Our Alumni

Excellence in Education

• Recent grad lands job in China as result of OU study abroad

• Alumna earns Milken Educator Award for exceptional work

• OU alumnus offers classroom advice for teachers on Scholastic website

• Longtime educator and OU alumnus earns national dissertation award

• OU grad inspires love for learning on foreign shores

• Educator and OU alum Jonathon Crawford found success despite odds

Enhancing Health Care

• Two SON alumni achieve success at Beaumont Hospital in Troy

• EMBA alumna uses capstone project to make a difference

• Navy Seal and neurosurgeon Dr. Bill Underwood got his start at OU

• SON alumna Natalka Cap pursues nursing and dancing

Mastering the Market

• Alumnus wins regional award for global marketing savvy

• OU alumnus Charlie Gross keeps the grizzly spirit alive in South Dakota

• OU alumnus to open specialty shop, "People Skate and Snowboard"

• OU alumni help direct Graybar to "World's Most Admired Companies" list


• Auto industry pioneer Sue Cischke got her start at OU

Success in Science

• OU alumnus brings engineering expertise to science classrooms

• NASA scientist and OU alumnus Kevin Grazier keeps busy in Hollywood

• Alumni sisters found their dream jobs as veterinarians

Advancing the Arts

• Detroit Music Award nominees include OU faculty, alumni

• BoxFest Detroit 2010 showcases four Oakland playwrights

• OU alumna wins the 2009 Iowa Poetry Prize

• Actor alum returns to Meadow Brook Theatre for musical production

Soaring in Service

• New orphanage established with help from altruistic alumna

• Alumnus Robert Gibbs honored for urban planning work

• OU alumni enrich local students through Excellence for Detroit

• OU alumnus works to enact social change, empower students

• International Relations alumna tours EU on Brussels study trip

• OU alumna Angela Venditti to reign as Miss Michigan 2012

• Local attorney and OU alumnus to receive social justice award

• Alumna turns heartbreak to hope through volunteer efforts

• Philanthropic alumnus honored by fundraising organization

• OU alumna selected for national women's leadership project

Harnessing Information

• Journalism degree helped OU alumna enter a world of opportunity


• WDIV traffic reporter Lauren Podell gathered skills as an OU student

Acing Athletics

• OU alum wins 200-Breaststroke at Olympic Trials

• OU alumnus Brian Stuard earns place in 2010 PGA Tour