| Oakland University is a major public university located | | | | the Golden Grizzlies, and the school has 16 NCAA |
| in Rochester, Michigan a northern suburb of Detroit. It | | | | Division I teams. The men's basketball team recently |
| was founded in 1957 as a part of Michigan State | | | | made a trip to the vaunted NCAA Division I Men's |
| University, but has been wholly independent since 1970. | | | | basketball championship tournament, where they won |
| OU sits on a beautiful 1,500 acre campus, and includes | | | | their opening game before losing to the eventual |
| the world famous Meadowbrook Hall that was | | | | national champion North Carolina Tar Heels. The school |
| donated with the land by the Dodge family, and the | | | | colors for Oakland University are black and gold, and |
| Meadowbrook Music Festival which is a major outdoor | | | | their mascot's name is Grizz. The school is relatively |
| concert venue and pavilion. Additionally, there are miles | | | | new to division I, having competed in Division II GLIAC |
| of hiking and bike paths and two nationally ranked golf | | | | up until 1998. During their years in Division II they went |
| courses on the campus grounds to provide something | | | | by the name Pioneers, and won several National |
| for everyone. | | | | Championships in swimming. |
| Oakland University currently has around 18,000 | | | | Some notable Oakland University alumni include David |
| students enrolled in one of its 120 bachelor degree | | | | Hasselhoff, Robert Englund, the actor made famous |
| programs, or one of its 100 graduate degree and | | | | for his portrayal of Freddie Kruger, and many Michigan |
| certificate programs, including its 18 doctoral degree | | | | senators, representatives and mayors. The lack of |
| programs. It has been classified as a Doctoral | | | | famous names on the list of notable alumni is due to |
| Research University by The Carnegie Foundation for | | | | the short history of the University, but many well |
| the Advancement of Teaching. | | | | respected researchers in their fields have degrees |
| Recently, plans have been laid to open the fourth | | | | from OU and in the coming years their research will |
| Medical School in Michigan in an impressive partnership | | | | likely make some of them household names, thus |
| with the world-renowned William Beaumont Hospital. | | | | boosting the prestige of the university. |
| The Med School is expected to be open and | | | | Overall, Oakland University is a wonderful choice for |
| functioning in 2010. Oakland University is also home to | | | | an education due to its high quality education and |
| many major research centers including the Center for | | | | comparatively low cost, its beautiful campus located in |
| Biomedical Research, the Center for Robotics and | | | | one of the safest cities in the United States, and its |
| Advanced Automation, the Eye Research Institute and | | | | diverse student body. You can take advantage of an |
| the OU Center for Autism Research, Education and | | | | affordable degree from a University that will continue |
| Support. | | | | to gain prestige as time goes on, thus increasing the |
| In athletics, Oakland University teams are known as | | | | value of your degree over the years. |