Twenty-two members of the Oglethorpe University community, including students, faculty, staff, trustees and an alumna were tapped this week to be inducted into the national leadership honor society Omicron Delta Kappa: Dr. Lea Alford (Faculty) Andrew James Aycock Erin Raquel Battaglia Fatima-Ezzahra Boumahd Brian M. Coldren (Staff) Jasmine Darius Nyree S. Dowdy Samantha Joy Foster […]
“You know when you have that feeling, that intuition, that something just feels right? After taking a campus tour, I knew I was going to Oglethorpe.” Kathy Le ’17 felt a connection to OU from the very beginning, and after that campus visit, she began a three-year journey during which she learned about communication and […]
James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia, was born on December 22, 1696, in Yorkshire, England. After graduating from Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Oglethorpe began a military career in 1717, fighting against the Turks under Prince Eugene of Savoy. Championing the Oppressed From 1722 to 1743, Oglethorpe served in the British […]