Member Spotlight - Oakland University Black Employee Resource Group (B-ERG)


	February 2012

	Name: Carmen Archer Position: Office Assistant, Office of Undergraduate Admissions What are your hobbies? Spending time with family, shopping and creating gift baskets. What do you like most about working at OU? Staff, students and the warm environment. OU is like my extended family. What was the last book you read? Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Suess. I read it to some of the children in my family. I love this book! Where is your favorite place to dine? Red Lobster How long have you worked at OU? 27 years, in total.


	January, 2012

	Name: Robert Vaughn Position: Facility Management, Custodian What are your hobbies? Spending time with my family and being an active member with the Prince Hall Lodge. What do you like most about working at OU? Meeting new people and getting to know OU students and my co-workers. What was the last book you read? Art of War by Sun Tzu, translated by Ralph Sawyer Where is your favorite place to dine? Capers Steak House in Detroit, MI How long have you worked at OU? I am proud to say I have been an OU employee since 1998 (13 years).


	December 2011

	Name: Cheryl McPherson Position: Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration What are your hobbies? I love to scrapbook special events for friends and family and visit local craft fairs. What do you like most about working at OU? Having the opportunity to meet so many great people and make some lifelong friends. What was the last book you read? I just finished Great Day Every Day by Max Lucado and in the process of reading Toy Box Leadership by Ron Hunter Jr. and Micheal E. Waddell. Where is your favorite place to dine? Ocean Prime Restaurant in Troy, Michigan How long have you worked at OU? I have been employed at OU since February 18, 2002. Four years in the Office of Budget and Financial Planning and almost six years in the School of Nursing.


	November 2011

	Name: Londale J. Nelson Position: Financial Aid Adviser, Student Financial Services What are your hobbies? Movies, Theatre, Sporting Events, Working Out, Traveling and Reading. What do you like most about working at OU? Building relationships and connecting with the student body and exhorting them to accomplish the goal of graduation while preparing them financially for life after college. What was the last book you read? Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest, by Peter Block. Where is your favorite place to dine? Any Steakhouse. How long have you worked at OU? I've been employed at OU since February 28, 2011


	October 2011

	Name: Aniesha K. Mitchell, J.D. Position: Retention Specialist, Academic Skills Center Most recent accomplishments (work and school): Promoted to Retention Specialist in June of 2011; Graduated law school in May of 2011; Successfully completed the Michigan Bar Examination, July 2011. Will be sworn in November 4, 2011; finalist in Brooks’s Elite 40 Under 40 Professional organizations and university committees: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority Incorporated; Academic Standing and Honors Committee; Senator , Oakland University Senate; Co-Chair 2011 African-American Celebration Committee. Last book you read: Civil War Lawyers: Constitutional Questions, Courtroom Dramas, and the Men Behind Them by Arthur Downey Favorite place to dine: Chen Chow Brasserie Professional years of service at OU: 10 Years of Service