Welcome, Faculty and Staff!! 
Vol. 3, No. 29
 
August 2, 2013 
 
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Oakwood traditionally opens the school year with the annual Faculty and Staff Colloquium -- time spent in re-consecration, inspiration and learning, as well as greeting old and new faculty and staff. Here are a few opening-day highlights: 
  
  
First SDA Church Senior Pastor and Colloquium Devotional leader Debleaire Snell challenges staffers to move and think beyond "average."
  

Residential Life Director (Edwards Hall) Woodrow Vaughn shares his testimony in response to Snell's devotional.

 
Institutional Effectiveness' Jan Newborn:  "Assessment is about teaching and learning, more than accountability." 
  
Verizon Wireless' Jeremiah Knight (center) on accepting 2013 Presidential Award:  "I really didn't come to get an award; I came to be with the people of God." 

 

 
  
Beautification Award 2013 
Hail to OUr champions!

 

By comparison:

  • The Miami Heat - repeat (2012, 2013) NBA champions
  • The Aeolians Choir - three-peat (2011, 2012 and 2013) national HBCU choral champions
  • OU Grounds Department - 13-peat (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013) City of Huntsville Beautification Award winners!

 Congratulations - from all of us!
Why Oakwood University? Why Oakwood Adventist Academy? Why not Secular Education? 

   

Wesley and Miriam Taylor answer these questions in the July 25, 2013, issue of the    
  
  
  
  
  
Artist's rendering of OAAA's new facility, currently under construction.
  

Diverse Magazine: OU sets the standard for meat-free eating on HBCU campuses.  Click here to read the article.

 

 

 

  

Join us at "the Oaks"

 

Human Resources Management announces the following position vacancies:

 

Public Safety Officer - Public Safety
Custodian - Warehouse Services
Custodian (Female Position) - Warehouse Services
Office Manager - Student Activities
Office Manager - Communications
Accreditation Specialist - Institutional Effectiveness 
  
Application instructions are available on the Oakwood website.
  
An equal opportunity employer, Oakwood University participates in
  

 

Don't miss this great opportunity to reconnect with your Oakwood family, visit with Oakwood faculty and administrators, and hear about exciting updates from your school. There will also be a drawing for Oakwood gear and memorabilia. We can't wait to see you in Orlando!

 

   

 

  

 

Plon now for 2014 Commencement Weekend

Local hotel offers special rate for Oakwoodites 

 

The Embassy Suites (adjacent to the Von Braun Center) in Huntsville has a "graduation" block set up for the month of May 2014.

 

Their base rate ranges from $169 - $279 during your graduation weekend (May 9-10, 2014); however, a block has been created for Oakwoodites coming in for graduation at the rate of $149.

 

The group code GRD includes:

- complimentary cooked to order breakfast buffet;

- complimentary manager's reception every evening (5:30-7:30pm);

- access to our indoor, climate-controlled pool;

- access to 24-hour fitness center;

- complimentary shuttle to and from the airport;

- complimentary shuttle for your guests within a 2-3 mile radius;

 and

- 10% off of spa services at the "Spa Botanica" (when you mention your group block).

- Hotel parking is $6.78/day.

- Internet service is $9.95/day/

 

The special rate is effective through midnight, April 26, 2013.

   

Call 1-800-362-2779 and ask for "Graduation Block," or book online.  Remember, the group code is GRD.

 

Oakwood's contact for this special rate is Tish Hyter, Executive Meeting Manager.

 

Embassy Suites Hotel and Spa Huntsville

800 Monroe St SW - Huntsville, AL  35801

256-539-7373 ext 2009 (Main Line); 256-327-7805 (Direct Line)

256-539-7374 (fax)