The initiative is providing funding to Spring Arbor University, Jackson College, and Henry Ford Allegiance Health in order to strengthen the local healthcare workforce.
Diplomacy Lab is a partnership between the US Department of State and around 40 public and private universities across the country. Oakland University is only the second Michigan school to join the Diplomacy Lab after the University of Michigan.
Dr. Meagan Elinski has received $120,000 for the pursuit of her research entitled “Chemical-Mechanical Control Over Nanoparticle-Hydrogel Sliding Interfaces.”
The Readings have gifted an additional $1 million to the scholarship fund they previously established for nursing students at Washtenaw Community College.
The Center is spearheaded by Bill Ghrist and Emily Thompson, Ph.D.
The Siena Saints Graduate Scholarship will grant a 25% reduction in tuition to any alumni student returning to take graduate-level courses.
The mentorship program is intended to help students utilizing the Michigan Reconnect scholarship.
Chef Greg Stroker teaches Baking and Pastry at Oakland Community College’s Culinary Studies Institute. He earned this year’s American Culinary Federation Michigan Chefs de Cuisine Educator Pastry Chef of the Year recognition.
Faculty member in the English department Nancy Gray proposed the idea for the Neurodiversity Support Center after spending her sabbatical researching academic support for neurodiverse students.
The new partnership comes along with a scholarship offer available to the first 30 North Central Michigan College Nursing graduates who apply to Davenport University’s BSN completion program.
