OAKWOODMAGAZINE EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher: Kisha Norris Editor: George Johnson, Jr. Managing Editor: Debbe Millet Copy Editor: Michele Solomon Advertising Manager: Richard Hodnett Designer: Ocie Maddox, Jr. Advertisement Designers: Anthony Chornes II, Ron J. Pride OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION Leslie N. Pollard PRESIDENT R. Timothy McDonald PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT George Ashley ACTING VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION Sabrina R. Cotton VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION David A. Knight VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT SERVICES Prudence L. Pollard VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES Kisha R. Norris EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ADVANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Howard Weems SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR SPIRITUAL LIFE and SENIOR CHAPLAIN OAKWOOD MAGAZINE is the official journal of Oakwood University. www.oakwood.edu |
[email protected] OAKWOOD MAGAZINE is published by the Office of Integrated Marketing & Public Relations, Oakwood University. www.oakwoodmagazine.com Address editorial correspondence and/or questions to us at the Office of Integrated Marketing & Public Relations, 7000 Adventist Boulevard, NW Huntsville, Alabama 35896 SPRING 2015 Oakwood University Alumni Weekend Spring 2014. Photography by Ocie Maddox, Jr. SPRING 2015 CONTENTS Oakwood Magazine | Spring 2015 | www.oakwood.edu 1013 1616 05 A Message from the President by Dr. Leslie N. Pollard 06 Health Initiative Plans to Make Oakwood the Healthiest Campus in America by George Johnson, Jr. 09 White House Honors Historically Black Colleges and Universities “Champions of Change” 10 Remembering Selma by Jordan Harris and Donald Monroe, Sr. 14 Oakwood University conducts First Men’s Conference by George Johnson, Jr. 16 Oakwood Sounds a “CodeRed” for Theology Students by J. Alfred Johnson, III Jhanel Tam, senior psycology major takes time to enjoy a meal with Taylor Armstrong, junior communication major, in Oakwood’s dining hall.