The Oakland University Police Department and University Video Services will be working next week to create an educational video addressing the topic of an active shooter on campus. Campus community volunteers are invited to support the filming effort.

Faculty, staff, students and others are advised that taping will take place on dates and in the campus locations listed below. Work will take place throughout business hours on each day.

• Monday, August 21 – Human Health Building
• Wednesday, August 23 – Engineering Center
• Thursday, August 24 – Pawley Hall

Video creators will strive to create visual representations of circumstances associated with an active shooter as realistically as possible. Campus community members are advised to remember that no threatening or emergency situation is in progress.

In the event of a real crisis or emergency situation, the OUPD and University Communications and Marketing would utilize a multifaceted system of campus communications to quickly inform and advise the community.

To support filming activities, police training signs will be posted around selected locations and police personnel will work to prevent people from inadvertently or unknowingly finding themselves in staged situations. All campus community members are encouraged to share this information with individuals who plan to be on campus and who may not have received this notification.

In preparation for next week’s activities, the OUPD and University Video Services are seeking volunteers to serve as extras in filming locations as their schedules allow. Those interested in helping support the effectiveness of this educational effort should contact University Video Services Director Heather Haughey at haughey@oakland.edu.

Early Friday afternoon, a power outage affecting East Campus, the Facilities Management Building and the P-32 parking structure was caused by an electrical junction box inadvertently being struck by construction equipment near the Facilities Management parking lot, P-31.

Facilities Management staff were forced to shut off the circuit powering the junction box to assess damage, and subsequently found that immediately needed repairs would take approximately two hours to complete. As such, power is not likely to be restored until the late afternoon.

All University employees affected by the outage are encouraged to work with supervisors to find alternate locations to work. Anyone in affected areas who needs police services is advised to use a cell phone to call the Oakland University Police Department at (248) 370-3331.

Additional repairs being planned for tomorrow, Saturday, July 1, will require another power shutdown. Any sensitive electronic equipment in the affected areas that will be re-powered prior to tomorrow’s service interruption should be shut down this evening as a precautionary measure.

The University appreciates the patience and cooperation of the campus community as it works to manage this unanticipated service interruption.

The Oakland University Police Department will restrict the use of South Oakland Drive and Library Drive to individuals participating in the Oakland County hazardous waste disposal event between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 24. All other commuters will be directed to use the University’s main entrance on Squirrel Road or entrances off of Walton Boulevard or Adams Road.

All drivers leaving campus during the road use restriction are advised to travel north on Pioneer Drive or Meadow Brook Road toward campus exits other than those on the southwest side of campus.

In conjunction with an Oakland County household hazardous waste collection event taking place on campus, the Oakland University Police Department will restrict the use of South Oakland Drive and Library Drive to NoHaz participants between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 24. All other campus community members and visitors will be directed to use the campus’ main entrance or entrances off of Walton Boulevard or Adams Road.

Commuters are reminded that Pioneer Drive and the portion of Meadow Brook Drive south of the Police and Support Services Building are closed in conjunction with a campus parking expansion project. Likewise, the portion of Grizzly Lane north of the P-32 parking structure is closed in conjunction with the south campus housing construction project.

As a result of the June 24 road use restrictions and existing road closures, drivers including those participating in the NoHaz collection event will not be able to exit campus using Pioneer Drive or South Oakland Drive between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Visitors leaving campus are advised to travel north on Pioneer Drive toward exits other than those on the southwest side of campus.