- OUAA activities and its person-to-person network help build relationships that benefit alumni and friends and renew commitment to the university and its students.
- OUAA members enjoy friendships with associates who share a common bond and who offer their personal, professional and/or financial resources to students and the university.
- As university ambassadors, OUAA members act as liaisons between the university and community. Alumni leaders also maintain an active role in programs that attract interest in and support for OU.
- OUAA members continue to be an essential part of the OU community as major contributors to the success of Oakland University.
The 24-member OUAA Board of Directors governs the Alumni Association and is called upon by the university to give advice on matters relating to alumni. It specifically provides counsel and advice to the Alumni Relations Office, president of Oakland University, University Relations Division and OU Board of Trustees.
The OUAA Office is on the east side of campus in John Dodge House, the original home of John Dodge and Matilda Dodge Wilson. Matilda and her second husband, Alfred Wilson, saw a need for a university in Oakland County and donated $2 million and their 1,500-acre estate to establish what is now Oakland University.
OUAA Fast Facts
- Oakland University graduated its first class in 1963.
- The first graduating class had 125 members.
- With the summer class of 2008, the number of OU alumni has grown to over 80,500.
- OU alumni live and work in every state in the United States, in Canada and in many countries around the world. Take a look at the OU alumni map for a state-by-state view.
- The OU Alumni Association has more than 3,500 members.
- The GrizzLink online professional and social networking community has over 4,050 members in all class years 1963 - 2008.
- OU's Alumni Relations Office has a network of over 25,700 OU alumni with e-mail addresses, to which they send broadcast e-mails about upcoming events and important news at Oakland. The OUAA also sends out an e-newsletter four times per year to this alumni group.
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