August 30, 2017 was a rainy summer day at Oglethorpe University. As 6:30 p.m. rolled around and the little warmth of the day began to set with the sun, students vacated campus for the safety of their dorms; all, that is, except for the students who tucked themselves away inside the Earl Dolive Theater to […]
The Alliance Theatre will be a traveling company during its upcoming season, which will open with its production of Shakespeare in Love at the Conant Performing Arts Center August 30-September 24, 2017. Among the cast of professional thespians, three Oglethorpe students – Meredith Myers ’18, Alex Oakley ’19, Gillian Rabin ’19 – will grace the […]
Paste Magazine recently named the best theatre cities in the country, and to no surprise, included Atlanta on the list. Here’s what they had to say: “Yes, new tax incentives from Georgia have made Atlanta the new place to shoot blockbuster superhero movies and zombie TV shows. This is good news for everyone in the […]
The Urban Smash disc golf tournament at Oglethorpe University The inaugural Urban Smash is the first disc golf even held on the campus of Oglethorpe University. Ashley Collins and the Atlanta Women’s Disc Golf Club hosted the event, which raised funds for the Piedmont School of Atlanta. Ashley Collins spends her days grooming and maintaining […]
Jessica Handler, an award-winning author and professor at Oglethorpe, is putting her professional writing connections in Atlanta to use to help aspiring student writers. Broadleaf Writers Association, based in Decatur, Ga., offered a full scholarship—open only to Oglethorpe students—to attend their two-day annual writers conference in September and to receive a one-year association membership. Applicants were […]
Oglethorpe welcomed Senator Johnny Isakson (GA-R) to campus for an event that celebrated national Constitution Day and connected our political past, present, and future. Senator Isakson spoke on the topic of foreign policy and officially opened the permanent exhibition of the John and Camilla Comerford Collection: Political Memorabilia (1933-2012) in the Weltner Library. The collection, donated by James and Camilla […]
With the 2016 U.S. presidential election fast approaching, we see bumper stickers proudly pasted on cars, signs popping up in yards, and political ads proliferating various media outlets. Their immediate purpose, of course, is to rally support and show allegiances, and for candidates to communicate their message and vision. But, these items remain relevant long after […]
This annual tradition honors our university’s namesake, James Edward Oglethorpe. Held in February, Oglethorpe Day commemorates the anniversary of General Oglethorpe’s arrival to the new world in Savannah, Ga. Learn more at oglethorpe.edu/oglethorpeday
The 2015 Oglethorpe University commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 16 at 9:00 a.m. on the academic quadrangle of campus. Oglethorpe President Lawrence M. Schall and Board of Trustees Chair Ceree Eberly, Chief People Officer at The Coca-Cola Company, will preside over the commencement ceremony for approximately 170 graduates. During the ceremony, Oglethorpe […]
It has been said that Oglethorpe University died at Gettysburg. When all the young scholars went off to war, faculty were dispersed, the endowment invested in Confederate bonds, and the buildings used as barracks and hospitals and later burned, Old Oglethorpe in Midway, Georgia, was no more. Nescit Cedere! Oglethorpe and its supporters did not […]