Hammack School of Business students Roi Levi, David Povolotsky and Daniel Ocampo received a $500 award and access to entrepreneurship resources from Georgia Institute of Technology for developing a nightlife app called “A Night Out.” At a round table competition hosted by Georgia Tech in October, the students pitched their app to a panel of […]
Dennis Kelly, dean of the Q. William Hammack, Jr. School of Business, was Sunday’s guest on “Executive Profiles,” Atlanta Business Chronicle’s BIZ series sponsored by Georgia Power. The series is Atlanta’s only locally produced business program, airing after “Meet The Press” on 11Alive. During the interview with Publisher David Rubinger, Kelly discusses his career trajectory, […]
Oglethorpe alumnus Dylan Harper ’19 has been named to the Atlanta Inno’s ’25 Under 25‘, a list of 25 rising entrepreneurs and tech innovators. This designation recognizes young professionals who are taking their careers in their own hands and shaping their communities. Harper is being recognized for establishing Quik Threads, an online retail store dedicated to […]
Site Selection, a leading economic development trade magazine, named Georgia the leading state in the nation in which to do business for the seventh consecutive year. Georgia has been ranked among the top 10 states in Site Selection’s business climate rankings throughout the last decade and is the only state to win the business publication’s […]
Oglethorpe alumna Jennifer Heath ’99 is in the race for Mayor of the City of Brookhaven, home of her alma mater. The Business Administration and Computer Science major, who currently works in digital media design, has spent the last five years being a community advocate in the city, and now is taking her passion for […]
Politics and Economics major Lola Oyinloye ’21 was among students from across the U.S. selected to attend the recent 2019 Forbes Under 30 Scholar Summit in Detroit, Michigan—all expenses paid. Touted as the “world’s greatest event for entrepreneurs,” the annual Summit welcomed 1000 diverse college students and future leaders, looking to grow their network and […]
Personal finance website WalletHub puts Oglethorpe University in the top third of colleges and universities in the country, and top seven of Georgia, in its 2020 ranking of approximately 1,000 institutions to “determine the top-performing schools at the lowest possible costs to undergraduates.” The annual rankings look at 30 key measures, with the data set grouped […]
Oglethorpe welcomed Christian Fischer, President & CEO of Georgia-Pacific, for a conversation with President Larry Schall on “leadership in a global world.” Fluent in four languages and born and educated in Germany, Fischer started his Georgia-Pacific career in 1989 as a sales manager in Europe, and relocated to Atlanta in 1992. He was named Group […]
The Oglethorpe community is invited to “Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan,” an event sponsored by the Japanese Consulate in Atlanta and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 16, 2:00-3:30 p.m., in the OU Museum of Art. Hammack School of Business Dean Dennis Kelly will make opening remarks. Learn more about Japan’s contribution to […]
Oglethorpe’s Atlanta Laboratory for Learning (A_LAB) hosted its annual fall career fair, giving students and alumni the opportunity to connect with Atlanta’s top employers without leaving campus. Corporations and nonprofits of all sizes attend to find new talent for part-time and full-time positions and internships. This year, employers on campus included Chick-fil-A, Porsche, Sun Technologies, […]