Oakwood University
| Motto | Education. Excellence. Eternity. |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1896 |
| President | Delbert Baker |
| Students | approximately 1,800 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Rural |
| Website | www.oakwood.edu |
Oakwood College is a historically black college located in Huntsville, Alabama. It is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Oakwood College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Department of Education of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to award the associate and baccalaureate degrees. It offers a liberal arts curriculum in a Christ-centered atmosphere.
Oakwood is consistently listed among the top 15-20 institutions of higher learning that provide African-Americans to medical schools. [1]
History
Oakwood College was founded in 1896 as Oakwood Industrial School. In 1904, the name was changed to Oakwood Manual Training School, and it was chartered to grant degrees in 1907. In 1917, the school offered its first instruction at the postsecondary level, and in that same year it changed its name to Oakwood Junior College. In 1944, the present name, Oakwood College, was adopted. The first bachelor’s degrees were awarded in 1945.
Oakwood College has been a member institution of the United Negro College Fund since 1964. As a Seventh-Day Adventist college, Oakwood’s mission is “Christ-centered, and designed to integrate faith and learning, as well as prepare students for the job of service in this world.”[2]
Campus
The twenty-three-building campus occupies 1,185 acres in Huntsville, Alabama. The main campus is on 105 acres, with another 500 acres under cultivation. The campus continues to grow in both programs and facilities. The J. L. Moran Hall, completed in 1944 and named after the first Black president of Oakwood College, stands with more recently erected buildings such as the McKee Business & Technology Building, completed in 2002.
Student Life
Students at Oakwood College, or "Oakwoodites" as they are sometimes called, either live on campus in either of the five dormitories, rent an apartment from the school's own West Oaks Apartment Complex, or live in the Huntsville/Madison area or beyond. Freshmen males live in the Peterson Hall dormity while freshmen women live in Carter Hall. There are two more dormitories for women: Wade Hall is for second year and up women and Cunningham Hall is an honors dormitory also for upper-class women. Edwards Hall is the dormitory for second year and beyond men.
See also
- List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
- List of historically black colleges of the United States
External links
Template:North Alabama Landmarks
 | This article on a southern United States institution of higher education is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |