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Friday, November 06, 2020
Join us as C. Michelle Piskulich, Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, interviews Oakland University's two newest deans.Polly Boruff-Jones, Dean of the University Libraries, was hired in April 2020 and Brandy Randall, Dean of the Graduate School, was hired in July 2020.

Friday, October 02, 2020
Nurses with an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) might question the possibility of completing their Bachelor’s Degree because of family obligations, hectic work schedules, and money being tight. Thanks to Oakland University’s new affordable, seamless pathway model for BSN degree completion, this opportunity has become a reality for many.

Thursday, August 06, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Oakland University faculty and staff are working to ensure that students have access to the classes and services they need, in an environment that protects health and safety. For the Fall 2020 semester, Oakland will offer a range of learning options, including in-person, online and hybrid classes.

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
With nearly 60 percent of the world’s population online, the internet is a vital resource in today’s ever-changing world. In fact, internet users are anticipated to spend a cumulative 1.25 billion years online this year alone. Developing the skills to harness this technology offers a clear advantage that can open doors to coveted positions, projects and promotions.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020
With nearly 60% of the world’s population online, the internet is a vital resource in today’s ever-changing world. In fact, internet users are anticipated to spend a cumulative 1.25 billion years online this year alone. Developing the skills to harness this technology offers a clear advantage that can open doors to coveted positions, projects and promotions.

Friday, May 22, 2020
Oakland University’s Ciara Bazinski was one of six students selected to receive a 2020 Memorial Scholarship awarded by the Michigan Safety Conference, a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting the improvement of workplace safety and health practices in the State of Michigan.
Friday, May 15, 2020
Balancing school, work and life is a complex assignment for college students. At the graduate level, managing professional career and family commitments can mean the difference between completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or not. With Oakland University’s new 100 percent online MBA program, graduate business students can now earn an MBA without setting foot on campus, completing classes on their time and their schedule.

Thursday, May 07, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has many people using delivery services for everything from food to medicine for the first time. At some point in the future, Autonomous Vehicles (AV) ranging from automobiles to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) might provide these services without drivers present which would further lower risk of contracting the deadly virus.Students in Oakland University’s Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Department course “Systems of Autonomous and Connected Vehicles” are learning the latest technologies and business cases used across various industries that may play a key role in defining what a future with AV looks like.

Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Oakland business students pitted their investment banking, valuation, and merger and acquisition knowledge against students from other Michigan colleges at the 2020 Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Western Michigan Cup. In this competition, the team of four OU business students faced off against 23 teams from 11 schools in analyzing complex business cases. The event also offered participants time to learn about companies and career opportunities in western Michigan.

Thursday, April 30, 2020
For the past four years, OU student Rose Hazem has worked as a nursing assistant in the cardiac progressive care unit at Beaumont Hospital, Troy. But these days, there are no cardiac patients in the unit. Instead, the rooms are occupied by COVID-19 patients fighting for their lives.

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Oakland University's Pawley Lean Institute is pleased announce that Laken Parrott (Human Resource Development/SEHS) has been awarded a $500 undergraduate scholarship. The Pawley Lean Institute is also pleased to announce that Deepika Nandakumar (Masters of Science – Engineering Management) has been awarded a $3000 graduate scholarship.

Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Last fall, more than 60 Oakland University students were able to gain real-world experience in business as part of a collaborative project involving OU’s Department of Writing and Rhetoric, OU INC client Herculeze Technologies, the OU Mobilization Zone and the Office of Research Administration.
Monday, February 03, 2020
In its last competition of the academic year, Oakland Business Scholars team members put their change management skills to work in a case that challenged them to examine the relationship between organizational culture and morale. The case called for strategic analysis and recommendations to address falling morale and high employee turnover of a non-profit residential care facility for neglected and abused children.

Monday, January 20, 2020
Oakland University has launched a campus-wide kickoff of a new, three-year, evidence-based Excellence in Academic Advising (EAA) initiative, which is sponsored by the Gardner Institute and the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). It is funded in part by The Kresge Foundation.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Oakland University students continued to demonstrate their research excellence at the 2019 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, which took place November 14-17 in Madison, Wisconsin.This year, five students received superior presentation awards in diverse disciplines including Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, and Microbiology and Molecular Biology.

OU ISE students use ‘Lean Thinking’ to improve operations, optimize space at Humble Design warehouse
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Utilizing “Lean Thinking,” Oakland University Industrial and Systems Engineering students Monisha Vasudeva and Sagar Bajaj have been helping Humble Design — a nonprofit that furnishes homes for individuals and families transitioning out of homelessness — improve their operations and optimize the space inside the organization’s warehouse in Pontiac, Mich.