Chris (C. Will) Williams ’21 recently released his debut album “South Union” under FYE Productions. The deluxe version of the album is set to release before the end of the year. “All the way up until a week before the release of the album, I had songs that needed to be re-recorded,” Williams said about […]
Oglethorpe’s Director of Music Brent Runnels and Affiliate Artist in Voice Wanda Yang-Temko participated in a video recording of “For Justice and Peace,” a new program by award-winning double bass soloist and composer Xavier Foley, that is commentary on social justice issues. Donning masks and performing in a large concert space, both OU professors lent their vocal […]
The second CORE Lecture of the Fall semester will be held virtually on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. and will be given by Dr. Lily Khadjavi, professor of mathematics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Titled “Social Justice Mathematics: Policing and the Issue of Racial Profiling,” this upcoming lecture will use data from […]
International Education Week (IEW) will be celebrated November 16-20, 2020 throughout the U.S.—and at Oglethorpe University. IEW, a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education, celebrates the value and benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. It’s also is an opportunity to promote programs that not only prepare Americans for a global […]
Oglethorpe’s Student Government Association (SGA) is hosting its second annual Diversity Week, a tradition founded by the current SGA President Taylor Roberts ’21 and this year led by Junior Class Senator Courtland Davis ’22. Davis collaborated with Natasha Byrd, associate director of residence life, Essence Washington, associate director of the counseling center, and OU’s Student […]
Oglethorpe University freshman Kimberly Heard was recently featured in a short documentary on Yahoo Finance about managing her full-ride scholarship. In the documentary, Heard and her family discuss her experience working towards college as a first-generation college student. Heard has always had a laser-focused motivation towards what she wanted to achieve. By the time she […]
The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art has announced the premiere of its 360-degree virtual tour. Fully immersive and high-definition, the tour allows the user to get up close to the exhibitions and learn more about each piece through informative pop-ups. In March, OUMA closed its doors to in-person visitors due to COVID-19 precautions. With the […]
W.E.B. Du Bois was one of a handful of scholars of the 20th century with a sustained global impact on sociological, literary, and political knowledge. In this installment of the Core lecture series, Aldon Morris, Ph.D. draws on evidence from his recent multiple award-winning book, “The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of […]
In a creative twist on live performance, Oglethorpe University Theatre will present an original, virtual program titled Cultivating Brave Spaces: an exploration of race, equity and visions for the future. Performed live and completely online, Cultivating Brave Spaces is a show that explores the emotions and experiences of younger generations during the current period of social unrest […]
As part of her Girl Scouts Gold Award project, Randi Parks ’24 recently hosted an event to explore the issue of voter suppression. The freshman facilitated a panel discussion with Teresa Hardy, NAACP DeKalb Branch President, community organizer and social advocate Nia Alvarez-Mapp, and ACLU Georgia representative Rahul Garabadu. “Not only did I exceed my goal […]