International student, computer scientist, photographer extraordinaire — Ayman Ishimwe, a graduate student studying software engineering and information technology, left his home in Africa in pursuit...
It is Feb. 3, 1962 in Rochester, Michigan. United States (U.S.) president John F. Kennedy has issued an executive order announcing a trade embargo on Cuba — a result of deteriorating relations stemming...
When I arrived at OU as a freshman, I was full of hope and ambition for a campus that, at the time, felt welcoming and exciting. I, like many others, was looking forward to the opportunity to leave a mark...
Special Lecturers (SLs), bargaining unit faculty members who teach a minimum of 16 credits per academic year, are not just some secondary set of faculty here at OU who can be ignored. Not only do you...
Somehow I have arrived here in this moment as Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of The Oakland Post covering one the most significant stories in OU history — this year's faculty contract negotiations. It hasn’t...
August 31, 2021
This letter is addressed to President Pescovitz, Provost Rios-Ellis, Chief of Staff Josh Merchant and the Board of Trustees
As a future Social Worker, the current BSW Student...
I was twenty years old when I came to Oakland in 2009. I grew up almost five hours away, and didn’t know anyone at the university, or even in the area for that matter. I spent ten hours of round-trip...
To President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Chief of Staff Joshua Merchant, Provost Britt Rios-Ellis, and the Board of Trustees:
This is an expression of the severe broken-heartedness, confusion, and betrayal...
To say that I am passionate about education and teaching is an understatement. I have proudly devoted the last 17 years of my life and career to OU. Like most faculty, I accept that we generally...
James Quinn
August 30th, 2021
In its letter of August 30th (Oakland has asked the AAUP to make sure that Moodle be fully deployed per normal procedures), the OU Negotiating Team states that ‘Our...
Three months of negotiations, three deadline extensions, three days until the start of the fall semester and there still isn’t an agreement on the table between the administration and OU’s chapter...
Oakland University likes to trumpet its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (or DEI for short). But the administration’s position in the current faculty contract negotiation belies that commitment....
