Oakwood University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Department of Education of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to award the associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees. The first master's degree offered by the University was the Master of Pastoral Studies Degree (January 2008). The first graduate students were conferred degrees on May 9, 2009. Oakwood also conferred its first honorary doctorate on May 9, 2009, to Wintley Phipps, internationally renowned musician and the 2009 Commencement speaker. Oakwood University has been a member institution of the United Negro College Fund since 1964.
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| - Oakwood University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Department of Education of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to award the associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees. The first master's degree offered by the University was the Master of Pastoral Studies Degree (January 2008). The first graduate students were conferred degrees on May 9, 2009. Oakwood also conferred its first honorary doctorate on May 9, 2009, to Wintley Phipps, internationally renowned musician and the 2009 Commencement speaker. Oakwood University has been a member institution of the United Negro College Fund since 1964.
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- Oakwood Industrial School
- Oakwood Junior College
- Oakwood Manual Training School
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| - former U.S. Navy Chief of Chaplains and Chaplain of the U.S. Senate
- college professor and lecturer in Afrocentrism, founder, Temple of the Black Messiah, School of History and Religion; co-founder and creative director, Fourth Dynasty Publishing Company
- Actor, Pastor, Singer, Songwriter
- Award winning Nigerian Artist
- Florida State Representative
- Former mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Administrator, educator, author and president of Oakwood University
- Member of the gospel group Take 6
- Pastor, Singer
- President of Pacific Union College
- Soprano Opera Singer
- Traffic Anchor, WSB-TV Atlanta, Georgia
- Winner of Season 4 BET's Sunday Best
- Winner's of Season 2, NBC's The Sing Off
- radio talk show host, WNOX Knoxville, Tennessee
- R&B Singer/musician, and also brother of alumnus Claude McKnight
- Civil Rights Leader, Surgeon, Entrepreneur, Mentor to Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer
- Pastor, Singer, Founder and President of U.S. Dream Academy
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- 2011(xsd:integer)
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| - Oakwood University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Department of Education of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to award the associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees. The first master's degree offered by the University was the Master of Pastoral Studies Degree (January 2008). The first graduate students were conferred degrees on May 9, 2009. Oakwood also conferred its first honorary doctorate on May 9, 2009, to Wintley Phipps, internationally renowned musician and the 2009 Commencement speaker. Oakwood University has been a member institution of the United Negro College Fund since 1964. The University has performed well in external rankings, having listed among the Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the Southern Region (#31) and #28 on the list of Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities by the U.S. News & World Report, tied with Alabama A&M University (also in Huntsville) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The University is also listed on a regular basis among the top 20 institutions of higher learning that provide African-Americans to medical schools. Oakwood University owns and operates the Christian radio station WJOU 90.1 FM, formerly WOCG.
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