The $20.5-million Wilson Hall construction project to be designed by Albert Kahn & Associates was approved today by the Oakland University Board of Trustees. California faces a 14 percent gap between the number of available working nurses and the current demand. An Oakland County businessman was arraigned on felony charges Tuesday in connection with the sexual assault of a 22-year-old woman at an Oakland Township golf course in 1999. In December 2022, SMU secured $139 million in bond financing for the project. The gallery is open to the public. SMU is investing an additional $120 million of its own reserves to complete the facility. April BOT meeting: New masters program, student awards, advancement update, A call for change: Student Activities Funding Board, SAFB discourse during 2023 OUSC elections, OUSC 2023 vice presidential debate overview, New journalism and media studies major, specializations announced, Presidential slate overview for 2023 OUSC elections, Honors College hosts I.C.E. It had a total enrollment of more than 20,000 students in 2016. The project encompassed faade improvements to six multifamily buildings and one clubhouse. Editors Note: This story has been edited to correct the square footage of the renovation. Katke-Cousins sits on 320 acres (130ha). As it plans for a new 400,000-square-foot front door to its Oakland campus, the leadership of Carlow University expects to build on the edge of a precipice. The campus recreation center houses Oakland University's natatorium, and the Athletics Center O'rena, a 4,000-seat field house, is the home court for Oakland University basketball and volleyball. That is what happened in this case. Oakland University moves forward with $20.5 million renovation Pennsylvania charges include rape by forcible compulsion, which carries up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Oakland University (Oakland) is a public research university[7] in Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Michigan. 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). Currently, the first floor is being worked on as floors two through five are finished for the most part. [54], Oakland University's student union, the Oakland Center, was renovated and expanded in 2018. 80,000 sq. Renovations on the field are. Oakland County businessman jailed in connection, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Oakland County businessman jailed in connection with 1999 rape on area golf course, Waterford man shot to death; 4 Pontiac teens arrested for slaying, Woman missing from Southfield; publics help sought, Psych evaluation ordered for man accused of stabbing 14-year-old for refusing sex, Royal Oak police investigate anti-Semitic graffiti at synagogue, Resident reports home break-in attempt; incident captured on camera, Oakland County community calendar April 30 and beyond, Pontiac woman killed on Ohio highway after stopping to help teenage crash victims, Dream home: Newly listed Bloomfield Twp. Varner as Oakland University's president, serving from 1970 to 1979 . Founder of the popular department store Kresge's, Sebastian S. Kresge was able to generously donate half a million dollars towards Oakland University's library construction project. Main campus buildings were completed on Squirrel Road in Pontiac Township (now the city of Auburn Hills). [41] The founding dean of the medical school is Robert Folberg, M.D. Plans to expand Oakland University's Wilson Hall received the green light Thursdayon a $20.5 million construction project to consolidate and enhance student services.