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President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz addressed the Oakland University community on March 30 for the State of Academic Affairs.

2022 State of Academic Affairs details university priorities, achievements, financial updates

Lauren Reid, Content Editor March 31, 2022

President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Britt Rios-Ellis presided over the campus community on March 30 for the 2022 State of Academic Affairs — detailing...

The universitys bargaining team has responded to AAUP accusations of bad-faith bargaining during 2021s contract negotiations.

University responds to OU AAUP accusations of bad-faith bargaining

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief January 18, 2022

The university’s bargaining team has responded to last week’s accusations of bad-faith bargaining during 2021’s faculty contract negotiations, in which faculty provided evidence that they say proves...


Director of Executive Platform- Oakland University Student Congress, Jeremy Johnson

Letter to the editor: We Are Told to Be Grateful

Jeremy Johnson, Contributor November 24, 2021

Throughout the last year and several months, the relationship between the Oakland University administration and the OU community has been fundamentally dismantled. At almost every turn, our administration...

President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz delivering the State of The University Address on Thursday, Oct. 21.

State of The University Address recognizes budget shortfall and enrollment decrease, highlights areas of growth

Lauren Reid, Content Editor October 22, 2021

President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz addressed the Oakland University community on Thursday, Oct. 21 during the annual State of The University Address in the Oakland Center (OC) Founder’s Ballrooms. Executive...

President Pescovitz presenting at Mondays Board of Trustees meeting. Her commitment of $1 million is meant to help propel future leaders.

President Pescovitz gifts $1 million dollars to fund scholarship for future leaders

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief October 13, 2021

This past week, Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz announced that she has gifted $1 million dollars to OU in the form of a scholarship that will be administered by the OU Honors College. Dr. Graeme Harper, dean...

Rabbi Richard Hirsch and Bella Hirsch sit together. These are Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz’s parents, and her activism has been inspired by her upbringing.

President Pescovitz donates $250,000, improving faculty diversity

Emily Morris, Managing Editor February 17, 2021

Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz gifts $250,000 to “jumpstart” faculty diversity initiatives in honor of her parents — Rabbi Richard Hirsch and Bella Hirsch — who’ve inspired her activism and career.  “I...

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