Bloomington, IN - Jun 10, 2011 Kuali Foundation is honored to welcome Oakland University and Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (Sagrado) as the newest Kuali Members.

About Oakland University -

Oakland University celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding in 2007. When it opened in 1959, 570 students were enrolled, and the charter class graduated in 1963 with 125 students receiving diplomas.  Today, more than 18,000 students attend classes at OU each fall, and the alumni number more than 80,000.

Oakland University was created in 1957 when the late Alfred and Matilda Wilson donated $2 million and their 1,500-acre estate to Michigan State University to start a new college in Oakland County. Named Michigan State University - Oakland, the college enrolled its first students in 1959. The name changed to Oakland University in 1963.

With 129 baccalaureate degree programs and 99 graduate degree and certificate programs, Oakland provides a learner-centered education with flexible class schedules and increased facilities, student services, classroom technologies, labs, internships, co-ops and research opportunities with corporate partners.

Rated one of the country's 82 doctoral/research universities by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Oakland University offers students opportunities to work directly on research projects with expert faculty who bring current knowledge right to the classroom. For more information go to http://www.oakland.edu

 

About Sagrado -

Sacred Heart University, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Spanish, or more simply, Sagrado.  Sacred Heart University in Puerto Rico is a higher education institution based in Santurce and is one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious institutions in Puerto Rico.

Sagrado's origins date back to 1880 with the establishment of an all-girls elementary school by the religious order of the Catholic Church known as the Society of the Sacred Heart in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  

The University, located in the heart of a Metropolitan area, has a campus atmosphere with lush vegetation and easy access to academic departments and facilities. 

Today Sagrado has also gained recognition for having the best Communications program in Puerto Rico and for bi-lingual studies.  Their web address is http://www.sagrado.edu

For more details on Sagrado, also see:  http://www.sagrado.edu/english.htm

 

About Kuali

The Kuali Foundation is a non-profit organization that coordinates the efforts of colleges and universities to sustain and evolve administrative software that meets the needs of all sizes of higher education institutions, from small colleges to large research universities. The Kuali Foundation began in 2004 as a cooperative effort among partners and a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop an open-source, community-owned financial system.  Success with joint development of Kuali Financial System has led to additional investment projects, including Kuali Coeus for Research Administration, Kuali Student, Kuali Rice, Kuali Open Library Environment, Kuali People Management for Enterprise and Kuali Ready, with coordination by the independent, not-for-profit Kuali Foundation, Inc.  The software developed by Kuali projects is available, without fee, for anyone to use or modify under the Educational Community License.    http://kuali.org

 

Kuali Contact:  Jennifer Foutty, jfoutty@kuali.org, 812-345-3948