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Social @ the Circle: WXOU hosts Welcome Week block party

Mallory Waligora, Content Editor September 10, 2025

On Sept. 4, WXOU held its annual Social @ the Circle – a block party that encourages on-campus students to participate in Welcome Week festivities. The event was stationed at the “circle” on campus...

OUSC Kicks Off the Semester with ‘Eats and Beats’

Sarah Wasielewski, Arts Reporter September 10, 2025

On the last day before classes started, Oakland University Student Congress (OUSC) hosted their annual Eats and Beats under Elliott Tower. Running from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday evening, the event provided an...

OU's fashion magazine, BeGolden, at GrizzFest.

New clubs and student leaders at GrizzFest

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor September 18, 2024

Welcome Week continued at Oakland University on Sept. 10 with GrizzFest, one of the largest events of the year revitalizing the campus community. Half an hour before noon, Elliott Tower was surrounded...

CMI welcomes students back with its annual BBQ

CMI welcomes students back with its annual BBQ

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor September 11, 2024

As one of the inaugural events of the semester, the Center for Multicultural Initiatives (CMI) and the Association of Black Students (ABS) embellished Elliott Tower with the now traditional, CMI Welcome...

Photo courtesy of WXOU

Social @ the Circle: WXOU block party

Mallory Waligora, Content Editor September 11, 2024

On Thursday, Sept. 5, WXOU hosted one of its several welcome week events, Social @ the Circle. This event was a freshmen-oriented block party organized between Hamlin and Vandenberg Hall specifically for...

Shark-themed games, food and movies at SPB's Under the Sea Carnival

Shark-themed games, food and movies at SPB’s Under the Sea Carnival

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor September 11, 2024

Hundreds of returning and new students turned parking lot 37 at Oakland University into an ocean-themed fair at the Under the Sea Carnival. Over 1,200 attendees gathered on Sept. 6 at The Student Program...

Leadership experiences at OU student organizations

Leadership experiences at OU student organizations

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor August 21, 2024

As Oakland University welcomes a new semester, its quiet summer corridors beam with renewed excitement as many student organizations put plans into action at OU.  As of Aug. 18, OU is home to 315 student...

Winter GrizzFest helps kick off a new year of student involvement

Winter GrizzFest helps kick off a new year of student involvement

Chloe Kukuk, Campus Editor January 17, 2024

Oakland University’s Winter 2024 semester kicked off with its biannual GrizzFest celebration as part of Welcome Week, sponsored by the Office of Student Involvement (OSI). The event was hosted in...

New students welcomed to campus with convocation

New students welcomed to campus with convocation

Chloe Kukuk, Campus Editor September 13, 2023

Oakland University’s 2023-2024 academic year was ushered in on Sept. 5 with the New Student Convocation, academic open houses and the launch of Welcome Week. The events started at 1 p.m. in the OU...

A quarter-century of health and wellness: The OU Rec Center celebrates its 25th anniversary

A quarter-century of health and wellness: The OU Rec Center celebrates its 25th anniversary

Evan Fisher, Campus Reporter September 13, 2023

Oakland University’s Recreation Center celebrated its 25th anniversary on Wednesday, Sept. 6.  Several student organizations attended the event as a part of OU’s annual “Welcome Week,” which...

Students at OU's annual student involvement fair, Grizz Festival.

Grizz Festival welcomes new students to OU

Rachel Yim, Science & Technology Reporter September 15, 2021

For the incoming freshmen, the kick-off to the fall semester looked brighter than previous years as one of the most exciting on-campus events at Oakland University – Grizz Festival – was held back...

Welcome Week kicks off this week as students return to campus.

Welcome Week festivities in full swing

Lauren Reid, Content Editor September 1, 2021

After a summer of what seemed to be alternating humidity and rain, classes are starting again and with that, Welcome Week festivities. From the Stress Less Fair to OU’s classic GrizzFest, there’s something...

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