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Graduation weekend

May 30, 2012

photo courtesy OU

Whitney Morrison, left, and Erica Gabriel sing, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” at an Oakwood University Commencement service earlier this month at the campus church in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. The two soprano choristers were two of the 389 bachelor's and master’s degreed candidates to graduate this year, the first class since the 115-year-old school attained university designation in 2008. [photo courtesy OU]

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