Autumn Page, Marketing Director
• September 1, 2020
In September of 2013, Oakland University held what is now an annual convocation to welcome incoming students before the academic year started.
The convocation featured eight speakers, along with videos...
In 2011, a club called Students Against Bullying (SAB) emerged on Oakland University’s campus to bring attention to bullying at all educational levels and, eventually, abolish it.
Tara Michener,...
In 2011, Kresge Library extended its hours of operation to 24 hours a day and seven days a week. This is the second time their hours have changed within a two-year period.
Previously, Kresge was open...
In July 2011, Planned Parenthood — a healthcare organization with over 100 years of experience — tried to open a location in Auburn Hills. This caused mixed feelings and controversy between pro-life...
The men’s basketball team had its first Associated Press All-American player recognized in April 2003.
Junior Mike Helms was selected by the AP as an honorable mention All-American after ending...
In 2005, the Oakland University men’s basketball team defeated the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 79-69 in their first ever appearance in the National College Athlete Association (NCAA) opening round game...
Al Roker, weatherman of NBC’s "Today" show, visited Oakland University in 2000 and brought some sunshine to campus.
Roker was in Meadow Brook Theatre lecturing about the importance of family and...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world today, Oakland University has faced different epidemics threatening the health and wellbeing of students and faculty with the annual flu, the H5N1...
At 9:35 p.m. on March 14, 1994, Professor Virinder Moudgil was in his Dodge Hall office, grabbing his things, when he smelled a burning, rubber-like odor. He discovered a chemical fire in a biology lab...
In 1995, the monthlong celebration of Women’s History Month started off at Oakland University by welcoming Patricia Hill Collins, author of “Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the...
Autumn Page, Marketing Director
• February 15, 2020
In 1999, Oakland University kicked off a campus-wide initiative to promote and encourage students to live a healthy lifestyle.
Administration collaborated with the Graham Health Center (GHC), the Recreation...
Autumn Page, Marketing Director
• February 12, 2020
In 1989, Oakland University kicked off the celebration of Black Awareness Month (BAM) with Jazz singer Ortheia Barnes and Free Press writer Susan Watson. Together they launched the BAM Inauguration ceremony.
The...