What do you get when you add a student from Oakwood University, a 73-year-old veteran, a 62-year-old mountain bike racer, a nurse anesthetist, two pastors and a quiet 62-year-old? You have the 2017 Tour de Youth Cycling event. These seven cyclists rode over 520 miles, from Houston to New Orleans, for six days in April,…
Give a man a few vegetables and you feed him for a day; teach a man to garden, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Essentially, this means that it’s more worthwhile to teach someone to do something for themselves than to do it for them on an ongoing basis. During the 2017 South Central…
On April 10, Oakwood University along with University of Alabama, Huntsville (UAH) Charger Union Student Affairs, Alabama Alabama A&M University, Crisis Services of North Alabama of North Alabama, AshaKiran, and other organizations participated in an event called “Take Back The Night®” (TBTN). This event is the first collaboration in Huntsville between local institutions of higher…
Jajuan Sanders is a native of the most charming city in America: Baltimore, Maryland. He was born to his greatest support and motivation, Christine Thomas and Johnathan Sanders. Currently, he is studying Theology and Psychology with the hopes of graduating with a BA in Theology and Psychology next school year. This vibrant young man aspires…
Approximately 12 Information Technology staff from Southern Adventist University came to Oakwood on May 18 to meet with Oakwood’s IT team, in a second-of-its-kind technology summit. “Technology teams for any organization are unique and face similar issues, struggles and successes. Tech teams in higher education are that much more specialized and benefit largely from interaction…
Berthier Francois, senior computer science major from Brooklyn, New York, has successfully completed Laserfiche Gold Certification, sponsored by the Division of Information Technology. Mr. Francois went through a rigorous training program that included, but was not limited to: “Getting Started with Laserfiche 10; Capture; Creating a Quick Fields Session; Using and Designing Laserfiche Forms 10….
Student success! It is my desire to give full attention to helping students achieve the mission and core values of Oakwood University. Growing up on the campus of Oakwood College gave me a firsthand “Oakwood Experience.” Attending the College Church dramatically impacted my life. The intellectual training I received at the college, and the robust…
They’ve been called the “pen of inspiration,” “inspired writings,” lesser light,” “Spirit of Prophecy,” and depending on your age, “the little red or black books”—we are referring the writings of Ellen G. White. According to the November 17, 2014, issue of The Smithsonian, Ellen G. White was named as one of “the 100 Most Significant…
The mission of Oakwood University is to transform students through biblically-based education for service to God and humanity. The basis of our Seventh-day Adventist education is restoration to the image of God through a holistic, God-first curriculum under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Adventist schools should seek to make students whole through a curriculum…
Each year, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Faculty Development invites all full-time faculty members, as well as staff with faculty appointments, to complement their classroom activity by submitting prepared manuscripts for publication in areas of their instructional discipline. The objectives transcend merely getting “something” or “anything” in print, and focuses squarely…