Our Purpose
The primary purpose of the C-100 is to unite a group of dedicated persons, along with their resources, talents, and business experience, to serve as a support group of the administration of Oakwood University and its Board of Trustees in matters of finance, industry, and curriculum expansion. This group gives financial support to departments, physical plant expansions, capital improvement projects, and needy students at Oakwood University.
Our History
In 1988, Theodore Cantrell was impressed to organize a Committee of 100 for Oakwood College, similar to those at other institutions. He shared the idea with Adell Warren, retired business manager of Oakwood College. The combined energies and administrative abilities of Cantrell and Warren, together with the strong support of William Taylor of Southern Adventist University’s C-100 and those who joined the group, resulted in the Committee of 100 for Oakwood College, Inc. When the college became a university in 2008, the name of this organization was subsequently changed to the Committee of 100 for Oakwood University, Inc. (C-100).
Acknowledgements
The Committee of 100 for Oakwood University, Inc., has a prestigious history. It has served the institution in several important ways: through scholarships, building projects and special fund raising. Thank you for contributing to this very important organization. Its life is bound up in the life and mission of Oakwood University. We do not believe that there is a finer organization to which you can lend your support. Leslie N. Pollard, Ph.D., D.Min., M.B.A., President, Oakwood University.
Behind every great institution stands a group of dedicated, generous individuals who work behind the scenes to help secure that institution’s future. C-100 for Oakwood University, Inc., is such an organization, giving not for reward, but because of the vision of what God wants Oakwood University to be in the 21st Century. Join us in Oakwood University’s pursuit of quality Christian education for our students and Christian service to the world. —William J. Hicks, M.D., President, C-100