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...
Autumn Page, Marketing Director
• January 29, 2020
In January 2007, the Association of Black Students (ABS) commemorated African American Celebration Month at Oakland University with “Heart of a People,” an art exhibit that featured the work of Jamar...
Autumn Page, Marketing Director
• January 22, 2020
In January 1968, Michigan's Governor George Romney announced his proposed fiscal year budget, and everyone at Oakland University was shocked.
Under Romney's proposed budget, OU was the only school in...
Ringing in the new decade in January 2010, Oakland University students did their part to raise money for the earthquake-devastated Haiti through a benefit concert. Hosted by WXOU, “Haiti-palooza!”...
A part of Oakland University is helping out in the community. Two events in November of 2015 helped raise awareness for homelessness.
November is known as National Homeless Youth Awareness Month,...
With collections of books, journals, periodicals, microfilms and electronic databases, Kresge Library is an important resource for Oakland University students to use for research. But in 1977, students...
Halloween has been celebrated many different ways on campus throughout the years. Oakland University has provided many activities in the past for students to get involved in that allowed them to dress...
A fire broke out in the Dodge Clubhouse attic on Oct. 17, 1978, which according to Jim Liewellyn, then-Oakland University news director, caused about $175,000 in damages.
At the time, the clubhouse...
What would be Matilda Dodge Wilson’s 136th birthday is Oct. 19. As the co-founder of Oakland University, Wilson became an important asset in the development and future of the university. With the main...
The cheer team, dance team, OU pep band and the Grizz mascot all gathered around to perform in front of the O’rena in honor of the Grizz statue finally being revealed at Oakland University in 2006. The...
People on a campus coming together at an event is an important part of the college atmosphere. In 2005, bans made on dances that didn’t allow non-Oakland University students to be on campus for student-run...
The Center for Student Activities and the Women’s Issues Forum (now called the Office for Student Involvement and Students Advocating Gender Awareness, respectively) held events throughout the month...