C. Garland Dulan, Ph.D
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School of Education TEACHER DEDICATION CEREMONY SPEAKER C. Garland Dulan, Ph.D. Seventh-day Adventist Christian education has been the focus of Dr. Dulan’s life personally and professionally. His parents highly valued and committed to sending their seven children through Adventist education. He attended (1-12) and graduated from Golden Gate Academy in Oakland, California; attended Pacific Union College, Oakwood College and graduated from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, with a degree in Sociology (1967). After completing college, Dr. Dulan, served as a Field Supervisor for Big Brother’s of America in Flint, Michigan. He was then drafted into the armed forces to serve during the Vietnam War. Upon completing his tour of duty, he pursued and completed a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Riverside (1975). With a focus on Adventist edducation, he decided not to accept several offers of faculty and administrative positions at well-known public universities and accepted a faculty position at Southern Missionary College (now Southern Adventist University) in Collegdale, Tennessee. He was the first Black faculty member at that institution. After serving at Southern for seven years, Dr. Dulan accepted a call to Oakwood College (now Oakwood University) as assistant professor of sociology, then as chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences, followed by appointment as Vice President for Academic Administration. He accepted a call to La Sierra University in Riverside, California, where he served as Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Administration and Professor/ Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology. He continued his commitment to Adventist education and accepted the call to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in Silver Spring, Maryland, as Associate Director of Education, then as Director for the Department of Education for the world church. He retired from this position in 2010 and now resides in Toney, Alabama. In active retirement, Dr. Dulan has served Oakwood University in various roles in administration, as a Continuing Education program advisor, and part-time faculty instructor in the area of sociology. Dr. Dulan’s fervent desire is to enjoy the atmosphere of heaven, education and learning through eternity. School of Education Virtual TEACHER DEDICATION CEREMONY VIA ZOOM: HTTPS://OAKWOOD.ZOOM.US/J/97667741730 • MEETING ID: 976 6774 1730 THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020 • 10:00 A.M. Invocation .............................................................................................................................Karen Benn Marshall, Ed.D. Vice President for Academic Administration, Oakwood University Welcome and Remarks.....................................................................................Leslie N. Pollard, Ph.D., D.Min., M.B.A. President, Oakwood University Occasion ................................................................................................................................................ Deril Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Education Selection ..................................................................................................................................................... Dearra Walters English Language Arts Education Major, Class of 2020 Awards ................................................................................................................................................... Deril Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Education Sean Williams, Ed.S. Assistant Professor, Department of Education Dana Wilchcombe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Education VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN OF THE CLASS OF 2019 EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SERVICE AWARD KAPPA DELTA PI HONOR SOCIETY Introduction of Speaker ....................................................................................................................... Deril Wood, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Education Homily/Charge ............................................................................................................................C. Garland Dulan, Ph.D. Director, Department of Education, General Conference of SDA (Retired) and Vice President for Academic Administration, Oakwood University (Retired) Presentation of the Class of 2019 ..........................................................................................Jeannette R. Dulan, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Education Class Response ..........................................................................................................................................Jayny Monasse Elementary Education Major, Class of 2020 Closing Prayer ................................................................................................................................................ Cicely Jervis Social Science Education Major, Class of 2020 School of Nursing & Health Professions NURSING PINNING CEREMONY SPEAKER Deleise Wilson, MA-Ed, Ph.D, RN Dr. Deleise S. Wilson is Chair of Graduate Nursing at Kettering College. She has over 30 years of combined clinical, teaching and academic leadership experience. Dr. Wilson attributes the success of her professional experiences to being blessed repeatedly, exceedingly and abundantly by our loving and merciful Savior. She is deeply rooted in her favorite texts: Geneses 1:27, “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them.” Proverbs 22:29, “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” She is a proud alumna of Northern Caribbean University where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in nursing science. She completed a master’s degree in nursing education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She was granted the prestigious Rackham Merit Scholarship from the University of Michigan for a doctorate in nursing with an emphasis in healthcare systems effectiveness. Upon graduation, she stayed at the University of Michigan after being awarded a competitive post-doctorate fellowship in implementation science. She gained in-depth knowledge and experience on the use of high reliability behavioral resolution models in complex and stressful situations by collaborating with the faculty and officers from the United States Marine Corp (USMC) School of Advanced Warfare. She was also selected for the competitive American Association of Colleges of Nursing sponsored Wharton Executive Leadership program. Dr. Wilson conducted research and published empirical articles in the following areas: high reliability behaviors among charge nurses, the association between safety organizing and perceptions of patient safety culture and targeted fall prevention study. She is currently the principal investigator for a funded Kettering Health Network multi-site study, for the prevention of falls and injuries from falls. Dr. Wilson is involved in several community service programs. Notably, she is the president of the Association of Black Seventh-Day Adventist Nurses. In honor of her service to that organization, she received two congressional awards for leadership from Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Stephen Lynch. She is married to Dr. Colwick Wilson, who is currently serving as the provost and senior vice- president of Oakwood University. They are the proud parents of two adult daughters, Chidinma and Corliss. School of Nursing & Health Professions virtual NURSING PINNING CEREMONY VIA ZOOM: HTTPS://OAKWOOD.ZOOM.US/J/94661463685 • MEETING ID: 946 6146 3685 THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020 • 3:00 P.M. Program Host .................................................................................................................Veronica Leftridge, M.S.N., R.N. Associate Professor, Invocation .................................................................................................................................................... Diedra Walker Class of 2020 Scripture ............................................................................................................................................HaEun Lee (Korean) Ruth Gonzalez (Spanish) Dulene Saint Jean (French) Christelle Theodore (Haitian Creole) Makeda Thomas (English) Class of 2020 Welcome.............................................................................................................Leslie N. Pollard, Ph.D., D.Min., M.B.A. President, Oakwood University Opening of Ceremony. ...........................................................................................Karen Anderson, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E. Department Chair of Nursing Introduction of Speaker ...............................................................................................................................Dasha Caines Class of 2020 Music .................................................................................................................................................Senior Nursing Class Class of 2020 Pinning Address ....................................................................................................... Deleise Wilson, MA-Ed, Ph.D, R.N. Professor, Chair of Graduate Nursing, Kettering College Response ........................................................................................................................................................Johnje Jasper Class of 2020 Pinning PowerPoint Presentation .............................................................................................................. Class of 2020 Consecration Prayer ..................................................................................................................................Andrew