This week, Oglethorpe University’s Omicron Delta Kappa Circle tapped 19 students and one staff member to join the highly selective national leadership honor society. The new ODK members will be officially inducted on Friday, Dec. 2, as part of Oglethorpe’s annual Boar’s Head events. This year’s initiates are: Kaitlyn Bassett Kirsten Carroll Benton Cogar Maria […]
National Transgender Week of Awareness will feature daily events Nov. 13-19 designed to raise awareness, educate and celebrate the lives and contributions of transgender people. The week’s events at OU are sponsored by OUtlet, the LGBTQ+ student organization at Oglethorpe, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art […]
Oglethorpe University recently held a campus-wide celebration of first-generation students to give special recognition to the courage and diligence of those who have undertaken the journey to be the first person in their family to attend college. Oglethorpe University is one of 50 institutions nationwide — and one of only two in Georgia — to […]
Last weekend, Oglethorpe University students, faculty and staff joined the City of Atlanta for one of the largest celebrations of the LGBTQ+ community in the country: Atlanta Pride. After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the beloved festival returned this year as vibrant as ever, bringing together people and communities from across the […]
Dylan Whitney is the Interim Director of Campus Safety. Vehicle safety is important! So far this semester we’ve had numerous vehicle accidents on campus, from small “fender benders” in parking lots, to higher damage accidents that totaled vehicles completely. All of these accidents could have been prevented with just a few small changes. Plus, nobody […]
Oglethorpe University President Nick Ladany continued to stand by the Oglethorpe students and students across the country whose immigration status is covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit released its decision Oct. 6, 2022, in the Texas v. United States case affirming a lower […]
Oglethorpe University enrolled a record 425 first-year students Fall Semester, the largest freshman class in the university’s 187-year history. The class swelled overall enrollment to its highest level ever as well reaching 1,494. “We’re glad so many students are finding a home at Oglethorpe,” said President Nick Ladany. “The message that Oglethorpe is a place […]
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 […]
On Monday, the first-ever cohort of OU Changemakers, led by Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Dr. Laura Renée Chandler, reflected on their semester-long experience in the inaugural program. The theme for this year’s program was “building cultural understanding through critical dialogue.” Over the past several months, the 19 Changemakers met weekly to hone their skills […]
Jordyn Billings ‘22 is a sociology major and communications minor. “I’m the kind of person that enjoys dressing up every day. I’m big on not just having ‘special occasion’ outfits, because I think life is a special occasion. Especially if you’ve had a lot of difficulties in life, going forth prepared for the day as […]