Winter 2020 grads are finally getting their commencement ceremony, but it’s not exactly what they might have been expecting. To comply with the executive orders set forth by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Oakland...
Emergency grants were recently made available for Oakland University students when the U.S. Congress passed The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
The act gave over $2 trillion...
Local university presidents and U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin held a town hall on Tuesday, May 5.
Hosted over Zoom, the town hall allowed students to speak with the 8th district congresswoman and Oakland...
Many households have been strained because of Michigan’s protective stay-at-home order — struggling to generate consistent meals, hygiene products and social interaction. The Oakland Center has morphed...
In a move to combat the anticipated revenue shortage, Oakland University executive staff will be taking pay cuts, as well as implementing other measures.
OU President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz announced...
Oakland University became the first university in Michigan to announce a change to fall semester learning on Friday, April 24.
Faculty and students will all be required to wear protective masks during...
For the past five weeks, Oakland University’s student teaching interns have been constantly adapting to changing circumstances as Michigan’s public school districts have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On...
Typically, rental textbooks are due on the last day of the semester. This year, the bookstore has modified their policies after all in-person classes were moved online for the Winter 2020 semester.
The...
Due to the cancellations of standardized testing in the wake of COVID-19, Oakland University has offered test-optional admission for incoming first-year students for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school...
People cannot stop talking about COVID-19, but as the quarantined days drag on, the line between fact and fiction has become murky.
I already wrote a piece talking about the dangers of spreading misinformation...
A final exam can be easily done over the internet. A musical, not so much.
As COVID-19 swept into Michigan, Oakland University made the decision to suspend all in-person learning and shift classes to...
The Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) has reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 on campus.
The infected individual is a university staff member and has not visited campus since Wednesday,...
