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More scenes from Faculty Staff Colloquium 2013 ... 
From the powerful daily devotionals by Pastor Debleaire Snell, to the panel discussion on balancing work and life; from the technical and educational presentations to the division updates; from Thursday's the fellowship lunch, to Friday night's Agape Feast and Sunday's University Family Celebration Picnic -- it can truly be said: "It was good to have been here." Thanks to University Provost Dr. Tim McDonald, Hospitality Coordinator Mrs. Ivy Starks, and the entire Colloquium Planning Committee. Good job!
 | | On Thursday afternoon, (L-R) Dr. Cherryl Galley, T. Marshall Kelly, Ronald Acklin and Dr. Audley Chambers participate in a panel discussion on the Colloquium theme: balancing their work at Oakwood with their lives at home. |
 | Tamara Bodie excitedly claims one of the Thursday afternoon door prizes: an iPad.
 | | Using a clicker to submit his responses, Dr. Trevor Fraser answers questions in the LifeCore Survey for University employees. |
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 | | Grounds employees Pamela Davis (left) and Darlene Richardson (right) enjoy a moment of fellowship. |
During Friday night's Vesper Service and Agape Feast, Assistant Professor Ifeoma Kwesi (right) and all other attendees corporately read the "Blessing of the Hands," asking our Heavenly Father to "Help us to remember that by our presence, our words, and our actions, we offer to others Your life, Your hope and Your love. You have given us hands to touch one another's lives with comfort and healing. Help us never to use our hands to push away those whom we need, nor those who need us. Help us to reach for you in our moments of calm and frustration, anxiety and peace, grief and joy. May we use our gifts to bring healing to those whom you place in our care. Bless our hearts and hands and guide us to use them to make whole what is broken in our world."
 | | During his final "official" presentation as a staff member in the Office of Spiritual Life, Assistant Chaplain T. Marshall Kelley shared words of wisdom, testimony and encouragement. |
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Oakwoodites present at 2013 TechConnect World Summit
Beat Reporter: Shannan Malone - Office of Research and Grants
This past May, Dr. Darayas Patel, Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, and two of his research students, Miss Ashley Lewis and Donald Wright III, presented at TechConnect World Summit and Innovation Showcase 2013, at the Gaylord Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Lewis, a junior biomed science major, and Wright, a junior applied mathematics major, each presented a poster on Nanotechnology at the Nanotech Conference & Expo.
 | | Miss Ashley Lewis, Donald Wright III and Dr. Darayas Patel at the TechConnect World Expo in Washington, D.C. |
TechConnect is a global technology outreach and development organization, headquartered in Austin, Texas.It delivers the most promising technologies to the world's top corporate, investment, and government professions through their innovative programs and conferences. TechConnect Summit and Showcase is a gathering of the world's leading funding agencies, national and federal labs, universities, investment and corporate partners making it one of the largest multi-industry, research-to-commercialization gathering in the world.
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 Chris Treadway of the Contra Costa Times reported that an Oakwood student, "Brian Daniel of San Pablo, was awarded a scholarship last month from United Health Foundation's Diverse Scholars Initiative to pursue a career in health care. Daniel is a senior biology major at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Ala., who plans to become a psychiatrist."
Congratulations, Brian!
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2013 Henry C. McBay Research Fellowship Awards announced
The Office of Research and Grants announces Dr. Elaine Vanterpool of the Department of Biological Sciences (left) and Dr. Don Rufus Ranatunga of the Department of Chemistry as recipients of the 2013 Henry C. McBay Research Fellowship Award.
 | | Dr. Elaine Vanterpool |
This program, open to faculty of UNCF Institutions, provides fellowships of up to $12,000 to support research in a field of the recipient's choosing.
 | | Dr. Don Rufus Ranatunga |
Projects range in length from one summer, to one academic year, with starting dates between September and June.
Dr. Vanterpool's study, titled "The role of GcpMB in Staphylococcus aureus virulence" has two specific aims: (1) to determine the physical interaction of GcpMB with the major virulence factors of S. aureus; and (2) to generate and characterize a GcpMB-defective isogenic mutant of S. aureus.
Dr. Ranatunga will investigate the "Behavior and Transformation of Engineered Metal Nanoparticles in Aqueous Environments" with a focus on the adverse impacts that nanoparticles may exert on the plant and soil environment. The results of his study should provide some important and valuable insights into understanding the behavior, transformation, and phytotoxicity of some engineered nanoparticles in soil solution and suspension.
Please join us in saluting these two researchers!
Dr. Prudence Pollard, Vice President
Mrs. Lucy Cort, Grant Specialist
Ms. Shannan Moore Malone, Project Coordinator
Office of Research and Grants
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Ooops!!!!
 In last week's edition of OU? Oh, Yes!, regarding the Embassy Suites' special rate for 2014 Commencement Weekend, we posted that the deadline for reservations is April 26, 2013. It should have read that "The special rate is effective through midnight, April 26, 2014."
Thank you, Margaret Norman, for keeping us on our editorial toes!
Call 1-800-362-2779 and ask for "Graduation Block," or book online. Remember, the group code is GRD, and the rate is $149/night. 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)
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