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Oakland University’s first student: Lynn Anderson Ruth

Payton Bucki, Content Editor November 15, 2023

In 1959, stellar high school senior Lynn Anderson Ruth was invited to study at the newly established Michigan State University - Oakland (MSU-O). When she went to register for classes, Anderson Ruth received...

OU’s first graduating class celebrates its 60th class reunion

OU’s first graduating class celebrates its 60th class reunion

Payton Bucki, Content Editor October 4, 2023

From Sept. 28 to 29, members of Oakland University’s first graduating class gathered on campus grounds to celebrate their 60th class reunion. The Charter Class members were invited to take part in numerous...

Patti Koenig, Charter Class Graduate of 1963, points to a photo of herself in the yearbook. 

Oakland Pioneers come back for the 50th Charter Class Reunion

September 15, 2013

The 50th Charter Class Reunion brought together Oakland University alumni from around the country.Theresa Sams Kelly and her husband James Kelly, made the drive from Florida. Theresa received her graduate...

Charter class college sweethearts

Linda Byington and Tom McAllister met in kindergarten, attended school through college graduation and got married later that year.The pair was the only married couple from the 1963 charter class to attend...

A strictly ‘first class’ reunion

By Kailee Mathias August 28, 2013

The 1963 Pioneers will be returning to Oakland University the weekend of Sept. 13. “Their mascot was the Pioneers, not Grizzlies, and they really see themselves as that,” Sue Helderop, Director of...

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