Dr. Kathryn McClymond, provost and vice president for academic affairs, recently announced new full-time and part-time faculty members for the 2022-2023 academic year, plus notable academic position changes. Faculty Promotions Dr. Brooke Bays promoted to Associate Professor of Psychology with tenure Dr. Linda deCamp promoted to Assistant Professor, Mathematics (tenure-track) Dr. Iona Wynter Parks promoted to […]
Oglethorpe University has appointed Dr. Leroy Carson, Jr. as the founding director of an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center within the Q. William Hammack, Jr. School of Business. Currently in the initial planning stages, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center will serve Oglethorpe students, both business majors and aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as metro Atlanta entrepreneurs. “While […]
Construction was recently completed on “Petey’s Garden,” a community garden outside the Turner Lynch Campus Center. Consisting of four raised beds and a small greenhouse, the garden will be a place where the Oglethorpe community can grow affordable and low-impact food, learn new horticultural skills, and support campus biodiversity. Overseen by Director of Environmental Studies […]
The Princeton Review has once again recognized Oglethorpe University as one of the Best Colleges in the Southeast. The well-known education services company included Oglethorpe in its 2023 Best Colleges Region by Region — recommended schools that are “academically outstanding and well worth consideration” in a college search. Only 143 colleges in 12 Southeastern states […]
Oglethorpe University has announced Shanequa Gay as its inaugural visual artist-in-residence for the 2022-23 academic year. As part of her residency, the internationally-acclaimed Atlanta artist will present lectures and special events for the Oglethorpe community and host guest artists and curators on campus. In addition, a studio space dedicated to the program — and future artists-in-residence […]
With the start of classes just around the corner, 26 Oglethorpe faculty attended the “Inclusive Pedagogy Core School,” a training workshop organized as a collaboration between the Core Program, co-directed by Dr. Kathleen Peters and Dr. Stephen Herschler Mattern, and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, led by Dr. Laura Renée Chandler. Over the course of […]
Congratulations to the 492 Oglethorpe University students whose academic performance during the Spring 2022 semester merits recognition on the Dean’s Academic Honors List! This designation is one of the university’s most prestigious honors and distinguishes those scholars who achieved at least a 3.50 term grade-point average while earning 12 or more semester hours. “I applaud […]
The Fiske Guide to Colleges has named Oglethorpe University to its annual top 20 list of “Best Buy” colleges and universities nationwide for the sixth consecutive year. Comprised of 10 private and 10 public colleges and universities, the list recognizes a select group of schools noted for quality academic offerings and affordable cost. These are […]
Oglethorpe University alumni have come together to form the Oglethorpe Black Alumni Network (OBAN), which officially launched during Alumni Weekend in April 2022. Mentorship, scholarship, and community are at the heart of this new affinity group, founded by Black alumni who graduated between 2008 and 2019. “I wanted to take advantage of the relationships and […]
To the Class of 2022 — you did it! Congratulations to the 260+ graduates honored at the May 21 Commencement ceremony. Check out photos and video from this year’s ceremony below. Beatriz Perez, senior vice president and chief communications, sustainability and strategic partnerships officer for The Coca-Cola Company, was the guest speaker and honorary degree […]