From May 23 through 25, members of the Oakwood University Aeolians participated in the Budapest International Choral Celebration. This event gave several hundred amateur singers the chance to perform major oratorical works. According to the web site, the choral event featured concerts by domestic and international choirs, as well as workshops and interactive children's programs. More than 1,000 singers from four continents were able to perform in the auditorium of Müpa. Choirs included Nyíregyháza Conemus Mixed Choir and Children's Choir (Hungary), Cotton Club Singers (Hungary), Astana Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Kazakhstan), Astrolabium (Poland), Chili Da Mur (Austria), Choeur la Grâce (Congo), Damenes Aften (Norway), Ensemble Thios Omilos, Rajaton (Finway), and Vokalna Akademija Ljubljna Male Choir (Slovenia).

While at the General Conference Session in San Antonio, Texas, July 2 through 11, stop by Booth A516 in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and visit with Oakwood administrators, faculty, and staff to see what's new with Oakwood University. Oakwood alumni, please make sure to attend the Oakwood on the Road receptions on July 4, from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m., and July 9, from 5:00 to 6:45 p.m., at the Grand Hyatt (Lone Star Theater), 600 E. Market Street. 

Oakwood University extends a cordial invitation for high school seniors and college transfer students to participate in an event that engages them in the Oakwood experience. This event will take place October 11-13.

Oakwood Live! (formerly known as College Days) is a jam-packed, 3-day event that immerses participants into "student-life" on the campus of Oakwood University. Guests will meet other students from all over the world and participate in several exciting activities that will allow them a chance to explore the unique qualities of an Oakwood University education. All Oakwood Live! participants will be awarded a $500 scholarship just for coming to the event. This scholarship will be granted the following year of enrollment. 

We do not want students miss out on this sensational opportunity, so please start planning for this event today. For more information about Oakwood University or the Oakwood Live! event, please contact the Office of Admissions and Recruitment at (256) 726-7356.

Even though the school year is over, please remember to vote daily for our outgoing Miss Oakwood Nia Johnson as she competes in EBONY Magazine's HBCU Campus Queens contest.

Voting ends May 29.

The campus queens who finish in the top 10, as determined by the number of votes she receives, will be featured in the September 2015 edition of Ebony Magazine. This would be a great way for Nia to finish her Oakwood career, and to promote Oakwood University on a national level.

Similar to the Retool Your School contest, you can vote daily and as often as you want per day, between now and May 29. (When you vote for the first time you'll have to fill out a questionnaire, which you'll no longer have to do after your first vote. 

Additionally, please be sure to include one, two or all of the hashtags #2015HBCUCampusQueens, #HBCUQueens, or #EBONYQueens in your social media messages.   

Join us in the Blue and Gold End-of-the-Year Challenge by making a gift to the Oakwood Annual Fund by midnight, June 30. Our goal is to increase the annual giving participation rate of our alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends.