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The newest Golden Grizzlies: Thoughts from first-year OU students

The newest Golden Grizzlies: Thoughts from first-year OU students

Noah Francis, Features Editor October 18, 2023

Fall is finally here, bringing college students midway through their semesters. As the leaves change from a lively green to a long-lived red, and as the weather chills down to sweater season, first-year...

Sarah Bodnar has joined the CMI staff as their newest CORE Coordinator.

Center for Multicultural Initiatives welcomes new CORE Coordinator

Tori Coker, Content Editor May 18, 2022

The Center for Multicultural Initiatives (CMI) is welcoming Oakland University alum Sarah Bodnar to their staff as the newest coordinator for their CORE (Collectively Oakland Retains Everyone) program. Bodnar...

10 Tips for Incoming Freshmen

KeyVonna Taylor, Staff Intern August 25, 2016

As summer comes to an end, students around the world are hearing three words over and over: “back to school.” At Oakland University, thousands of eager, nervous incoming freshmen will enter a new...

Freshman Friday is real

By Kaseb Ahmad April 27, 2014

This is a personal message to all incoming freshmen. Freshman Friday is real.Every high school horror story you heard? They are coming back to haunt you on your way to college. You thought you finally...

Adding to the Grizzly den: enrollment to top 20,000

September 14, 2013

Enrollment is projected to top 20,000 students this year for the first time in school history.Although no official number has yet been made available, Laura Schartman, who compiles the data annually in...

“We want to make your experience unique and enjoyable so you can look back in ten years and smile,” Student Body Vice President Jibran Ahmed said. 

Fall semester kicks off with convocation

By Kailee Mathias September 3, 2013

Convocation gave an official Grizzly welcome to incoming students at Oakland University on Sept. 3. The event is the formal beginning of incoming students career at OU. It consisted of various speakers,...

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