Come Experience Oakwood at College Days

Oakwood University cordially invites potential students to come meet and fellowship with current students, administration, faculty, and staff during College Days 2014, scheduled for October 12-14.

College Days is a jam-packed, 3-day event that immerses prospective students into life at Oakwood University. Guests will meet people from all over the world and participate in several interesting activities that will allow them a chance to explore the unique qualities of an Oakwood University education. This annual event is offered to high school seniors and college transfer students, so don't let your youth miss out on the excitement, and a $500 College Days Scholarship just for participating!

For more information about Oakwood University or the College Days 2014 event, call (256) 726-7356 or click here. You can also watch the video here.

Oakwood to Host Community Service Day in Huntsville

Oakwood University has designated September 30 as AGAPE Day 2014. On this day, classes are officially suspended for one day, so that students, employees and administrators can focus on serving and learning in the "community classroom."

The day begins at 9:30 a.m., when buses will transport volunteers to several work sites in Huntsville and Madison County, where they will help with painting, planting, weeding, and general clean-up. Worksites this year include Crisis Services, the Alabama Constitution Village, Highlands Elementary, Habitat for Humanity, The Salvation Army, Early Works Children Museum, Historic Lowry House, and Burritt on the Mountain.

AGAPE Day is coordinated by the Department of Service Learning. For more information, send an email to ouserves@oakwood.edu.

Alumni Notes

Researchers have yet to unlock the secrets of legged locomotion that allow animals to walk, run, climb and jump seemingly effortlessly. Advances in high speed video, force plate technology, and neuron probing have recently allowed scientists to "see" more of what goes on as legged animals locomote.

Leading this multi-disciplinary research at the Biomorphic Robotics Lab (BRL) at the University of South Florida is Dr. Luther R. Palmer, III, '99. The goal is to unravel the mysteries and replicate the tremendous capabilities of legged animals, which also has applications to human prosthetics. MORE

Everett Alexander, '00, a digital media specialist, is the founder of TEDxHuntsville a derivative of TED (Technology, Entertainment Design), a nonprofit organization known for online talks on an array of topics. Since 2009, local professionals and residents excited about "ideas worth spreading" have volunteered to bring TED to the Tennessee Valley. The 6th annual TEDxHuntsville event is scheduled for September 7.

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Employee News

The Office of Financial Aid announced that April Fortune has been appointed as assistant director. Fortune has served Oakwood for more than 14 years in the offices of Financial Resolution, Student Accounts and Financial Aid, and is well acquainted with the processes involved in applying for and securing financial assistance.

Pollard's Places

On August 29-31, I had the privilege of speaking and facilitating an executive leadership development seminar in Brasilia, Brazil, for the institutional employees of the South American Division. The invitation came from Dr. Erton Kohler, division president.

The 75 attendees included the executive leadership teams from the Brazilian Publishing House, the SuperBom (translated "better than good") Food Manufacturing Corporation, the South American Division Media Center, and the Nova Tempo Television Ministry. It was a hectic and gratifying weekend. I delivered three workshops and preached twice on Sabbath. We also visited each of these institutions on this past Monday and Tuesday. Pictured with Prudence and me are Dr. Kohler, president (left), and Magdiel Perez Schultz, executive secretary of the South American Division.

On Friday night, I participated in one of the most unforgettable baptisms I have ever seen. Maria Aparecida Santos (and her husband Pedro dos Santos Filho) is a former 10-year member of the Renacer Pentecostal Church, who joined the Seventh-day Adventist church as a result of the ministry of Nova Tempo (the Brazilian version of our own Breath of Life). She now belongs to theJundiai Central Church in Sao Paulo. After Maria shared her testimony, the leaders rolled out a portable baptistry and 100 five-gallon bottles of water. Each member of the audience was invited to participate in the baptism by filling up the pool. It was an honor to help pour water into the baptistry.

OU Picture of the Week

The United Student Movement (USM) is the student government of Oakwood University. The USM also serves as a liaison between the University administration and the student body, addressing problems and needs of the students at large. During last week's chapel service, the officers were officially introduced to the student body and were prayed for by the chaplains in the Office of Spiritual Life. (Photo by Anthony Chornes II)

About Oakwood

The mission of Oakwood University, a historically black, Seventh-day Adventist institution, is to transform students through biblically-based education for service to God and humanity.