Student Ambassadors for 2023-2024

2023-2024 Student Ambassadors

Greetings everyone,  I hope this letter finds you all well! The Admissions Office has some great news.  It is my pleasure to announce that the Admissions Office has 21 Student Ambassadors this year! After weeks of interviews and deliberating, it was broken down to 21 amazingly talented and gifted students. They officially joined our team…

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Alumni Board Vacancies

passion led us here

Since 2022, the OCU Alumni Board has re-emerged as an active organization promoting alumni events throughout the year. Alumni Board members plan and promote events like the Homecoming gathering and the Alumni Luncheon and serve as hosts in the President’s Tent at football games.  The Alumni Board also works on events for campus and looks…

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Reflection on the Alumni Luncheon

2023 Alumni Luncheon

For 30 years, I have received invitations to the annual Alumni Luncheon at Oakland City, yet I never attended—busy summer plans and the unknown of attending topped my list of reasons not to go.   Now, after putting the Luncheon on my July calendar, I realize what I have been missing for the past three decades. …

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Alumni Board Needs Your Help

Alumni Table at Organization Day

As Oakland City University students are back on campus to begin the fall semester, excitement is building. Individuals can see changes to campus, and they may also hear rumblings of changes. Anticipation is building for the inaugural season of the new football team. The need for an unforgettable game day experience is paramount. The game…

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OCU School of Business Graduate Program 

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As I think about all of the options available for a graduate degree from the School of Business at Oakland City University, I can’t help but reflect on my own experience.  Several years ago, I completed a Master of Science degree from OCU.  While pursuing my degree, there was only one path: driving to Evansville…

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From the Outgoing Alumni President

Kelly Hopper

April and May are known as the celebration, renewal, and transition months. There is much to celebrate, from high school and college graduations to Mother’s Day to Memorial Day. Some of us are gearing up for flowering season… Others are leaning into National Hamburger Month. Still, there are a lot of unknowns:  Will family members…

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