The Student Engagement and Leadership Office (SEL), with the financial backing of SGA, is excited to announce a partnership with Campus Labs to facilitate a new platform for community engagement – OUConnect. Starting this fall, OUConnect will replace the SOURCE calendar and the Oglethorpe App to become a centralized place for the Oglethorpe Community to […]
Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and the author of the new book “State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State,“ will be on campus speaking on the current state of the Israel Palestinian discord and recent Middle East developments. Dr. Schanzer’s lecture […]
Author and Oglethorpe alumna Dr. Karen Head ’98 welcomes Oglethorpe President Larry Schall for a conversation about technology in higher education, the topic explored in Head’s new book, “Disrupt This!”. Open to the public, the event will be held in the Decatur Library Auditorium on August 9, 2017 at 7:15 p.m. Dr. Head (Ph.D. University of […]
For the third year in a row, Oglethorpe will host a college fair for Masters of Library Science programs this Saturday, July 29th from 2-3:30 PM in the Trustee Room in the TLCC. The event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Library Association New Members’ Round Table and the Metro-Atlanta Library Association. Anyone interested in pursuing […]
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 […]
Ashley Collins spends her days grooming and maintaining the landscape of Oglethorpe as head of grounds. She even affectionately refers to it as “my land.” Collins takes pride in her work on campus, especially when she is able to incorporate her other passion: disc golf. Disc golf is essentially played the same as traditional golf, with a […]
Civic Engagement Team Captains are highly valuable members of the Center for Civic Engagement. This is an important leadership position responsible for leading service projects. This includes orienting students, team building, project management, communication throughout the day, and leading reflection. This leadership opportunity allows you to exercise your leadership skills, take on responsibility within the […]
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 […]