Co-Curricular Experience

Oakland University’s general education program blends formal and informal programs to create a more powerful learning experience for students inside and outside the classroom. OU’s Student Affairs division is committed to developing a schedule of co-curricular modules to enhance classroom experiences. In addition, major events such as campus-wide speakers have the potential to leverage the knowledge learned through coursework and attempts will be made within Student Affairs to encourage such coordination.

Career Services

• Prepare students for a life of financial independence
• Assess/evaluate personal skills and vocational identities
• Foster organization and analysis of information
• Test knowledge gained in the classroom

Service learning, volunteer service, community engagement

• Learn about application of justice
• Promotion of racial understanding
• Understand linkages between public and private interests
• Confront complex social issues
• Create effective problem approaches

Freshman year interest groups and living/learning environments

• Integrate first-year studies around common theme
• Provide positive social interaction
• Foster understanding of human differences
• Foster teamwork
• Performances, readings, texts and programs incorporated

Summer bridge programs

• Puts higher-risk students into positive learning environment
• Focus on academic preparation

Orientation

• Develops common theme carried into first-year writing classes
• Social integration
• Explanation of university values and expectations

Center for Multicultural Initiatives

• Uses diversity to broaden student lives
• Incorporates performing, visual and fine arts into understanding of human condition
• Mediates social controversies
• Broadens understanding and appreciation of values differences

Center for International Students and Scholars

• Connects international students to the campus socially
• Promotes global awareness and understanding

Leadership development center and involvement in student organizations

• Promotes problem-solving and conflict resolution

Recreation and wellness focus

• Promotes health and nutrition education
• Promotes lifetime fitness habits

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