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Letter to the editor: Resource vs. Relationship

Letter to the editor: Resource vs. Relationship

Dean Masters, Contributor January 16, 2023

As I reflect on the year that has just ended, I find that three of the proudest moments in my time at OU happened in 2022. First: In April, the university put action behind the 2021 Native American...

Letter to the Editor: East Campus Development? Let’s Really Talk Sustainability

Letter to the Editor: East Campus Development? Let’s Really Talk Sustainability

James W. Perkinson, Contributor December 20, 2022

What to make of Oakland University’s now emerging drive to develop a boutique hotel and shopping mall on the northeast corner of campus?  I speak here as an educator—twelve years as adjunct faculty...

Letter to the editor: East Campus Development? Bad for business.

Letter to the editor: East Campus Development? Bad for business.

Maris Ferguson, Contributor November 6, 2022

As a student in the School of Business, some may assume I would be excited about the idea of developing East Campus into a commercialized space. Project leaders have been expressing that this could bring...

Letter to the editor: OU sustainability, refusals and half measures

Letter to the editor: OU sustainability, refusals and half measures

Jeremy Johnson, Contributor November 5, 2022

To the OU community, October was declared to be Sustainability Month at Oakland University and was meant to represent a renewed commitment to creating a sustainable campus, but we are falling far short....

Letter to the editor: Save Our Campus

Letter to the editor: Save Our Campus

OUSC, Contributor October 31, 2022

For months, Oakland University (OU) has diverted funds away from education and towards the development of a plan to commercialize our campus. The proposed East Campus Development (ECD) project seemingly...

Letter to the editor: A letter to Michigan citizens about abortion care and its impact on medical education and access to comprehensive care for women

Letter to the editor: A letter to Michigan citizens about abortion care and its impact on medical education and access to comprehensive care for women

Deans of Michigan medical schools, Contributors October 13, 2022

A LETTER TO MICHIGAN CITIZENS ABOUT ABORTION CARE AND ITS IMPACT ON MEDICAL EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR WOMEN We write to you as fellow Michiganders, physicians, parents,...

Letter to the editor: There Is a Price Not Worth Paying: Do Not Tear Down OUs Land

Letter to the editor: There Is a Price Not Worth Paying: Do Not Tear Down OU’s Land

Shannon Waite, Contributor October 10, 2022

There is no price that can be placed on connection and learning, and for thousands of students and far more alumni, Oakland University is a place for both of these things. A home for some and a learning...

Letter to the editor: Gidinawemaaganinaanig: Endazhigiyang  (All Our Relations: The Place Where We All Grow)

Letter to the editor: Gidinawemaaganinaanig: Endazhigiyang (All Our Relations: The Place Where We All Grow)

Megan Peiser and Andrea Knutson October 10, 2022

Information on OU's ongoing efforts to raise awareness of Native American cultures and contributions, as well as the ultimate goal of these efforts. Oakland University’s efforts to remember and address...

Letter to the editor: Consider the medical physics program

Letter to the editor: Consider the medical physics program

Medical Physics Program , Contributor September 30, 2022

Consider the medical physics program  Oakland University has many students working towards a career in medicine. Those of us in the medical  physics program would like you to consider the opportunities...

Letter to the editor: the importance of forests

Letter to the editor: the importance of forests

Annie Gilson and Kevin Grimm, Contributor September 15, 2022

One of OU’s greatest features is its forested campus. Few universities can boast the wooded acreage we have, bequeathed to us by Matilda Wilson, a visionary who reinvented herself through hard work and...

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