Oglethorpe University is once again ranked among the best National Liberal Arts Colleges by the U.S. News & World Report. Released this week, the annual Best Colleges rankings include the top 211 liberal arts colleges in the nation. Additionally, Oglethorpe is designated a “top performer in social mobility,” ranking #120 among liberal arts schools in […]
The Princeton Review has once again recognized Oglethorpe University as one of the Best Colleges in the South. The well-known education services company included Oglethorpe in its 2024 Best Colleges: Region by Region — recommended schools that are “academically outstanding and well worth consideration” in a college search. Oglethorpe is among just 109 colleges in the […]
Oglethorpe University is included in the latest edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges, a bestselling compilation of the top 300+ institutions in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Now in its 40th year, the Fiske Guide highlights the “best and most interesting” colleges and universities. Striving to be “helpful, honest, and straightforward” in its […]
This summer, recent film and media studies graduate India Martin ’23 took to the speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina as part of NASCAR‘s Diversity Internship Program. Martin interned with 36 other undergraduate and graduate students in the highly-competitive 10-week program, which selects a diverse group of young professionals to gain valuable career experience alongside industry […]
Spring semester ended with a dose of first-hand knowledge for students in Dr. Cassandra Copeland’s ECO 423: The Economics of Antitrust Law class. Dr. Narin Smith, founder of the consulting firm MSR Research and Analytics, visited campus and spoke on the nature of utility generation, transmission, and distribution at Georgia Power as a vertically integrated […]
The annual Liberal Arts and Sciences Symposium brings together the university community in a week-long celebration of exemplary analytic and creative work produced by Oglethorpe students during the academic year. The week kicked off with a keynote address from Atlanta-based author Anjali Enjeti, who discussed how literature and storytelling captures the enduring trauma of Partition — […]
Oglethorpe University’s Hammack School of Business welcomed Julien and Kiersten Saunders on April 4 to deliver this semester’s Rikard Lecture. The Saunders are authors of “Cashing Out: Win the Wealth Game By Walking Away,” named a Best Personal Finance book of 2022 by Business Insider. They are also the creative voices behind the blog richandregular.com, […]
The spring semester is full of hands-on learning opportunities, but perhaps no class has as much at stake as the “BUS-290-003 Special Topics in Business Administration: Student Led Investment Fund.” Funded by a generous $100,000 gift from a donor, the new Hammack School of Business investment fund course is allowing students to make investment decisions […]
The Oglethorpe University Board of Trustees voted Feb. 17 to approve a proposed Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program, which is pending approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) with final approval expected in June. Once approved, the program would begin in Fall Semester 2023 with participation limited […]
Being a leader, for me, has always been about making an impact and giving back, while inspiring others to do the same. My name is Amina Sahovic ’24 and I am a business administration major at Oglethorpe University. Over the past year, my passion for business has led me to start a new chapter of […]