Oakland University Magazine, Fall 2015

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Contents notes: Meet the Deans: Claudia Petrescu, Ph.D., discusses expanding graduate education and Jon Margerum-Leys, Ph.D., explains why community is important to educators ; Get a leg up: A Kresge Foundation $2-million student-managed investment fund complements the experiential learning underway in the SBA Data Analysis Lab ; Textbook scholars: OU professors’ reading, language, spelling and business books have become classics in United States classrooms ; Homecoming remembered: Reunions, athletics, the arts, food and fun in abundance during a spirited September weekend; An OU liberal arts and physics education lend Michael Michalak, CAS ’68, perspective in his diplomatic career as he embarks on a new job in Singapore ; For Rob Metzger, SECS ’05, designing and manufacturing race car components for NASCAR drivers is OU, déjà vu ; Rays of hope permeate the works of Kahn Santori Davison, CAS ’01, who credits OU with the importance of connecting with others on a grassroots level