November 16, 2011 
President's Colloquium Series: Andrea Eis
The president of Oakland University supports a colloquium series to showcase faculty research at the university. Faculty members from any rank and discipline are eligible to apply.
Please enjoy the 2011 Maurice Brown Memorial Poetry Reading.
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This formal ceremony, usually held the first day of classes each fall semester, marks the beginning of a student's academic career. The event includes a formal procession of faculty in academic regalia and presentations by the university president and campus representatives.
Oakland University officials hosted a grand opening ceremony today for the third of Oakland's educational facilities located in Macomb County. Located at 20 South Main Street in Mount Clemens, the 25,422-square-foot Anton/Frankel Center was generously donated to the university by prominent investors and developers, Gebran Anton and Stuart Frankel. The two-story building provides new, state-of-the-art classrooms and offices for advising, student support services, faculty and staff. Renovation of the facility has taken place over the last year with the support of a $1.6 million in federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The Clinton River Water Festival is an educational and enjoyable learning experience for fifth-grade students from the Clinton River Watershed community schools in Oakland County. The festival design allows students to learn about the central role water and the Clinton River play within the region. Some of the topics that are explored during the festival include: storm water, waste water treatment, soil erosion, wetlands, creeks and streams, habitat, as well as sources of pollution. Several governmental and environmental agencies work with Pre-College Programs to plan and execute the festival at Oakland University.
The 2011 Richard Burke Lecture features Dr. Susan Haack as she explores specific areas of the United States Constitution. She will discuss the history of the evolution of the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, specifically its role in cases involving the teaching of evolution in public high schools. This legal history draws on the conjecture that over many years, a relatively modest understanding of the Establishment Clause because of James Madison has been largely, though not completely, displaced by a more ambitious understanding because of Thomas Jefferson, and is punctuated by philosophical asides on questions about the (in)compatibility of the theory of evolution with religious beliefs, the meaning of “theory,” and the demarcation of science.
Our program brings Professor Pierre Englebert, of Pomona College, to Oakland's campus to deliver a public lecture discussing the origins, nature, and consequences of international boundaries in modern Africa. Professor Englebert's lecture will focus on the arbitrary nature of borders in Africa, discuss whether such borders should remain unaltered in the face of abject failure, and more generally, whether 'nation-states' remain useful as a central organizational scheme for the modern globalized world.
The Keeper of the Dream Award was established in January 1993 to recognize Oakland University students who have contributed to interracial understanding and good will. Applicants must demonstrate academic achievement (a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 at time of application), a clear career focus and academic persistence (student must be returning to Oakland in the fall and winter semester of the following academic year).