{"id":267481,"date":"2026-04-14T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267481\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:40:08","slug":"oakland-university-appoints-new-student-engagement-administrator-the-oakland-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267481\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland University appoints new student engagement administrator \u2013 The Oakland Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oakland University has appointed Trung Nguyen as its new vice president for student affairs and engagement, effective July 13.<\/p>\n<p>He most recently served as assistant vice president for student engagement and success at the University at Buffalo in New York.<\/p>\n<p>During his four-year tenure, Nguyen focused on student engagement, learning, and career preparation, while collaborating closely with academic affairs leaders to advance leadership development, experiential learning, and career readiness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so fortunate to welcome Dr. Nguyen to Oakland University,\u201d said President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz. \u201cWith his strong record of leadership and deep commitment to student success, I am confident he will be an outstanding partner in fostering a sense of belonging and helping our students thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He earned a doctorate in\u00a0 Education in Higher Education Leadership from Texas Christian University, a master\u2019s degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor\u2019s degree in Public Justice from the State University of New York at Oswego.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am truly honored and excited to join Oakland University at such a dynamic moment in its trajectory,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cI look forward to partnering with students, faculty, and staff to build on OU\u2019s strong foundation and to advance a vibrant, inclusive student experience that supports learning, engagement, and success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oakland University has appointed Trung Nguyen as its new vice president for student affairs and engagement, effective July&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,1609],"class_list":{"0":"post-267481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news","11":"tag-oakland-university"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}