Last Friday, I had to get an X-ray at Ascension hospital in Rochester Hills. Coming home, I drove west on Walton Boulevard toward the Oakland University campus. It was late in the day and traffic was heavy,...
I have been fortunate to have served as a member of the AAUP bargaining teams in 1994, 1997, 2000, and then as chief negotiator for the AAUP in 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. During this time, I’ve witnessed...
This is the second month of the war. Ukrainians continue to fight alone in defense of their democracy, their families, and basic human decency. In recent days, we have been witness to the atrocities...
One month into the war, NATO and the United States seem committed to sending military equipment to Ukraine and imposing significant sanctions on Russia. Press briefings, official statements, and countless...
Steffan Puwal, PhD
Special Lecturer &
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Physics
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” After...
*This letter was prepared based on the most common questions received during Support Ukraine Table at Oakland Center last week.
We know that information is the ultimate power. In our times, this has...
Some time ago, I put a yellow and blue Ukrainian flag on my house in Rochester Hills. A neighbor walking her dog asked me: “I like that flag; we googled the colors already. Are you from Ukraine?”
Despite...
I hope you are watching. There is a tragedy unveiling in the middle of Europe. A dictator that poisons and imprisons its own people is now moving his armies to strangle a fledgling democracy that believes...
In recent days we have witnessed a turning point in history. An authoritarian regime in Russia has taken aggressive steps that threaten sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, a rising democracy....
On Friday afternoon, the Detroit News reported that Oakland University had mistakenly informed 5500 students that they received Platinum Presidential Scholar Awards. This is just the university's most...
Like many of my colleagues, I was deeply disappointed this week by the Oakland Board of Trustees’ dismissal of the AAUP’s request to appoint a faculty liaison to the Board. That decision constitutes...
A wise and illustrious woman once stated that “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” The paralyzation by our legislatures from the act of domestic terrorism in Oxford bring...
