History Comes Alive at Oakland University

Explore the Past of Oakland University (OU) with the Free Lecture Series 'History Comes Alive' Now in its 15th year, Oakland University’s popular History Comes Alive lecture series will return on Tuesday, September 18, with a special presentation on “How Meadow Brook Farms Became Oakland University” by Dominique Daniel, an associate professor with OU’s Kresge Library, in Gold Rooms A and B at the Oakland Center. “As the first public university in Michigan started with private money, … [Read more...]

Congressional Collection of a Changing America Now Open at Oakland University

Former Congressman Mike Rogers visits OU for Opening of Congressional Collection Leaders from Oakland University and surrounding communities gathered in the Kresge Library’s Nyberg Room on Thursday, January 12 to celebrate the formal opening of the Michael J. Rogers Congressional Collection at OU. Rogers, who served as a state senator before embarking on a 14-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives, was also in attendance as the collection was officially made available to the … [Read more...]