As first reported on Meadow Brook Hall’s website, Richard Wilson — son of Matilda Dodge Wilson and Alfred G. Wilson — died in February 2022. Richard was the last direct heir to Matilda and the last...
The Oakland University Equestrian Team is galloping into harvest season with a cornhole tournament on Saturday, Oct. 16 to raise funds and awareness for their organization.
The event is open to the...
I’m writing to address the troubling issues facing OU. I’ve been teaching here in the Department of English since 1999. For 22 years, I’ve had the privilege of learning with talented and inspiring...
It's been 82 years since the unexpected death of 21-year-old aristocrat Daniel Dodge, but much of the case continues to remain a mystery.
The young man drowned during his Manitoulin Island honeymoon,...
If walls could talk, Oakland University’s Sunset Terrace — the retirement of OU founder Matilda Dodge Wilson and her husband Alfred G. Wilson — could tell countless stories of cutting-edge architecture...
The haunting of Meadow Brook Mansion isn’t a suspense-filled series but a stately manor teetering on the edge of Oakland University campus. Built nearly a century ago from 1926 and 1929, the mansion...
Emily Morris, Managing Editor
• September 23, 2020
Beginning this month, Wilson Hall will have its first complete renovation since establishment in 1965. Wilson Hall is rooted in Oakland University’s history — the buildings namesake is university founder,...
Meadow Brook Hall was nominated for Best Historic Home tour by USA Today last year.Placing fifth on the USA Today top 10 historical home tours by readers of USA Today and 10Best, Meadow Brook Hall still...
President George Hynd and his wife, Dr. Alison Hynd, have spent the last few months adjusting to their new home in the historical Sunset Terrace. Located right on campus, Sunset Terrace has been the...
