This past winter, literature evangelists from Oakwood and Southern Universities shared their faith, and returned with testimonies and $28,000 in donations toward their tuition.

Jonathan Williams, a social work major at Oakwood, said that "the Lord blessed me in many different ways over this campaign, both financially and spiritually."

At the end of one of the canvassing days, Jonathan felt led to "talk to one more guy before leaving. I approached the man in the car with his face looking very upset and disgruntled toward me. When I began to give him my canvass, he looked at me and said 'Go away, I don't have any money and I have had two people who took me for everything I have, so now I am poor and broke.'  I told him that I didn't want his money but to only pray with him. At this point, God opened a window of opportunity for the Holy Spirit to work through me to help this man's life. I began telling him about Jesus and His soon coming; moments after that the man began to cry. We prayed together and he also accepted a Bible study that day as well.  This goes to show that when you are faithful to the Lord and are doing His work, blessings will come your way and the Lord can use you to change many lives of people."

Your votes helped Oakwood win the 2013 competition to construct this outdoor pavilion.

From now until April 14, we need you to vote for Oakwood University's campus improvement project in the Home Depot Retool Your School Campaign. "We need everyone's support to help Oakwood win this grant," said Kisha Norris, executive director for advancement and development for Oakwood. Oakwood is only Seventh-day Adventist university in the competition. 

The winning school of the Campus Pride Grant will be selected by a combination of the applicant's social media activity and voting score. The three applicants with the highest votes and most social media activity, as determined by the sponsor during the voting period, will be awarded with the Campus Pride Grants. 

Oakwood University had the most votes last year! Let's do it again. Vote as often as possible - and from all of your personal computers and devices. Using the hashtag  #OakwoodTHDRYS as often as possible between now and April 14 will help in in the competition.

VOTE NOW and be sure to tell your family and friends to do the same.

Note: If you are an OU alum and would like to share news about yourself, please send them to us.

On March 23, Oakwood students elected Mr. and Miss Oakwood, at the "Statue of Virtue" pageant, held at the Millet Activity Center.

Miss Oakwood is Nia Johnson, a junior international studies major from Bowie, Md.

Mr. Oakwood is Jordan Harris, a junior nursing major from Dayton, Oh. His great grandmother, Pearl Seard, was a member of the class of 1930.

(Photo by Jyremy Reid, student photographer)