Oglethorpe University and Mercer University have partnered to offer a 4+1 Bridge Program in Education, which began at the start of the spring semester in January. The new program provides Oglethorpe undergraduates the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree from Oglethorpe and a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) degree from Mercer, as well as […]
More than 340 prospective students and their families were on campus over the weekend to compete for full-tuition merit scholarships during Scholarship Weekend. Students interviewed, submitted essays, completed projects, or auditioned for awards that included the James Edward Oglethorpe Scholarship, Civic Engagement & Service Scholarship, OU Theatre Scholarship, and Hammack Business Scholarship. Scholarship recipients will be […]
Senior Caroline Chamberlain had never spent much time with a camera until a course last semester sparked her creativity—and now she’s collecting awards. A project in Christina Price Washington’s “Intro to Digitial Photography” class led Chamberlain to attend the Atlanta Photography Group’s PUSH-PiN exhibition early in January. She displayed six prints from her “The Unnoticed” collection, […]
Congratulations to those Oglethorpe students whose academic performance during the 2018 fall semester merited recognition on the Dean’s Academic Honors List! This list celebrates the 364 students who achieved at least a 3.50 term grade-point average, while earning 12 or more semester hours.
Over winter break, five economics students, along with faculty members Dr. Cassandra Copeland and Dr. Peter Kower, attended the annual conference of the American Economic Association. The national conference, primarily attended by professionals and graduate students, was held in Atlanta January 4-6 and featured panels, job fairs, and other networking opportunities. Student attendees included economics majors […]
Oglethorpe students again chose to take the “hardest math test in the world.” Even with finals right around the corner, six Petrels faced the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition on Saturday, December 1. Around 4,000 undergraduates participate in the competition each year. The participants work individually on six challenging math problems over two three-hour sessions, 12 total […]
Dr. Stephen Herschler’s Core class, in collaboration with the Atlanta Laboratory for Learning (A_LAB), recently hit the road to learn first-hand from some of Atlanta’s most historically relevant places: the Carter Presidential Library and Museum and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. The group also toured Dr. King’s birth home and […]
A Modern Architecture class led by Interdisciplinary Studies Coordinator Dr. Jeffrey Collins recently took a visit to the active construction site of the I.W. “Ike” Cousins Center for Science and Innovation to see the building process firsthand, from the foundation to outfitting of laboratories and classrooms. Students were led by Brasfield & Gorie Project Manager Bo […]
The Oglethorpe museum’s newest exhibition, “When East Meets West: Three Centuries of Artistic Discourse,” has given students studying international politics and Asian studies the chance to expand their scope into the arts. “When I heard this exhibit was coming with its connections between East and West, I definitely thought, ‘I need to make use of […]
Fall 2018 Rikard Lecture with Atlanta United’s Darren Eales Oglethorpe welcomed Darren Eales, President of Atlanta United FC, as the fall 2018 Rikard lecturer on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. Sponsored by the Division of Economics and Business, the Rikard Lecture Series brings Atlanta business leaders to campus to speak with students. Oglethorpe welcomed Darren Eales, […]