gold Rooms A and B in the Oakland Center. Professor Christopher Hanlon of Eastern Illinois University will be speaking. He is the author of “America’s England: Antebellum Literature and Atlantic Sectionalism.” For more information, contact Jeff Insko at 248-370-2250 or email him at [email protected]