For more than 50 years, Earth Day has been celebrated to raise awareness of the need to protect our planet’s natural resources for future generations. This year, Earth Day will be observed at Oglethorpe in multiple ways across campus. Campus Initiatives & Student Events At Oglethorpe, efforts to be more sustainable and environmentally conscious through […]
Oglethorpe University’s Film and Media Studies Program hosted its annual “Last Looks” Film Festival on March 10, with a standing room-only crowd in Lupton Auditorium. Attendees “walked the red carpet” and enjoyed screening the 37 student film entries. Students submitted their film projects to be judged by industry professionals for cash prizes in four categories […]
Last summer, four students began a new organization: Disabled, Neurodivergent Students of Oglethorpe. A relatively new organization, the student leaders are already making waves across campus through special programming and advocacy. DNSO was founded by Oglethorpe students Elle Newbern ’24, Ambrose Blanchard ’24, Sam McCalla ’24 and Lacey Frye ’24. The four founders wanted to create […]
Looking for a creative outlet to channel stress from classes or personal issues? Looking for ways to collaborate and make connections with other students across campus? Oglethorpe’s Art Flow is a newly formed student group that incorporates those elements to provide students with a healthy and artistic release. Developed by Oglethorpe students Nicole Buruse ’23, […]
Brookhaven community leaders gathered Monday at Oglethorpe University’s Conant Performing Arts Center to announce the launch of a photo contest highlighting the “Wings of the City” travelling sculpture series currently installed in locations throughout the City of Brookhaven. Administered by the Consulate General of Mexico and the Jorge Marín Foundation, the #WingsoftheCityBrookhaven photo contest is a social […]
In an exciting start to the spring semester, the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art will open an exhibition featuring new artwork created by nationally-acclaimed artist Shanequa Gay during her time as the university’s inaugural visual artist-in-residence. Titled “shanequa gay: thought and memory,” the exhibition will transform the museum’s Skylight Gallery into a whimsical, multimedia dreamscape […]
The 78th Annual Boar’s Head Celebration on Dec. 2 marked the traditional beginning of the holiday season at Oglethorpe with a great turnout from students, alumni and faculty. After the 2021 edition adapted for COVID safety concerns, the 2022 event returned to familiar settings. This year’s celebration included the induction of 19 new Omicron Delta […]
Oglethorpe University students have the opportunity to participate in the third annual OU student film festival, “Last Looks,” to be held in March. Through February 10, students are invited to submit films in four categories: narrative, documentary, experimental, and promotional. In addition, Oglethorpe’s student-led strategic communications firm the Weltner Consulting Agency is sponsoring a new […]
11 Oglethorpe Theatre students have been cast in the upcoming comedy musical “Urinetown,” a co-production between Atlanta theatre company Actor’s Express and Oglethorpe University, set to premiere at Conant Performing Arts Center on Feb. 4. Two of those students, Emma Jean Scott and Tatum McBride, earned leading roles as the romantic optimist Hope Cladwell and the […]
A combined group of Oglethorpe students and high school students from nearby Chamblee Charter High School attended a special guest lecture hosted by OU’s visual artist-in-residence Shanequa Gay. Sitting among Gay’s works-in-progress, students gained insight into the creative processes of three professional artists: Yanique Norman, a multimedia artist; Jamaal Barber, a printmaker; and Jamele Wright, […]