Ten of Oakwood’s finest Applied Mathematics and Engineering students attended the 43rd National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, late last month. The convention hosted over 11,000 engineering students and professionals from across the country. Students were given access to hundreds of engineering companies and graduate schools offering internships, co-ops, full-time…
Oakwood University Police officers are hard at work training for the upcoming Alabama Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (APOSTC) Physical Training Examination at the Huntsville Police Academy. The APOSTC is the governing body for all law enforcement training in the state, and the Physical Agility/Ability Test is a required element of Police Academy training….
As an Emerging Leader for 2017, Alana Henry, a senior social work major, represented Global Ties Alabama at the Global Ties US Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The meeting’s theme was “Unity in the Community.” Alana shared with U.S. Representative Robert B. Aderholt (AL-04) how Global Ties Alabama has positively impacted the City of Huntsville,…
The School of Business took 31 students from several different majors for a quick two-and-a-half day trip to the Allen Entrepreneurial Institute International (AEII) in Lithonia, Georgia. They were accompanied by three chaperones, Hyacinth Burton, Dean of the Business School, Marcia Lucombe, Secretary of the Business School, and Julian Waddell, Information Security Specialist. After…
The Department of Social Work recently honored Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Harris, co-founders of the Drug Alternative Program (DAP), for their willingness to help our students reach their educational goals. The Harris’ have blessed the department by establishing an annual $2,000 scholarship, and on March 23, graciously gave monetary awards to several students who had…
At the PHA Building a Healthier Future Summit in Washington, D.C., May 10-12, it was announced that Oakwood University is one of the five finalists for the 2017 PHA Partner of the Year Award. Other contestants include BlueCross/Blue Shield of North Carolina, and the National Recreation and Park Association. The winner will be announced on…
Due to the popularity of the Spring 2017 issue, we have decided to feature more “Faces” in subsequent issues of the Oakwood Magazine. Feel free to submit your nomination of an individual who has positively influenced your life, either here at Oakwood—in the classroom, at church, in the dormitory, on the basketball court, etc.—or, has…
I hated Sunday mornings. Most children look forward to waking up Sunday mornings, eating breakfast and the going outside to play with friends after a long week of school. No, not me and my brothers. As other children would ride their bikes, bounce their basketballs and roll on their skateboards, I was like a prisoner sentenced…
For the first five years of my formal education, I walked six blocks every day to a small neighborhood public school, McDonough 27. On my way to and from school, I passed many neighbors who knew me and my family. My teachers, who were also our neighbors, were respected community fixtures. To this day they,…
The Adventist Review recently published an article by President Leslie N. Pollard, Ph.D., which addresses the mission of Seventh-day Adventist higher education. The article is taken from Dr. Pollard’s remarks at the Inaugural Faculty Development Institute (May, 2016). In part, he said that since 1896 Oakwood has, through all its program adjustments and adaptations,…