CREATING OPPORTUNITY
 As the 2011-12 academic year comes to a close, please accept my sincere appreciation for all that you do for Oakland University students, faculty and programs. This was a year marked by outstanding involvement and support from alumni and our community of friends, led by the following initiatives.
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Energy Foundation grant brings professor to OU to explore
automotive industry, environmental performance
 Within weeks of joining Oakland University’s School of Business Administration (SBA) faculty, Research Professor Walter McManus was sharing his expertise with OU and automotive industry representatives as a speaker at an SBA “Focus on the Future” automotive research conference.
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Parents’ gift supports late professor’s passion for travel, teaching
 Joanne Lane remembers asking her daughter, Catherine Tyler, how she got bitten by the travel bug.
“She told me, ‘It’s all your fault,’” Lane recalls. Catherine had been traveling from an early age.
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Couple reaches out to school of medicine,
Meadow Brook Hall through planned gifts
 When it was time for Debra Shea, CAS ’76, and her husband, William, to discuss what they wanted to accomplish with their estate, they knew supporting Oakland University would be high on their list of priorities.
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Couple’s gift supports center’s ability to serve as writers’ resource
 The $50,000 gift from Professor Emeritus Joan Rosen and her husband, Robert, to the Joan Rosen Endowed Fund will help further the mission of the center, supporting its day-to-day efforts to help produce polished, effective writing projects for those who use the center.
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Space in Pawley Hall pays tribute to late educator’s passion for collaboration
 Special instructor Linda Tyson, Department of Teacher Development and Educational Studies, still smiles when she thinks about the inscription on her friend Pamela Morehead’s doctoral dissertation.
It said, “Keep your eye on the donut and not the hole.”
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Charitable annuity ensures mission of OU Athletic Department
 In the face of recent state funding cuts, it has become more important for Oakland University to have reliable sources of support — now and in the future.
It was good news for the Athletics Department when it learned that George and Janice Kralovich set up a charitable gift annuity, which will ultimately benefit scholar-athletes and coaches.
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Couple leaves legacy of opportunity for Oakland engineering students
 Oakland University was a magical place to Christine and Ivan Wilcox.
The Wilcoxes, now deceased, were enamored with the beauty of the campus for decades and went horseback riding on the land where Oakland’s campus sits today.
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Alum creates endowed scholarship in hopes of fueling continuing growth for OU
 Michael Kenny, CAS ’78, set high standards for himself during his years at Oakland University — and he consistently met them. Now the prominent trial attorney is creating opportunities for a new generation of students to excel.
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Alumna finds ways to say thank you to Oakland University
 Lisa Flynn, CAS ’89, is certain she would not be a physician today without the support she received years ago from Oakland University.
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Gift supports professor’s research into computer vision applications for ancient textile analysis
Nilesh Patel, assistant professor of engineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science, is not one to shy away from a challenge.
Currently, he is tackling a significant one.
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Award will allow school of medicine to offer no-interest, moral obligation loans
 A$100,000 award from the Charles E. Schell Foundation, presented by foundation trustee Fifth Third Bank, will allow the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine to offer students no-interest, moral obligation loans.
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Planned gift will bolster Israel travel fund
Bernie Kent, SBA ’71, has seen firsthand the powerful impact that the Bernard and Nina Kent Judaic Studies Endowed Israel Travel Fund has made in the lives of recipients.
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Remarks to alumni and friends at the OUAA Grizzly Gala
 There is nothing I can do or say to express what a difference scholarships can make in a student’s life, but let me start with feelings of relief and gratitude.
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