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The Oakland Post

OU Writing Center: Providing writing support to students of all disciplines

OU Writing Center: Providing writing support to students of all disciplines

Noah Francis, Features Editor January 31, 2024

Located inside Oakland University’s Kresge Library is the Oakland University Writing Center (OUWC), a free service that helps students with any step of the writing process. Whether one is looking for...

Meadow Brook Hall hosts summer creative writing camps

Meadow Brook Hall hosts summer creative writing camps

Payton Bucki, Content Editor August 8, 2023

Meadow Brook Hall opens its estate to hundreds of students for a youth writing camp series each summer. Meadow Brook Writing Camps (MBWC), hosted by the Meadow Brook Writing Project, provide K-12 students...

The OUWC is open to all students, faculty and staff. Their team of writing consultants offer free online or in-person sessions to help with any writing projects.

The OU Writing Center offers free writing consultations

D'Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter September 29, 2021

The Oakland University Writing Center (OUWC) is open and free to all students, faculty and staff members. The Center offers the OU community the opportunity to work on their writing skills and assignments...

Professor Barbara Oakley at the blackboard working out an equation for her class. Her hard work and dedication have earned her notoriety as an influential voice in the world of Engineering.

Professor Barbara Oakley named highly influential woman in engineering

Autumn Page, Marketing Director July 28, 2021

Oakland University Professor Barbara Oakley has been named as a ‘highly influential woman in engineering’ by Academicinfluence.com.  Oakley first came to OU as a masters and doctorate student in...

Jim Nugent, program director of the Writing and Rhetoric major, is pictured with the Writing Program Certificate of Excellence OU received from the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Writing and Rhetoric department wins national award at CCCC

Paige Brockway, Editor-in-Chief May 8, 2016

“I feel like the dad from ‘A Christmas Story’ when I tell people, ‘It’s a major award!’” said Dr. Jim Nugent, who accepted a Writing Program Certificate of Excellence on behalf of Oakland...

Every day the children are shown around different parts of the estate and partake in writing workshops. Each group is led by a student museum guide and a writing instructor. On Fridays, the final day, they get to present their writing to their parents.

Meadow Brook Hall begins annual summer writing camps

By Andrew Wernette June 30, 2014

Meadow Brook Hall is hosting its annual Youth Writing Camps, where children with an interest in writing come to explore a historic and literary atmosphere.Each camp lasts one week from Monday to Friday,...

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