The Oglethorpe Leadership Institute (OLI) is a four level, self-paced leadership certification program open to all students. Level 1, Self, explores personal foundations of leadership to enhance self-awareness. Level 2, Team, focuses on applying the self-awareness learned in year one to relationships that will ultimately heighten abilities to work collaboratively. Level 3, Community, applies systems thinking and the knowledge […]
As many students were still finding their way around campus and getting into the groove of college life, first-year Moliha Zabbar ’21 decided what better time to become an even bigger part of the Oglethorpe community. “I thought that being a leader on campus through a student organization would be a great opportunity to be […]
On Saturday, December 2, The Tower Literary Magazine hosted the biannual Night of the Arts in the TLCC Game Room. Open to any and all students and faculty, Night of the Arts—or, NoTA, as it is affectionately nicknamed—takes place once a semester and is a way for The Tower staff to highlight talents which cannot be […]
The Annual Boar’s Head Ceremony, one of Oglethorpe’s largest campus traditions, will be held on Friday, December 1, 8:00-9:30 p.m. in the Conant Performing Arts Center. Students may attend for free and tickets are available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Please bring your Petrel Pass with you to the Conant box office one hour […]
Students take Oglethorpe’ s mantra “make a difference” to heart. With the successful campus-wide Philanthropy Week wrapped up, student organizations are continuing their own fundraising efforts throughout the year. Here’s just a sample: Students Today Alumni Tomorrow, annually packs boxes for Operation Christmas Child using collected toys and gifts to donate to underprivileged children. This year STAT […]
Greetings from the Office of Alumni Relations! Our team, in coordination with STAT (Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow), is happy to be participating in Operation Christmas Child for the third year in a row. All week, we’ll be collecting items (acceptable items are listed below) that will be placed in shoe boxed sized gift boxes and sent to […]
For the first time in nearly three decades, a new chorale director will be conducting the University Singers during their fall concert, Contact Light! Dr. Timothy Michael Powell leads the student chorale group in “themes of light, darkness, and the journey into the unknown,” including two original compositions by Powell, one of which, “A World Without […]
The annual “Battle of Bloody Marsh” is named for the famous 1742 battle in which General Oglethorpe’s forces defeated the Spanish troops in South Georgia. Each year, a team of students and a team of faculty and staff meet to do battle … via tug-of-war. In a quick decision this year, students dethroned the reigning team of faculty […]
Sophomore Sydney Robert ’20, a sister of Chi Omega, was selected out of hundreds of applicants to attend the Nancy Walton Laurie Leadership Institute of Chi Omega in Memphis. The Institute helps to prepare women to lead in their communities, work places, homes, and in Chi Omega. As one of only 30 Chi Omega members nationwide to […]
Coinciding with Food Truck Friday, The Battle of Bloody Marsh is a tradition pitting students versus faculty and staff in a tug-o-war match. Dating back more than 20 years, the tradition commemorates a significant day for Oglethorpe’s namesake. Founded deep in Georgia’s earliest history, the real Battle of Bloody Marsh occurred in July 1742. The battle took place […]