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Oglethorpe among Fiske's top 20 "best buy" colleges in the country
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For the fifth consecutive year, Fiske Guide to Colleges has included Oglethorpe University on its annual list of the Top 20 “Best Buy” colleges and universities. Oglethorpe is once again the only school in Georgia—public or private—to make Fiske’s selection of 10 private and 10 public colleges and universities nationwide. For 38 years, the Fiske Guide has identified a select …
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Preparing for fall 2021 - Vaccination forms due soon
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Complete your form by Thursday, July 15 to be eligible for the gift card drawing!
Employee vaccination forms due July 16
Student vaccination forms due August 13
Oglethorpe University and the COVID-19 Task Force continue planning for a full return to campus this fall. To create a full campus experience, complete with in-person events, classes and programming, students, faculty and staff should return to campus fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Students and employees should acknowledge their vaccination status OR apply for an exemption ...
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Museum Director Elizabeth Peterson appointed to Brookhaven Arts and Culture Commission
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Brookhaven City Council has appointed Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Director Elizabeth Peterson to the new Brookhaven Arts and Culture Commission. The commission is comprised of city residents and arts and culture professionals who will advise the City Council on arts projects and lead the implementation of Brookhaven's arts and culture master plan. Adopted by the city in January 2021, …
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Oglethorpe closes out Pride Month with Atlanta's LGBTQ+ Director, GA Representative [VIDEO]
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To close out Pride Month, Oglethorpe University welcomed two guest speakers to discuss the history of pride and the LGBTQ+ community in Atlanta: Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs Malik Brown and Georgia State Representative Matthew Wilson, who is the second openly gay man to be elected to the Georgia legislature. Malik Brown is an LGBTQ advocate and political strategist, a first-generation American, …
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Oglethorpe announces Daniel Manget as director of sports information
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![Manget-hiring[1]](https://source.oglethorpe.edu/files/2021/07/Manget-hiring1.jpeg)
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Oglethorpe University director of athletics Todd Brooks has announced the hiring of Daniel Manget as director of sports information. Manget, who was born and raised in Marietta, returns to the Atlanta area after spending the last seven and a half years as sports information director at Milligan University in northeast Tennessee. Manget is a two-time winner of the Appalachian Athletic Conference Willie Belcher Sports Information Director of the Year. ...
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Tickets now on sale for "Heathers: The Musical"!
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Oglethorpe University and Actor's Express are teaming up to co-produce "Heathers: The Musical," as part of the professional theatre company's upcoming 34th season. The show, based on the 1989 movie starring Winona Ryder, will run from Sept. 29 - Oct. 17 in Oglethorpe's Conant Performing Arts Center and will feature OU theatre students alongside professional actors in both lead and …
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Why we still need humanities in a STEM-focused world
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As I was growing up in rural Northwest Georgia, I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to be, but I knew what I loved -- to make music, write, read, paint, and learn about other cultures. An eternal jack of all trades, I didn't know at the time that I was actually a burgeoning humanities student. I went on to …
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Reminder! 24/7 student telehealth program available
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Oglethorpe University's Student Government Association recently approved funding for a partnership with the Virtual Care Group, a student-oriented telehealth provider. Through this partnership, Oglethorpe students receive around-the-clock easy access to physical and mental health consultation -- in addition to current services already provided. Access to the program opened on May 1. No matter where students are or what time they …
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Pax Tokugawa exhibition honoring Dr. Robert Steen available virtually
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The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art has announced their new exhibition for the spring semester: "Pax Tokugawa: The Japanese Collections of OUMA." This exhibit, which showcases the rich collection of Japanese art in OUMA's permanent collection, will honor the late Dr. Robert Steen, professor of Japanese. "Pax Tokugawa" will focus on the Japanese Edo period of 1603-1867, considered a time …
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