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Oakwood University
The diverse mix of students' drawn from many foreign countries and over 40 states, provides an enriched environment that exposes our students to the richness of different cultures and fosters the development of self-esteem, respect for others and the required skills to be socially adaptable and globally successful.
ALABAMA AGEP
Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
ALABAMA AGEP
Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
Dr. Delbert W. Baker
President
Oakwood University, which began as an industrial school, was founded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1896 to educate African-Americans in the South. The school was erected on 380 acres purchased during the previous year for $6,700. Additional property secured in 1918 nearly tripled its land holding. The school underwent several name changes over its history:
• 1896 – Oakwood Industrial School
• 1904 – Oakwood Manual Training School
• 1917 – Oakwood Junior College
• 1943 – Oakwood College
• 2008 – Oakwood University
A caring, supportive faculty with over 60% holding earned doctorates is responsible for Oakwood's proven ability to meet students' academic needs. Oakwood University is known around the world for its Aeolian Choir.
"The Aeolians could sing passages from the phone book and still make you feel the presence of the Divine."
-Huntsville Times
"Today, Oakwood University ranks among the nation's top 15-20 colleges and universities providing black applicants to medical schools ...."
-Emerson A. Cooper, Ph.D.,
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
