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Season's Greetings
from Oakwood University
 Click on the photo to view the holiday message from Oakwood University.
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Vote for Miss Oakwood
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Miss Oakwood 2016-17 Courtney Buckhanon is asking everyone to vote -- students, alumni, family and friends! |
EBONY's 2016-2017 HBCU Campus Queens online competition started today at 12:01 a.m., and ends at midnight on January 15, 2017.
To cast your vote for Miss Courtney Buckhanon, visit
http://www.ebony.com
. You're allowed to cast three (3) votes in a 24-hour period.
We are asking that you help us spread the word AND keep coming back to vote every day. EVERYONE can share the information on their social media platforms as well.
Each reigning beauty was elected by her peers and/or school officials to represent those standards for her institution of higher learning. Oakwood University commits to the values of respect, compassion, integrity, excellence, service, innovation and collaboration.
EBONYCampusQueens2016 is the official hashtag of the competition and should be used as much as possible on all posts.
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120 Most Influential Oakwoodites
As Oakwood's 120th year comes to an end, we are in search of nominations for a list of 120 Most Influential Oakwoodites.
Nominees will be presented during Alumni Homecoming Weekend 2017.
We are looking for names of those Oakwoodites who were either influential here at Oakwood -classroom, church, dormitory, basketball court, etc. -- or an individual who has positively influenced your life, or has transformed lives through his/her service following their time at the Oaks.
We need the following information:
Your name ___________
I nominate _______ as an Influential Oakwoodite because _____
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Date(s) nominee attended ________and/or graduated ___________
Please include a high resolution photo (300 dpi or higher).
Office of Integrated Marketing & Public Relations
Oakwood University
7000 Adventist Boulevard
Huntsville, Alabama 35896
**All submissions subject to editing for space.
Deadline: Midnight, January 31, 2017
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Alumni News
 Rhonda K. Mason, '92, was appointed by Kansas Governor Sam Brownback to replace retiring Johnson County District Judge Gerald Elliott. Kansas court officials said she is only the second African-American woman to be named a judge in the state. In a written statement, the governor said he was pleased to make the appointment. "Ms. Mason's experience well qualifies her to serve the citizens of the 10th district (Johnson County)" Brownback said.
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 Paul McNeil, '11, received his Ph.D. from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee, during graduation exercises on December 10. He is a graduate of TSU's Computer and Information Systems Engineering (CISE) doctoral program with a concentration in Computer Communication and Networks. His dissertation, entitled: "SCREDENT: Scalable Real-time Anomalies Detection and Notification of Targeted Malware in Smartphones," was successfully defended on July 6, 2016. McNeil said, "God blessed, allowing me to finish the program at the age of 26 and in just three years." He
recently founded ScrappyLock, a multi-factor authentication software development company, with the goal to make current enterprise login practices less burdensome on its users.
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On behalf of the Division of Advancement & Development,
we wish you a safe and blessed holiday season.
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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.
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| Click here to see the Fall 2016 issue of Oakwood Magazine, or visit www.oakwoodmagazine.com |
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