ALERT: Earthquake in Haiti; Aid Needed
Devastation struck Haiti after a 7.0 earthquake hit the country 10 miles outside of its capital city of Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010. Millions are affected by this tragedy, and many report that hundreds of thousands are feared to be dead. 

Financial support is being solicited as Haiti was already a country suffering from severe impoverished conditions.

The students of Pine Forge Academy understand that even a small contribution can comprise a greater one, so they have united in the creation of a campus coin drive to collect quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies to be sent to Haiti to help with the on-going relief efforts there.

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Dr. William T. Johnson Named 2008 Physician of the Year, born on the Oakwood College campus where both his mother, Margaret, and his father, Louis, were professors of English and Chemistry respectively ...After successfully completing his comprehensive exams and writing his dissertation, Johnson had a spiritual epiphany. He decided that although mathematics brought him personal joy, he wanted to be of greater service to mankind through public health or medicine. Thus, began his move from his beloved mathematics to the field of medicine which he has adopted as a profession.

Though primary education for children was advocated by Adventists during the 1850s and 1860s, it was not until the early 1870s that the newly budding Adventist Church began to recognize and develop a denominationally-based school system.

The Adventist interests in propagating education was founded upon the philosophy that students at all levels of schooling possess individuality and should be educated to use their God-given capacities to become individuals of principle, qualified for any position of life.

President Obama goes to London with 'sense of urgency'
President Obama announced new arms talks with Russia's president, discussed North Korea with China's president, talked about the global economy with Britain's prime minister and had tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday -- a busy day for any leader. But it was Obama's first trip overseas as president, ahead of the Group of 20 summit that begins Thursday in London.

During the past three seasons, North Carolina coach Roy Williams has often referred to Ty Lawson as "Dennis the Menace," because of his star point guard's love of comic books and his affable personality.

But over the past three weeks, Williams says Lawson has become more like "Rambo."

Art, far from a stuffy, straightforward school subject, is part of your child’s everyday life, whether he is left- or right-brained, or introverted or extroverted. "Art is a way of making a statement about the world, and expressing profound emotion,” says author Antony Mason, who specializes in art books for young readers.