Earlier this week, Oakland University announced all students planning to attend in-person classes and/or university activities, along with faculty and staff working on-campus or at off-site locations,...
While COVID-19 vaccines are now mandated for all students, faculty and staff, many students had already chosen to get vaccinated prior to the mandate. In Oakland County, 56% of the population is fully...
If you wish to learn how a thriving university can be systematically dismantled and torn apart, then look around you. Our faculty and student body work to create a vibrant, growing and exciting university...
On August 23, President Ora Pescovitz announced that all students, faculty and staff are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate, an extension of other infection prevention measures like...
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Like the word “gerrymandering,” the phrase “contract negotiations” seems designed to make you tune out. Don’t. What’s happening in the contract negotiations between Oakland’s...
In a letter from President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz released this afternoon, Oakland University announced that all students and employees on campus are now required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The new...
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...
Amid surging COVID-19 cases fueled by the Delta Variant, faculty members and student workers are voicing their criticisms of the university’s proposed return to campus for the fall semester. Many of...
As of August 20, Oakland University has established a vaccine mandate for students living on campus in the fall and a mask mandate for students, staff and faculty regardless of vaccination status. In contrast...
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, George Washington University (GWU) planned to make large cuts to the University which would make it less accessible to working class students and students of color. GW PSU...
I’m a member of Oakland University’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and while our bargaining team undergoes contract negotiations (happening now during a temporary extension...
The Board of Trustees (BOT) met on Thursday, Aug. 12 in Ballroom A to discuss the university’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, board chair and vice chair elections and faculty negotiations.
President’s...