Oakland University
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Oakland University is a public university
co-founded by Matilda Dodge Wilson
and John A. Hannah
whose 1500 acres (6.1 km²) campus is located in central Oakland County, Michigan
, United States
in the cities of Auburn Hills
and Rochester Hills
. It is the only major research university in Oakland County
, from which OU derives its name. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified OU as a Doctoral Research University.
, widow of automobile magnate John Francis Dodge
, and her second husband, Alfred Wilson, donated their 1500 acres (6.1 km²) estate to Michigan State University
, including Meadow Brook Hall
, Sunset Terrace and all the estate's other buildings and collections, along with $2 million. Main campus buildings were completed near Squirrel Road in Pontiac Township (now the city of Auburn Hills). Originally known as Michigan State University–Oakland, the university enrolled its first students in 1959 and was renamed Oakland University in 1963. The university has been officially independent since 1970. Wilson asked U.S. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield to let the university use a Rochester, Michigan
mailing address, even though the main part of the campus was in Pontiac Township
(now Auburn Hills). After reminding Summerfield that she had contributed to his administration, Summerfield granted her request. The city of Rochester is five miles (8 km) from the main campus buildings.
For the Fall 2010 semester, OU had an enrollment of 19,053 students. The current president of the university is Dr. Gary Russi, who replaced Dr. Sandra Packard on an interim basis in 1995 and was appointed president by the Board of Trustees in 1996.
's Inferno
, Canto XXVI, 1. 120. These are the final words of Ulysses' speech to his men urging them to sail on in pursuit of knowledge and experience of the world — even beyond the pillars of Hercules, traditionally the frontier and limit of legitimate exploration.
This is the three-line stanza:
programs and 124 graduate programs (professional certificates, M.A., M.B.A., M.S., and Ph.D.)
The main academic units of the university are the School of Education and Human Services, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business Administration, the School of Health & Human Services, the School of Engineering and Computer Science, the School of Health Sciences, and the School of Nursing. Additionally, OU supports an Honors College and various study abroad programs.
As part of its research mission, OU also supports a number of major research centers and institutes, including the Center for Biomedical Research, the Center for Robotics and Advanced Automation, the Fastening and Joining Research Institute, the Human Systems Initiative, and the renowned Eye Research Institute. Additionally, OU's Smart Zone Business Incubator (OU INC) provides entrepreneurial resources and expertise to support and foster new technology-based and life science businesses.
In April, 2007, the university announced plans to establish a medical school
on the OU campus in partnership with William Beaumont Hospital
called the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. The medical school, which will be the fourth in the state of Michigan to offer the M.D. degree, received 3,237 applications for the inaugural class in fall 2011, which will take 50 students. The founding dean of the Medical School is Robert Folberg.
Undergraduate Program Listing
Graduate Program Listing
, which is a 110-room Tudor revival–style mansion completed in 1929 as OU founder Matilda Dodge Wilson
's Oakland County estate, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
. Meadow Brook Hall is the fourth-largest historic house museum in the United States
, and houses a vast collection of historically significant art and furniture, including paintings by Rembrandt, Anthony van Dyck
, Rosa Bonheur
, Gilbert Stuart
, Joshua Reynolds
, John Constable
, and Thomas Gainsborough
, as well as sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye
, Frederic Remington
, Cyrus Edwin Dallin
, and Herbert Haseltine
. Meadow Brook Hall is frequently utilized by the OU community as a site for select university functions, including the popular student event the Meadow Brook Ball. Meadow Brook Hall and its grounds were the site of the annual Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance
, which one of the largest collector car shows in the world. However, 2010 was the last year that Meadow Brook will host the show, as it is moving to The Inn at St. John's for 2011.
OU's campus is home to the Meadow Brook Music Festival, an outdoor entertainment venue with an on-site pavilion, which accommodates close to 8,000 people. In addition to being the site of spring-time graduation ceremonies, Meadow Brook Music Festival also hosts comedians and musical acts. Meadow Brook Music Festival is managed by Palace Sports and Entertainment
.
Meadow Brook Theatre, which was founded at OU in 1967, is the largest non-profit professional theater in Michigan
, and presents a wide variety of award-winning productions throughout the year. Additionally, the Oakland University Art Gallery, which was formerly known as the Meadow Brook Art Gallery, presents at least six different exhibitions each academic year, in addition to hosting a variety of lectures, performances and symposia.
. University and city officials signed a partnership agreement in 2003 to officially recognize the relationship between Rochester and OU. In 2005, Rochester was ranked 39th in the CNN/Money Magazine list of the Top 100 American cities in which to live.
OU's campus, which encompasses 1500 acres (6.1 km²), includes trails and biking paths and two nationally-ranked golf courses. In 2009, an 18-hole disc golf course opened. Grizzly Oaks was co-designed by student Jarrett Schlaff and licensed by the Professional Disc Golf Association.
Although many of Oakland's students commute from surrounding areas, there are more than 2,000 who live on campus in a variety of residence halls, student townhouses, and university apartments. The residence halls include Fitzgerald House, Hill House, Hamlin Hall, Van Wagoner House, and the East and West Towers of Vandenberg Hall. Residential learning communities on OU's campus include Scholars Tower and the Residential Honors College community. Eight additional buildings make up the Matthews Court student townhouses, and six major Tudor-style buildings house the University Student Apartments, which were completed in 2002.
The campus also offers recreational facilities for intramural sports and for OU's 16 NCAA Division I athletic teams, including the lighted Upper Athletic Fields, the indoor Sports Dome, fields for varsity baseball, softball, and soccer, facilities for basketball, handball, track and weight training. The campus Recreation Center houses OU's state-of-the-art natatorium, and the Athletics Center O'Rena, a 4,000-seat field house, is the home court for OU basketball and volleyball.
In June 2009 "Free Food at Oakland University" (http://freefoodatou.com) launched as a resource to the Oakland University students, the website lists events on campus that are free and open to all OU students and give away free food.
OU's student union, the Oakland Center, was renovated and expanded in 2003. The Oakland Center houses the offices of student organizations, a large food court with multiple restaurants, the student bookstore, a cafe, a pool hall and gaming center, a Student Technology Center, the campus newspaper The Oakland Post, computer labs, conference rooms, as well as the offices of the university radio station, WXOU
(88.3 FM). OU also has its own television station (OU TV) which is broadcast on-campus and to the local community. Campus life is enhanced by more than 200 registered student organizations, ranging from cultural and religious groups to Greek organizations. Fraternities represented at OU include Sigma Alpha Epsilon
, Sigma Pi
, Theta Chi
, Tau Kappa Epsilon
and Alpha Phi Alpha
. Sororities include Alpha Delta Pi
, Alpha Sigma Tau
, Gamma Phi Beta
, Phi Sigma Sigma
, Delta Sigma Theta
and Sigma Gamma Rho
. The so-called Cottage District of campus, which consists of homes originally built for workers employed at the old Meadow Brook Estate, now contains fraternity and sorority houses. Only one(Theta Chi) has an official chapter house off-campus. Additionally, the university owns an adjoining tract of land to the east of the main university campus, which was developed into a neighborhood in which many OU faculty members currently live.
In 2009, OU created a bicycle sharing system called OU Bike Share. The program was started with 30 bicycles available for use free of charge on the honor system. The bicycles are labeled with a yellow "OU Bike Share" band.
, convocation
, and athletic games, is the Oakland University fight song
.
Previously known as the "Pioneers", their teams are now known as the "Golden Grizzlies".
Oakland University has in the past been used as a training camp for the Detroit Lions.
Oakland University's men's soccer team became the first Oakland team to move past the first round of the NCAA in 2007.
Fight the whole game long.
Fight, fight, fight for Oakland,
Keep the Grizzlies strong.
While the battle rages,
And our work's not done.
We will fight for glory,
'Til the game is won.
Go Black!
Go Gold!
Go Fight!
Fight, fight, fight for Oakland,
Fight the whole game long.
Fight, fight, fight for Oakland,
Keep the Grizzlies strong.
When the game is over,
and the story's told,
OU will claim vic'try.
We're the Black and Gold!
Sports and media
Government and politics
Law
Business
Education
went on strike
. Issues of contention included the University claiming ownership of professors' copyright
s and patent
s and refusing to allow faculty input into matters of class size and curricula, reduction of health benefits
, and a three-year freeze of salaries
(particularly since the university president, Gary Russi, had just received a $100,000 raise). The University Board of Trustees maintained that the strike was illegal and filed a lawsuit against the Oakland AAUP. After a week's strike, the faculty and administration came to a tentative agreement on a three-year contract.
Public university
A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...
co-founded by Matilda Dodge Wilson
Matilda Dodge Wilson
Matilda Dodge Wilson , was born Matilda Rausch in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. She was the widow of John Francis Dodge who co-founded the Dodge motor car company in Detroit with his brother Horace Elgin Dodge. Wilson co-founded the Oakland campus of Michigan State University, now Oakland...
and John A. Hannah
John A. Hannah
John Alfred Hannah was president of Michigan State College for 28 years, making him the longest serving of MSU's presidents. He is credited with transforming the school from a little-known, regional agricultural college into a large national research institution...
whose 1500 acres (6.1 km²) campus is located in central Oakland County, Michigan
Oakland County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in the cities of Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Auburn Hills is a city in Metro Detroit, Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 21,412 at the 2010 census. The city was formed in 1983 when Pontiac Township became the City of Auburn Hills.-Economy:...
and Rochester Hills
Rochester Hills, Michigan
Rochester Hills is an affluent city in northeast Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 70,995. The city of Rochester is bounded on the north, south, and west by Rochester Hills...
. It is the only major research university in Oakland County
Oakland County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...
, from which OU derives its name. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified OU as a Doctoral Research University.
History
Oakland University was created in 1957 when Matilda Dodge WilsonMatilda Dodge Wilson
Matilda Dodge Wilson , was born Matilda Rausch in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. She was the widow of John Francis Dodge who co-founded the Dodge motor car company in Detroit with his brother Horace Elgin Dodge. Wilson co-founded the Oakland campus of Michigan State University, now Oakland...
, widow of automobile magnate John Francis Dodge
John Francis Dodge
John Francis Dodge was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.-Biography:...
, and her second husband, Alfred Wilson, donated their 1500 acres (6.1 km²) estate to Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
, including Meadow Brook Hall
Meadow Brook Hall
Meadow Brook Hall is a Tudor revival style mansion located at 480 South Adams Rd. in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It was built between 1926 and 1929 by Matilda Dodge Wilson and her second husband, lumber broker Alfred G. Wilson...
, Sunset Terrace and all the estate's other buildings and collections, along with $2 million. Main campus buildings were completed near Squirrel Road in Pontiac Township (now the city of Auburn Hills). Originally known as Michigan State University–Oakland, the university enrolled its first students in 1959 and was renamed Oakland University in 1963. The university has been officially independent since 1970. Wilson asked U.S. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield to let the university use a Rochester, Michigan
Rochester, Michigan
Rochester is an affluent city in north Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan on the northern outskirts of metro Detroit. The population was 12,711 at the 2010 census...
mailing address, even though the main part of the campus was in Pontiac Township
Pontiac Township, Michigan
Pontiac Township is a defunct civil township in Oakland County, Michigan, USA. The area consisted of what is now the cities of Pontiac, Auburn Hills, and Lake Angelus....
(now Auburn Hills). After reminding Summerfield that she had contributed to his administration, Summerfield granted her request. The city of Rochester is five miles (8 km) from the main campus buildings.
For the Fall 2010 semester, OU had an enrollment of 19,053 students. The current president of the university is Dr. Gary Russi, who replaced Dr. Sandra Packard on an interim basis in 1995 and was appointed president by the Board of Trustees in 1996.
Motto
Oakland University's motto is Seguir virtute e canoscenza ("Seek virtue and knowledge"). It is a quotation from DanteDante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
's Inferno
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through what is largely the medieval concept of Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as...
, Canto XXVI, 1. 120. These are the final words of Ulysses' speech to his men urging them to sail on in pursuit of knowledge and experience of the world — even beyond the pillars of Hercules, traditionally the frontier and limit of legitimate exploration.
This is the three-line stanza:
Considerate la vostra semenza / Fatti non foste a viver come bruti / Ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.
Consider your birth [or "origin"] / You were not made to live like brutes / But to follow courage and knowledge [or "virtue and wisdom," or "fortitude and learning"].
Academics
Oakland University offers 132 undergraduate bachelor's degreeBachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
programs and 124 graduate programs (professional certificates, M.A., M.B.A., M.S., and Ph.D.)
The main academic units of the university are the School of Education and Human Services, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business Administration, the School of Health & Human Services, the School of Engineering and Computer Science, the School of Health Sciences, and the School of Nursing. Additionally, OU supports an Honors College and various study abroad programs.
As part of its research mission, OU also supports a number of major research centers and institutes, including the Center for Biomedical Research, the Center for Robotics and Advanced Automation, the Fastening and Joining Research Institute, the Human Systems Initiative, and the renowned Eye Research Institute. Additionally, OU's Smart Zone Business Incubator (OU INC) provides entrepreneurial resources and expertise to support and foster new technology-based and life science businesses.
In April, 2007, the university announced plans to establish a medical school
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...
on the OU campus in partnership with William Beaumont Hospital
William Beaumont Hospital
Beaumont Hospital is a regional medical system in the greater Detroit, Michigan area. It first opened with a 238 bed hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1955...
called the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. The medical school, which will be the fourth in the state of Michigan to offer the M.D. degree, received 3,237 applications for the inaugural class in fall 2011, which will take 50 students. The founding dean of the Medical School is Robert Folberg.
Undergraduate programs
Oakland University offers 132 undergraduate programs..Undergraduate Program Listing
| Arts |
|---|
Studio art, art and art history Music, theatre and dance Cinema studies |
| Business |
|---|
Accounting and finance Economics Management information systems Management and marketing |
| Communication |
|---|
Communication Journalism Writing and rhetoric |
| Computer science |
|---|
Computer engineering Computer science Information technology |
| Engineering |
|---|
Mechanical engineering Electrical engineering Industrial and systems engineering Engineering biology, chemistry and physics |
| Education |
|---|
Elementary education Secondary education |
| Health sciences |
|---|
Applied health sciences Occupational safety and health Biomedical diagnostic and therapeutic sciences Wellness, health promotion and injury prevention |
| Human resources |
|---|
Human resources development Human resources management (business) |
| Humanities |
|---|
Economics English History Liberal studies Philosophy Political science Psychology Sociology/anthropology Women and gender studies |
| Math and statistics |
|---|
Math and statistics |
| Integrative studies |
|---|
Integrative studies |
| Language/international studies |
|---|
International studies - Latin American studies - Chinese studies - Japanese studies Linguistics Modern languages and literature - French - Japanese - German - Spanish - Latin American |
| Nursing |
|---|
Pre-nursing RN to BSN Accelerated second degree BSN |
| Pre-professional |
|---|
Pre-dentistry Pre-law Pre-liberal studies Pre-medicine Pre-optometry Pre-veterinary |
| Science |
|---|
Biological sciences Biochemistry Chemistry Environmental science Physics and medical physics |
| Undecided |
|---|
Undecided |
Graduate programs
Oakland University offers 124 graduate programs.Graduate Program Listing
| Doctoral degrees |
|---|
Applied Mathematical Sciences, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences: Biological Communication, PhD Biomedical Sciences: Health & Envronmental Chemistry, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences: Medical Physics,Ph.D. Computer Sciences and Informatics, Ph.D. Education - Counseling, Ph.D. Education - Early Childhood, Ph.D. Education - Educational Leadership, Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. Music Education, PhD Nursing Practice, DNP Physical Therapy, D.P.T. Physical Therapy, t.D.P.T. (transitional) Physical Therapy, D.Sc.P.T. Reading Education, Ph.D. Systems Engineering, Ph.D. |
| Education specialist degree |
|---|
Leadership, EdS |
| Graduate certificates |
|---|
Advanced Microcomputer Applications, Certificate Clinical Exercise Science, Certificate Complementary Medicine & Wellness, Certificate Corporate & Worksite Wellness, Certificate Exercise Science, Certificate Instrumental Performance, Graduate Certificate Microcomputer Applications, Certificate Music Education, Certificate Music - Conducting, Certificate Music - Instrumental Performance, Certificate Music - Piano Pedagogy, Certificate Music - Piano Performance, Certificate Music - Vocal Pedagogy, Certificate Music - Vocal Performance, Certificate Neurological Rehabilitation, Certificate Nursing Education, Certificate Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy, Graduate Certificate Orthopedics, Certificate Pediatric Rehabilitation, Certificate Statistical Methods Certificate Teaching and Learning for Rehabilitation Professionals, Certificate Teaching English as a Second Language, Graduate Certificate |
| Post-Master certificates |
|---|
Accounting, Certificate Adult Gerontological NP, PM Cert Advanced Reading and Language Arts, Post-Masters Certificate Anesthesia, Certificate Business Economics, Certificate Clinical Nurse Leadership, Certificate Criminal Justice Leadership, Certificate Education Administration, Certificate Entrepreneurship, Certificate Family Nurse Practitioner, Certificate Finance, Certificate General Management, Certificate Health Care Administration, Certificate Higher Education, Post-Master's Certificate Human Resources Management, Certificate International Business, Certificate Local Government Management, Certificate Management Information Systems, Certificate Marketing, Certificate Music Education, Certificate Music - Conducting, Certificate Music - Instrumental Performance, Certificate Music - Piano Pedagogy, Certificate Music - Piano Performance, Certificate Music - Vocal Pedagogy, Certificate Music - Vocal Performance, Certificate Nonprofit Organization & Management, Certificate Nursing Education, Certificate Production/Operations Management, Certificate Reading, Language Arts & Literature, Certificate |
| Teaching endorsements |
|---|
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Teaching Endorsement Early Childhood, Teaching Endorsement ESL Teaching Endorsement Reading, Teaching Endorsement |
| Master's Degrees |
|---|
Accounting, M.Acc. Adult Gerontological NP, MSN Applied Statistics, M.S. Biology, M.A. Biology, M.S. Business Administration, M.B.A. Chemistry, M.S. Clinical Nurse Leadership, MSN Clinical Nurse Specialist: Adult Health, MSN Communications Computer Science, M.S. Counseling, M.A. Conducting, M.M. Early Childhood Education, M.Ed. Educational Leadership, M.Ed. Educational Studies, M.Ed. Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S. Embedded Systems, M.S. Engineering Management, M.S. English, M.A. Executive Master of Business Administration, M.B.A. Exercise Science, M.S. Family Nurse Practitioner, MSN History, M.A. Industrial Applied Mathematics, M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, M.S. Information Technology Management, M.S. Instrumental Pedagogy, M.M. Instrumental Performance, M.M. Liberal Studies, M.A.L.S. Linguistics, M.A. Mathematics, M.A. Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Music - Conducting, MM Music Education, M.M. Nurse Anesthesia, MSN Nursing Education, MSN Physical Therapy, M.S. Physics, M.S. Piano Pedagogy, M.M. Piano Performance, M.M. Public Administration, M.P.A. Reading and Language Arts, M.A.T. Reading and Language Arts, M.A.T. with Endorsement in Early Childhood Safety Management, MS Software Engineering and Information Technology, M.S. Special Education, M.Ed. Social Work, M.S.W. Systems Engineering, M.S. Teacher Leadership, MEd Training and Development, M.T.D. Vocal Pedagogy, M.M. Vocal Performance, M.M. |
Research institutes and centers
OU is home to major research institutes and centers addressing a broad range of interests and industries, including biomedical, public affairs, technology, engineering, education, international studies, and more.- Center for Applied Research in Musical Understanding
- Center for Biomedical Research
- Center for Creative and Collaborative Computing
- Center for Integrated Business Research and Education (CIBRE)
- Center for Robotics and Advanced Automation
- Eye Research Institute
- Fastening and Joining Research Institute
- Lowry Center for Early Childhood Education
- Nanotech Research & Development Institute
- OU Center for Autism Research, Education and Support (OUCARES)
- Pawley Learning Institute
- Product Development and Manufacturing Center
- Public Affairs Research Laboratory
Culture and the arts
Oakland University is home to Meadow Brook HallMeadow Brook Hall
Meadow Brook Hall is a Tudor revival style mansion located at 480 South Adams Rd. in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It was built between 1926 and 1929 by Matilda Dodge Wilson and her second husband, lumber broker Alfred G. Wilson...
, which is a 110-room Tudor revival–style mansion completed in 1929 as OU founder Matilda Dodge Wilson
Matilda Dodge Wilson
Matilda Dodge Wilson , was born Matilda Rausch in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. She was the widow of John Francis Dodge who co-founded the Dodge motor car company in Detroit with his brother Horace Elgin Dodge. Wilson co-founded the Oakland campus of Michigan State University, now Oakland...
's Oakland County estate, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. Meadow Brook Hall is the fourth-largest historic house museum in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and houses a vast collection of historically significant art and furniture, including paintings by Rembrandt, Anthony van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next...
, Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur, born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, was a French animalière, realist artist, and sculptor. As a painter she became famous primarily for two chief works: Ploughing in the Nivernais , which was first exhibited at the Salon of 1848, and is now in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris depicts a team...
, Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert Charles Stuart was an American painter from Rhode Island.Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists...
, Joshua Reynolds
Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA was an influential 18th-century English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy...
, John Constable
John Constable
John Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection...
, and Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough was an English portrait and landscape painter.-Suffolk:Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury, Suffolk. He was the youngest son of John Gainsborough, a weaver and maker of woolen goods. At the age of thirteen he impressed his father with his penciling skills so that he let...
, as well as sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye
Antoine-Louis Barye
Antoine-Louis Barye was a French sculptor most famous for his work as an animalier, a sculptor of animals.-Biography:Born in Paris, Barye began his career as a goldsmith, like many sculptors of the Romantic Period...
, Frederic Remington
Frederic Remington
Frederic Sackrider Remington was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U. S...
, Cyrus Edwin Dallin
Cyrus Edwin Dallin
Cyrus Edwin Dallin was an American sculptor and Olympic archer.He created more than 260 works, including well-known statues of Paul Revere and Native Americans...
, and Herbert Haseltine
Herbert Haseltine
Herbert Chevalier Haseltine was an Italian-born French/American animalier sculptor, most known as an Equestrian sculptor.-Early life and education:...
. Meadow Brook Hall is frequently utilized by the OU community as a site for select university functions, including the popular student event the Meadow Brook Ball. Meadow Brook Hall and its grounds were the site of the annual Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance
Concours d'Elegance
A Concours d'Elegance dates back to 17th Century French aristocracy, who paraded horse-drawn carriages in the parks of Paris during Summer weekends and holidays...
, which one of the largest collector car shows in the world. However, 2010 was the last year that Meadow Brook will host the show, as it is moving to The Inn at St. John's for 2011.
OU's campus is home to the Meadow Brook Music Festival, an outdoor entertainment venue with an on-site pavilion, which accommodates close to 8,000 people. In addition to being the site of spring-time graduation ceremonies, Meadow Brook Music Festival also hosts comedians and musical acts. Meadow Brook Music Festival is managed by Palace Sports and Entertainment
Palace Sports and Entertainment
Palace Sports & Entertainment ' is a sports and entertainment company owned by Tom Gores.The company owns the Detroit Pistons of the NBA...
.
Meadow Brook Theatre, which was founded at OU in 1967, is the largest non-profit professional theater in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, and presents a wide variety of award-winning productions throughout the year. Additionally, the Oakland University Art Gallery, which was formerly known as the Meadow Brook Art Gallery, presents at least six different exhibitions each academic year, in addition to hosting a variety of lectures, performances and symposia.
Campus and community
In addition to its geographic location between the cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Oakland University maintains an official hometown relationship with the neighboring city of Rochester, MichiganRochester, Michigan
Rochester is an affluent city in north Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan on the northern outskirts of metro Detroit. The population was 12,711 at the 2010 census...
. University and city officials signed a partnership agreement in 2003 to officially recognize the relationship between Rochester and OU. In 2005, Rochester was ranked 39th in the CNN/Money Magazine list of the Top 100 American cities in which to live.
OU's campus, which encompasses 1500 acres (6.1 km²), includes trails and biking paths and two nationally-ranked golf courses. In 2009, an 18-hole disc golf course opened. Grizzly Oaks was co-designed by student Jarrett Schlaff and licensed by the Professional Disc Golf Association.
Although many of Oakland's students commute from surrounding areas, there are more than 2,000 who live on campus in a variety of residence halls, student townhouses, and university apartments. The residence halls include Fitzgerald House, Hill House, Hamlin Hall, Van Wagoner House, and the East and West Towers of Vandenberg Hall. Residential learning communities on OU's campus include Scholars Tower and the Residential Honors College community. Eight additional buildings make up the Matthews Court student townhouses, and six major Tudor-style buildings house the University Student Apartments, which were completed in 2002.
The campus also offers recreational facilities for intramural sports and for OU's 16 NCAA Division I athletic teams, including the lighted Upper Athletic Fields, the indoor Sports Dome, fields for varsity baseball, softball, and soccer, facilities for basketball, handball, track and weight training. The campus Recreation Center houses OU's state-of-the-art natatorium, and the Athletics Center O'Rena, a 4,000-seat field house, is the home court for OU basketball and volleyball.
In June 2009 "Free Food at Oakland University" (http://freefoodatou.com) launched as a resource to the Oakland University students, the website lists events on campus that are free and open to all OU students and give away free food.
OU's student union, the Oakland Center, was renovated and expanded in 2003. The Oakland Center houses the offices of student organizations, a large food court with multiple restaurants, the student bookstore, a cafe, a pool hall and gaming center, a Student Technology Center, the campus newspaper The Oakland Post, computer labs, conference rooms, as well as the offices of the university radio station, WXOU
WXOU
WXOU is the on-campus radio station located at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, USA. The station can be heard at 88.3 FM and streaming on the station's website www.wxou.org. The broadcast studio and administrative offices are located in the Oakland Center building on the lower level....
(88.3 FM). OU also has its own television station (OU TV) which is broadcast on-campus and to the local community. Campus life is enhanced by more than 200 registered student organizations, ranging from cultural and religious groups to Greek organizations. Fraternities represented at OU include Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South...
, Sigma Pi
Sigma Pi
Sigma Pi is an international college secret and social fraternity founded in 1897 at Vincennes University. Sigma Pi International fraternity currently has 127 chapters and 4 colonies in the United States and Canada and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee...
, Theta Chi
Theta Chi
Theta Chi Fraternity is an international college fraternity. It was founded on April 10, 1856 as the Theta Chi Society, at Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont, U.S., and was the 21st of the 71 North-American Interfraternity Conference men's fraternities.-Founding and early years at Norwich:Theta...
, Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
and Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...
. Sororities include Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Delta Pi is a fraternity founded on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The Executive office for this sorority is located on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Alpha Delta Pi is one of the two "Macon Magnolias," a term used to celebrate the bonds it shares with Phi Mu...
, Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Sigma Tau is a national Panhellenic sorority founded on November 4, 1899, at Michigan State Normal College...
, Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta is an international sorority that was founded on November 11, 1874, at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The term "sorority," meaning sisterhood, was coined for Gamma Phi Beta by Dr. Frank Smalley, a professor at Syracuse University.The four founders are Helen M. Dodge,...
, Phi Sigma Sigma
Phi Sigma Sigma
Phi Sigma Sigma , colloquially known as "Phi Sig," was the first collegiate nonsectarian fraternity, welcoming women of all faiths and backgrounds...
, Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University...
and Sigma Gamma Rho
Sigma Gamma Rho
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on the campus of Butler University on November 12, 1922, by seven school teachers in Indianapolis, Indiana...
. The so-called Cottage District of campus, which consists of homes originally built for workers employed at the old Meadow Brook Estate, now contains fraternity and sorority houses. Only one(Theta Chi) has an official chapter house off-campus. Additionally, the university owns an adjoining tract of land to the east of the main university campus, which was developed into a neighborhood in which many OU faculty members currently live.
In 2009, OU created a bicycle sharing system called OU Bike Share. The program was started with 30 bicycles available for use free of charge on the honor system. The bicycles are labeled with a yellow "OU Bike Share" band.
Athletics
A notable song commonly played and sung at various events, such as commencementGraduation
Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as Graduands. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also...
, convocation
Convocation
A Convocation is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose.- University use :....
, and athletic games, is the Oakland University fight song
Fight song
A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. In both professional and amateur sports, fight songs are a popular way for fans to cheer for their team...
.
Previously known as the "Pioneers", their teams are now known as the "Golden Grizzlies".
Oakland University has in the past been used as a training camp for the Detroit Lions.
Oakland University's men's soccer team became the first Oakland team to move past the first round of the NCAA in 2007.
Oakland University Fight Song: OU Fight
Fight, fight, fight for Oakland,Fight the whole game long.
Fight, fight, fight for Oakland,
Keep the Grizzlies strong.
While the battle rages,
And our work's not done.
We will fight for glory,
'Til the game is won.
Go Black!
Go Gold!
Go Fight!
Fight, fight, fight for Oakland,
Fight the whole game long.
Fight, fight, fight for Oakland,
Keep the Grizzlies strong.
When the game is over,
and the story's told,
OU will claim vic'try.
We're the Black and Gold!
Notable alumni
Arts and entertainment- Curtis ArmstrongCurtis ArmstrongCurtis Armstrong is an American actor best known for his portrayal as Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds movies, as Herbert Viola on Moonlighting, and as famed record producer Ahmet Ertegün in the film Ray.-Early life:...
– film and TV actor - Steve BlackwoodSteve BlackwoodSteve Blackwood is an American actor and musician.He joined the show Days of our Lives in 1997 in the recurring role of Bart Beiderbecke. Finally, in early 2005, Blackwood was offered a contract to continue in the role. Although he was under contract with the show, because his bosses on the show...
– actor, Days of our LivesDays of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around... - Mike BrunerMike BrunerMike Bruner is an American swimmer, world champion and olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he received a gold medal in 200 m butterfly , and a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay...
– keyboardist for rock band Rare EarthRare Earth (band)Rare Earth is an American rock band affiliated with Motown's Rare Earth record label , who prospered in 1970-1972. Although not the first white band signed to Motown, Rare Earth was the first big hit-making act signed by Motown that consisted only of white members... - Regina CarterRegina CarterRegina Carter is an American jazz violinist. She is the cousin of famous jazz saxophonist James Carter.-Early life:...
– jazz violinist, winner of MacArthur Fellowship
- Robert EnglundRobert EnglundRobert Barton Englund is an American actor, voice-actor and director, best known for playing the fictional serial killer Freddy Krueger, in the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors in...
– film and TV actor (attended) - David HasselhoffDavid HasselhoffDavid Michael Hasselhoff is an American actor, singer, producer and businessman. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s US series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch...
– actor (attended) - Jayne HoudyshellJayne HoudyshellJayne Houdyshell is a Tony Award–nominated American theater actress.-Life and career:Raised in Topeka, Kansas, she is the youngest of four daughters born to Galen "Buzz" Houdyshell and Louella Taylor...
– Broadway actress, Tony AwardTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
nominee - Christopher HoweChristopher HoweChristopher Carl Howe is an American actor best known for his co-starring role in the 1983 film Going Back. In the film, set in 1964, Howe co-stars with a young Bruce Campbell...
– film and theater actor - Hank JonesHank JonesHenry "Hank" Jones was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award...
– jazz pianist and composer (honorary doctorate) - Thomas LynchThomas Lynch (poet)Thomas Lynch is an American poet, essayist, and undertaker.-Early life:Lynch was educated by nuns and Christian Brothers at Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Lynch then went to university and mortuary school, from which he graduated in 1973...
– poet and author, National Book AwardNational Book AwardThe National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
finalist - Karen NewmanKaren NewmanKaren Newman is a professional singer based in Detroit, Michigan. Newman was raised in the Michigan towns of Rochester and Grand Blanc, and studied music at Oakland University. She is best known for being "the voice" of the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings, regularly performing the...
– singer and actress - Elizabeth ReaserElizabeth ReaserElizabeth Ann Reaser is an American film, television, and stage actress. Her work includes the films Stay, The Family Stone, and The Twilight Saga and the TV series Saved, Grey's Anatomy and The Ex-List....
– film and TV actress (attended) - Doris Eaton TravisDoris Eaton TravisDoris Eaton Travis was a Broadway and film performer, dance instructor, and author. She was also the last surviving Ziegfeld girl.Travis began performing onstage as a young child, and made her Broadway debut at the age of 13...
– dancer and actress (honorary doctorate)
Sports and media
- Brian Gregory – basketball coach, University of DaytonUniversity of DaytonThe University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio...
- Seb HarrisSebastian HarrisSebastian 'Seb' James Harris is an American soccer player, currently playing for Michigan Bucks in the USL Premier Development League.-College and amateur:...
- Professional footballer for Northampton TownNorthampton Town F.C.Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season... - Mike HelmsMike HelmsMike Helms is an American basketball player who played guard at Oakland University. He was named to the Mid-Continent Conference All-League team three years in a row and the Mid-Con Conference Player of the Year in 2003...
– professional basketball player - Don KirkwoodDon KirkwoodDonald Paul Kirkwood is a retired professional baseball player who played five seasons for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox, and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.-References:...
– former MLB pitcher, Angels, White Sox, Toronto Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysThe Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....
(attended) - Rawle MarshallRawle MarshallRawle Marshall is a Guyanese-American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 7 in and 190 lb small forward.-Early life:...
– Greek pro club player, PAOK Thessaloniki BC - Jasna Reed – four-time Olympian, degree in political science
- Tom StantonTom StantonTom Stanton is the author of several nonfiction baseball books, including two memoirs. In 1983, Stanton, a journalist, co-founded The Voice Newspapers in suburban Detroit and served as editor for sixteen years before embarking on a literary career in 1999...
– author and journalist - Jennifer ValoppiJennifer ValoppiJennifer Valoppi is a multi-Emmy Award winning journalist who has been recognized four times on the floor of the United States Congress and is a 2006 recipient of Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s Points of Light Award, the highest honor in the state....
– TV journalist - Kelly WilliamsKelly WilliamsKelly Williams is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
– professional basketball player - Keith BensonKeith BensonKeith A. Benson, Jr. is a professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. He previously played for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team. Benson plays center and is the current The Summit League player of the year...
– professional basketball player - Lauren Podell – TV journalist (WDIV- Detroit)
- Cortney Scott - Romania pro club professional basketball player (CS Otopeni)
Government and politics
- Jane AbrahamJane AbrahamJane Abraham is an American political activist. She has been serving as Vice Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party since 2006. She is married to Spencer Abraham, former United States Senator from Michigan and former United States Secretary of Energy under President George W. Bush.Abraham...
– Michigan politician - Fran AmosFran AmosFran Amos was the Republican State Representative in the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 43rd District which covers Lake Angelus, Waterford and part of West Bloomfield in Oakland County....
– State Representative, Michigan House of Representatives - Deborah CherryDeborah CherryDeb Cherry is a former Democratic member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 26th District until she was elected Genesee County treasurer in 2010. Her district included parts of Genesee and Oakland counties. Previously she was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1995 to...
– Senator, Michigan SenateMichigan SenateThe Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. The Senate consists of 38 members, who are elected from constituencies having approximately 212,400 to 263,500 residents.... - David J. DoyleDavid J. DoyleDavid J. Doyle is an American politician from the State of Michigan.Doyle, of Okemos, Michigan, is the Executive Vice President and chief political consultant at Marketing Resource Group of Lansing, Michigan...
– Michigan politician - Renee EllmersRenee EllmersRenee Jacisin Ellmers is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party. Ellmers defeated seven-term Democratic incumbent Bob Etheridge by 1,489 votes, confirmed after a recount....
– Member of Congress from North Carolina - Gordon R. EnglandGordon R. EnglandGordon Richard England is an American businessman who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and twice as United States Secretary of the Navy in the administration of U.S. President George W...
– former Secretary of the Navy (honorary doctorate) - Ruth JohnsonRuth JohnsonRuth Johnson is the current Secretary of State of Michigan. She is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives and the 2006 Republican candidate for lieutenant governor as the running mate of Dick DeVos....
– Michigan politician - Carl LevinCarl LevinCarl Milton Levin is a Jewish-American United States Senator from Michigan, serving since 1979. He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
– U.S. Senator (honorary doctorate) - Justin McCarthyJustin McCarthyJustin McCarthy was an Irish nationalist and Liberal historian, novelist and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1879 to 1900, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland- Early life :He was born in Cork, and was educated at a school there...
– Admiral, U.S. Deputy Chief of Naval OperationsChief of Naval OperationsThe Chief of Naval Operations is a statutory office held by a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, and is the most senior uniformed officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Navy. The office is a military adviser and deputy to the Secretary of the Navy... - Michael W. MichalakMichael W. MichalakMichael W. Michalak is the former United States Ambassador to Vietnam. He was the U.S. Senior Official to APEC from November 2005 until his appointment as Ambassador to Vietnam. Prior to the APEC responsibility he was Deputy Chief of Mission to the US Embassy in Tokyo...
– United States Ambassador to VietnamUnited States Ambassador to VietnamThe United States Ambassador to Vietnam is the chief American diplomat to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. After the First Indochina War and the defeat of the French dominion over Vietnam, the nation was split into North and South Vietnam at the Geneva Conference of 1954... - G. Mennen WilliamsG. Mennen WilliamsGerhard Mennen "Soapy" Williams, , was a politician from the US state of Michigan. An heir to a personal grooming products fortune, he was known as "Soapy," and wore a trademark green bow tie with white polka dots....
– former Governor of Michigan (honorary doctorate)
Law
- Marcia Cooke – U.S. District Judge, MiamiMiami, FloridaMiami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... - Damon KeithDamon KeithDamon Jerome Keith is a Senior Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.-Biography:Keith grew up in Detroit, where he graduated from Northwestern High School in 1939; Keith then moved on to West Virginia State College , Howard University School of Law , and Wayne State...
– Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals (honorary doctorate) - Deborah ServittoDeborah ServittoDeborah Servitto is a Macomb County Circuit Judge. She became famous when on October 17, 2003 she delivered her ruling in the case of Deangelo Bailey vs...
– Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals
Business
- Howard BirndorfHoward BirndorfHoward Civian Birndorf is a biotechnology entrepreneur and one of the founders of the biotech industry in San Diego, California. Along with former University of California professor and current venture capitalist Ivor Royston, Birndorf founded San Diego's first biotech in 1978, the monoclonal...
– founder and CEO, Nanogen, Inc. - John G. DenisonJohn G. DenisonJohn G. Denison was the acting CEO and Chairman of the Board of ATA Airlines and Global Aero Logistics, Inc at the time of ATA's shutdown due to financial insolvency. In 2006, Denison had announced that he would step down as ATA's CEO on January 1, 2007; Denison was replaced with Subodh Karnik...
– CEO of ATA AirlinesATA AirlinesATA Airlines, Inc., formerly known as American Trans Air, was an American low-cost scheduled service and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ATA operated scheduled passenger flights throughout the US mainland and Hawaii, as well as military and commercial charter flights around the world... - Maximiliano LarroquetteMaximiliano LarroquetteMaximiliano John Larroquette, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is Project Engineer Manager at General Motors Global Design Center in Warren, Michigan. He is responsible for the design of the Chevrolet Volt, a battery-powered, four-passenger electric vehicle that uses a gas engine to create...
– designer of Chevrolet VoltChevrolet VoltThe Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle manufactured by General Motors. The Volt has been on sale in the U.S. market since mid-December 2010, and is the most fuel-efficient compact car sold in the United States, as rated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency... - James E. SchragerJames E. SchragerJames E. Schrager is a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He studies the use of strategy to help executives predict outcomes, and has three times won the Emory Williams Award for Teaching Excellence. He was named by...
– Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890... - Jacqueline V. Daniels - VP of Human Resources, Supreme Industries, Inc. (NYSE Amex: STS), a leading manufacturer of specialized commercial vehicles, including truck bodies, shuttle buses and armored vehicles
Education
- Kevin R. Grazier (BS, Oakland; PhD, UCLA) – Prof., NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Jet Propulsion Lab, Caltech - Janet L. HolmgrenJanet L. HolmgrenJanet L. Holmgren was the president of Mills College in Oakland, California from 1991 to 2011. She was previously vice provost at Princeton University from 1988 to 1991. Before that, she was an administrator and professor at the University of Maryland. She holds a B.A. in English, summa cum...
(BA, Oakland; PhD, Princeton) – President, Mills CollegeMills CollegeMills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers bachelor's degrees to women and graduate degrees and certificates to women and men. Located in Oakland, California, Mills was the first women's college west of the Rockies. The institution was initially founded... - James E. SchragerJames E. SchragerJames E. Schrager is a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He studies the use of strategy to help executives predict outcomes, and has three times won the Emory Williams Award for Teaching Excellence. He was named by...
(BA, Oakland; PhD, Chicago) – Prof., Business, University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890... - Richard T. SullivanRichard T. SullivanRichard T. Sullivan was a novelist, short-story writer, and member of the faculty of the University of Notre Dame. His novels and short story collections include The World of Idella May, The Three Kings, Summer After Summer, The Dark Continent, and First Citizen. He wrote numerous book reviews for...
(BA, Oakland; PhD, Harvard) – Assoc. Prof., History, University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States... - Thomas J. Volgy (BA, Oakland; PhD, Minnesota) – Prof., Political Science, University of ArizonaUniversity of ArizonaThe University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
2009 faculty strike
In September 2009, tenured faculty members represented by the OU chapter of the AAUPAmerican Association of University Professors
The American Association of University Professors is an organization of professors and other academics in the United States. AAUP membership is about 47,000, with over 500 local campus chapters and 39 state organizations...
went on strike
Strike action
Strike action, also called labour strike, on strike, greve , or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became important during the industrial revolution, when mass labour became...
. Issues of contention included the University claiming ownership of professors' copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
s and patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s and refusing to allow faculty input into matters of class size and curricula, reduction of health benefits
Health insurance
Health insurance is insurance against the risk of incurring medical expenses among individuals. By estimating the overall risk of health care expenses among a targeted group, an insurer can develop a routine finance structure, such as a monthly premium or payroll tax, to ensure that money is...
, and a three-year freeze of salaries
Salary
A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract. It is contrasted with piece wages, where each job, hour or other unit is paid separately, rather than on a periodic basis....
(particularly since the university president, Gary Russi, had just received a $100,000 raise). The University Board of Trustees maintained that the strike was illegal and filed a lawsuit against the Oakland AAUP. After a week's strike, the faculty and administration came to a tentative agreement on a three-year contract.