Oakwood University Wins $50K

OU President Dr. Leslie Pollard (right) and Advancement & Development executive director Miss Kisha Norris championed Oakwood's winning the 2013 Home Depot $50,000 top HBCU prize

"Oakwood University (OU) was named the official First Place, Tier 1 winner of the Home Depot Corporation's 2013 "Retool Your School" competition on Friday, May 3. The $50,000 first place prize will be used to build an outdoor kitchen/pavilion for the students. How did OU, a comparatively small school of just 1939 students getting all these votes, against a number of larger public, private and more popular HBCUs?"  Get the secret recipe, and learn how USC helped in video below (starting around the 20th minute):