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Vol. 4, No. 3  January 17, 2014
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The President to Speak at OU Church
 President Leslie Pollard will be the Divine Worship speaker at Oakwood University Church Sabbath, January 18, at 11:00 a.m. His sermon is titled "How God Shapes a Leader."
The award-winning Aeolians, under the direction of Jason Max Ferdinand, will provide the ministry in music.
OU Preparing to Host 2014 DEEP Retreat
Approximately 30 of Oakwood's Administrators, School Deans, Department Chairs and their
 spouses are preparing to host their counterparts from Southern Adventist University for the DEEP Leadership Retreat, January 24-26, 2014. The two institutions take turns hosting the weekend retreat over alternate years.
 As Huntsville is also known as "The Rocket City," the focus of this year's retreat is God's powerful display of diversity in the universe, under the theme "HIGHER THAN THE HEAVENS."
The guest presenter is Dr. Mervyn Warren, Dean of the School of Religion, at Oakwood University.
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Oakwood Online University Highlighted in Southern Tidings
 The approval to launch Oakwood Online University is reported on page 32 of the January, 2014, issue of Southern Tidings. Click on the cover to read the entire issue.
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Oakwood Alum Remembers pre-Civil Rights Act Conditions
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As the first non-African-American to attend Oakwood College, Sait became the unofficial representation of minorities for the school's activities.
(Photo by Teodora Mocanu)
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M. Farook Sait, alumnus of Oakwood College, spoke on January 15, 2014, at the Martin Luther King, Jr. observance at the McNamara Headquarters Complex (Defense Logistics Agency).
Sait, former director of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, spoke to employees about the challenges he faced as an immigrant living in the southern United States in the 1960s. (Click on photo at left to read more.)
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OU Music Professor Presents at Music and Worship Conference
Adriana Perera was invited to the Andrews University Worship and Music Conference, January 9-11, 2014.
 | | (L-R) Jiri Moskala, Dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Mrs. Perera, and R. Clifford Jones, Associate Dean of the Seminary. |
At Sabbath morning's general session, Perera
presented: "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed: Paul's Effective Formula for Congregational Singing." She also conducted two workshops on "Music Styles in Light of Scriptures" and "Piano Accompaniment Formulas for Congregational Singing."
Perera is currently an Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Oakwood University.
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Oakwood's Ambassadors and Lady Ambassadors will host teams from Knoxville College, Selma University and Washington Adventist University, in the 5th Annual Oakwood University Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend Classic -- to be held in the Ashby Gymnasium - beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2014. Click here for the schedule of games.
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