At a recent event dedicated to “embracing health” and “igniting change” Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz formally adopted the Okanagan Charter, reaffirming the university’s commitment to promoting health and wellness across campus and in surrounding communities.
“We’re so proud to lead by example and adopt the Okanagan Charter,” said Pescovitz. “By doing so, we are reaffirming our commitment to care for one another, nurture a campus where all can flourish and build a future rooted in Attorney, author and civil rights advocate Bakari Sellers will be the keynote speaker at Oakland University’s 2026 Keeper of the Dream Scholarship Awards Celebration.
Attorney, author and civil rights advocate Bakari Sellers will be the keynote speaker at Oakland University’s 34th annual Keeper of the Dream Scholarship Awards Celebration.
A two-time New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur and political commentator, Sellers forged his path early on, graduating from Morehouse College at age 16 and
Oakland University has been officially designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (NCAE-R) by the National Security Agency.
The designation is awarded to Department of Defense schools, Ph.D.-producing military academies and regionally accredited, degree-granting four-year institutions that meet specific research activity standards as determined by the Carnegie Foundation Basic Classification system.
In addition to research classification, the NCAE-R designation includes
The School of Business Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) chapter has earned the “Highest Honors” status for the 2024-2025 academic year, the highest level of recognition that a chapter can earn as part of the Chapter Honor Roll Program.
BGS is the International Business Honor Society recognizing top-performing students from around the world in business schools accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Membership is exclusively offered to top-performing students of
In the age of digital saturation, the deck often feels stacked against small businesses. National chains have ad budgets that could bankroll a midsize town, while algorithms seem to tilt toward those who pay to play. But the landscape isn’t just shifting—it’s fracturing. That rupture offers something that hasn’t been this accessible in years: the chance for smaller players to take ground by responding quickly, thinking creatively, and speaking in voices people actually want to hear. The edge comes not
The Oakland University Board of Trustees approved the renaming of the school’s Honors College as the Donna and Walt Young Honors College at today’s formal meeting.
The announcement comes in the wake of the Young’s transformational gift of $10 million dollars to show their confidence in the growth and progress of the Honors College at OU. It is the first named school in Oakland’s history.
Walt Young was appointed to the Oakland University Foundation Board in 1997. It was then that he and his wife,
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