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Historical Martial Arts Society “gets medieval” at first tournament

Oglethorpe’s Historical Martial Arts Society (HMA) recently held its first tournament of the year. “HMA is a student organization that is devoted to the practice of European martial arts, mainly armored combat, and ‘jolly cooperation’,” explains the society’s co-founder Mason Peterson ’17.  Peterson and Alex Mixson ’17 stumbled upon their shared interest in Historical Martial Arts, leading […]

Freshman class Student Government Association Officers announced

Congratulations to the newest members of the Student Government Association. Freshman Class President: Olumeka Mejeidu Freshman Class Senators: Hadia Barakat, Luis Pereira Hernandez, Amelia Holley, and Samuel Katz Keep involved in what is happening on SGA and around campus by visiting OUConnect, following on twitter @sgaou, and coming to weekly meetings Thursday at 6 pm, where any student […]

On-campus: Sprout Film Festival “making the invisible visible”

Oglethorpe University’s Accessibility Services is partnering with Hi-Hope Service Center to sponsor and host the Sprout Film Festival on Saturday, September 30 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Conant Performing Arts Center. The Sprout Film Festival, founded in 2003, is the first and only festival to exclusively showcase films featuring people with intellectual and […]

RAVE OU Alerts

Did you receive an OU Alert email, text and phone call this week? If not, read on… In certain cases, an OU Alert will be issued to the entire Oglethorpe community via email, telephone and text message with specific instructions on how to proceed. Everyone with an active oglethorpe.edu email address should automatically receive alerts […]

Photos: OU Dreamers

The Oglethorpe community is full of dreamers, but it’s also filled with Dreamers. Students, faculty and staff gathered in the Turner Lynch Campus Center to inform the campus on the current status of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Students organized a letter writing campaign to legislators, while handing out buttons in support […]

Students Set to Rally Against DACA Decision

In reaction to President Trump’s recent decision regarding DACA, many Oglethorpe students plan on wearing all white, this Friday, September 8th to show their disagreement and solidarity.  They plan on being in the dining hall at 1 pm with placards showing alliance with and for our DACA students.  They will also be providing postcards for […]

From President Schall: Oglethorpe and DACA

Dear Members of the Oglethorpe Community, Moments ago, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that President Trump will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The announcement included a six-month delay to allow Congress to take legislative action to protect the nearly 800,000 immigrants affected by this change. Established by President Obama […]

Photos: Quadfest 2017

To celebrate the first week of the 2017-2018 academic year, the Academic Quad was converted into a scene from a Circus with stilt walkers, fortune tellers, magicians, snake handlers, fire performers and more! Dinner and King of Pops were also served at the event hosted by the Student Government Association’s Programming Board.

Opening Convocation closes first week of classes

In one of Oglethorpe’s greatest traditions, students and faculty gathered in the Conant Performing Arts Center to hear campus leaders, such as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Glenn Sharfman, Director of the A_LAB Dr. Beth Concepcion ’90, Director of Theatre Matt Huff, Associate Professor of Economics Dr. Peter Kower and Student Government Association President […]

Office 365 Training Guides

Office 365 is much more than just email Here are some self-paced training options to help you with our new suite of office applications in Office 365 at Oglethorpe. The Office Training Center is very intuitive, it contains step by step video tutorials that start out very basic and build up to the fun stuff! […]