The Oakland Post

Dean of Students Michael Wadsworth.

The Dean of Students office: Supporting students throughout their time at OU

Payton Bucki, Content Editor April 10, 2024

Many Oakland University students have a common misconception that the Dean of Students office is akin to a high school principal’s office – one only goes there when they are in trouble. This line of...

Dean of Students Michael Wadsworth.

Q&A: Dean of students talks vaccine mandate ahead of winter semester

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief December 9, 2021

Dean of Students Michael Wadsworth sat down with me Wednesday afternoon to discuss the roll out of the university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate during the last few months, and provide some clarity on what...

Doses of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that the university made available last spring. Heading into the winter semester there is uncertainty about the vaccine mandate.

Vaccine mandate update: Winter semester deadline, surging cases, faculty concerns

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2021

Last weekend via social media, the university announced a deadline of Dec. 13 for uploading vaccine information ahead of the winter semester. At this point it is unclear to students and faculty what the...

Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine made available by OU. With 18% of the student body still not compliant with the vaccine mandate, what do we know about how the university is enforcing the mandate?

Vaccine mandate update: Procedures for enforcement, faculty concerns

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief September 22, 2021

A month after OU’s announcement that the vaccine mandate was being expanded from just residents to all students and personnel coming to campus for work and class, faculty and students still have unanswered...

Students more vulnerable to sexual assault in red zone period

Students more vulnerable to sexual assault in ‘red zone’ period

Faith Brody, Life Editor September 19, 2016

The period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving can mean a lot of things: football, leaves changing, spooky movies, and Halloween. But for college students, this “red zone” is dangerous. The...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
A Trusted Source of Independent Student Journalism since 1987.
Dean of Students Office