Oglethorpe University is celebrating its continued partnership with TheDream.US, helping “Dreamers” to achieve their college and career goals. TheDream.US is the nation’s largest college access and career success program for immigrant youth who came to the U.S. as children and attended K-12 schools, but are ineligible for federal financial aid. The program raises private funds […]
Last month, 16 English professors from Uzbekistan visited Oglethorpe University as part of a short-term scholar initiative funded by the U.S. Department of State and run by the Intensive English Program at Georgia State University. The professors, who range from 24 to 70 in age, teach at colleges in several regions of Uzbekistan. They were […]
Oglethorpe University’s Strategic Initiative Committee has announced the recipients of $100,000 in grant funding for projects supporting the university’s 2022-2027 Strategic Plan. Eleven initiatives, outlined by Oglethorpe faculty, staff and students, were greenlit by the committee in early summer and will be implemented throughout the next academic year. The approved proposals support a breadth of […]
Shae-Elise Dixon ’24 will be studying abroad in South Korea this fall, aided by a recent donation from alumna Misty Hood Whitlock ’00 and her husband Kyle Whitlock to fund a study abroad scholarship. Misty’s passion for traveling abroad began with her first international trip, to London after her junior year at Oglethorpe. It was […]
My sabbatical plans, as laid out to the committee responsible for reviewing and approving faculty sabbaticals at Oglethorpe, were originally centered exclusively on the Andean nation of Ecuador, where my goal was to spend most of my semester-long leave in South America researching and becoming better acquainted with the vibrant but oft-ignored culture of Ecuador’s […]
Majoring in international studies at Oglethorpe took Camille Teague ’23 all the way from Gray, Ga., to the State Department in Washington, D.C., and ultimately to the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Teague walked at commencement in May and left soon after for her second summer as an intern in the United States Foreign […]
Five Oglethorpe students have been awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to study abroad. Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipients: Jada Thomas ’23, International Studies major — Cape Town, South Africa in Summer 2023 Brandynn Campbell ’23, Business Administration major […]
If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: Oglethorpe University supports immigrants and undocumented students. OU students, faculty and staff participated in the “I Stand with Immigrants” Day events Nov. 2, which followed the Oct. 28 “Coalition and Community Building: Supporting Georgia’s Undocumented Students in Higher Education” conference hosted by OU and sponsored by the […]
Excelencia in Education, the nation’s premier authority in efforts accelerating Latino student success in higher education, announced today Oglethorpe University President Nick Ladany has been chosen to be part of its “Presidents for Latino Student Success” network. This important national network is composed of college and university presidents and chancellors who commit to making their […]
Oglethorpe University President Nick Ladany continued to stand by the Oglethorpe students and students across the country whose immigration status is covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit released its decision Oct. 6, 2022, in the Texas v. United States case affirming a lower […]