By Caroline Chamberlain ’19 and Ferrin Tinter ’20 Porsche Cars North America headquarters set the stage for Oglethorpe’s recent President’s Dinner, an annual event designed to recognize the university’s Board of Trustees, donors and alumni for their support. I enjoyed being able to network with alumni and others who love the university and who want […]
Studio art and film alumna Sable Elyse Smith ’11 will have the honor of being an Artist in Residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem for 2018 during its 50th anniversary year. Smith’s work is currently on view in the Studio Museum’s exhibition “Fictions”. Since 1968, The Studio Museum in Harlem has earned recognition for its […]
Alumnus bestowed civic award In early 2017, alumnus and trustee Cemal Özgörkey ’84 was named to the Order of Rio Branco by the Government of Brazil as a civil servant and honorary consul. A citizen of Turkey, Özgörkey was formally inducted during an October 17 ceremony in Istanbul, where he was presented with the Rio Branco Medal. Özgörkey […]
Oglethorpe is celebrating its annual Philanthropy Week, which seeks to build awareness and educate the campus community on the importance of giving and giving back. The events aim to promote a culture of gratitude among students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and Trustees, and to provide the community inspiration and ideas on how to “Make a […]
Oglethorpe University announced today the receipt of the largest gift in its 182-year history, valued at $50 million, from alumnus Q. William “Bill” Hammack, Jr. ’73 to establish a new School of Business, slated to open in the fall of 2019. This is the largest gift to a liberal arts and sciences university to establish a […]
Alumnus and Atlanta business leader Bill Hammack ’73 delivered the fall 2017 Rikard lecture on business-related topics. In September 2017, Mr. Hammack made a $50 million gift to establish the Q. William Hammack, Jr. School of Business, to open in fall 2019. Hammack, retired President & CEO of C.W. Matthews and a 1973 business graduate […]
From Ziggy the therapy dog to the visiting pups at the “Stress Free Zone” during finals week, one of the perks of attending Oglethorpe getting to share our campus with some cuddly classmates. At a school of animal lovers, it may not come as a surprise that alumna Lara Weinblatt ’16 co-founded Orphan Annie Rescue, a […]
A globally-recognized leadership program with the intent to create a better world is coming to Atlanta for the first time, and calling Oglethorpe home. The Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI), will be on campus October 16-17, 2017 for the highly-interactive training program. Born at Google and based on cutting-edge neuroscience research, SIYLI focuses on the […]
When Stephen Schmidt ’40 roamed the fields of Oglethorpe more than 75 years ago as a four-sport letterman, he probably couldn’t have envisioned the synthetic turf that now covers the soccer and lacrosse field. Or that the Schmidt Sport and Recreation Center would bear his name. And the thought of great-grandchildren knocking a ball around the same campus was […]
The Atlanta Jewish Times has named Oglethorpe alumnus Nathaniel Goldman ’11 among its “40 under 40” who are “helping make the Atlanta Jewish community better”. A former Student Government Association student body president, Goldman received his accounting degree at Oglethorpe and is now a certified public accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to the Times, “Goldman has been […]