Looking to learn something new or brush up on a skill? Maybe you want to get better at one of the programs in the Adobe Suite that you’ll use in class. Or maybe you want to learn how to work better with teams or lead a group. LinkedIn Learning can help you. Oglethorpe University students, […]
Oglethorpe University’s Muslim Student Association is gearing up for a new semester of in-person activities including social events and opportunities to learn more about Islamic culture. The MSA was founded by students Olivia Ramlawy ’22 and Nour Meselhi ’21 in fall 2020. Fellow Petrels Ashrakat Hassan ’24 and Mariama Abdoul-Majeed ’23 helped to get the club up and running and […]
Brookhaven City Council has appointed Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Director Elizabeth Peterson to the new Brookhaven Arts and Culture Commission. The commission is comprised of city residents and arts and culture professionals who will advise the City Council on arts projects and lead the implementation of Brookhaven’s arts and culture master plan. Adopted by […]
As I was growing up in rural Northwest Georgia, I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to be, but I knew what I loved — to make music, write, read, paint, and learn about other cultures. An eternal jack of all trades, I didn’t know at the time that I was actually a burgeoning humanities […]
For the fifth consecutive year, Fiske Guide to Colleges has included Oglethorpe University on its annual list of the Top 20 “Best Buy” colleges and universities. Oglethorpe is once again the only school in Georgia—public or private—to make Fiske’s selection of 10 private and 10 public colleges and universities nationwide. For 38 years, the Fiske […]
To close out Pride Month, Oglethorpe University welcomed two guest speakers to discuss the history of pride and the LGBTQ+ community in Atlanta: Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs Malik Brown and Georgia State Representative Matthew Wilson, who is the second openly gay man to be elected to the Georgia legislature. Malik Brown is an LGBTQ advocate and […]
Students serving on the recently-formed Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Student Diversity Committee have selected and purchased their first acquisitions. The two works by Dominican American artist Pilar Martínez will be added to OUMA’s growing permanent collection. The OUMA Student Diversity Committee was created in June 2020 as part of Oglethorpe University’s expanded commitment to […]
I still cringe thinking back to my first college fair in high school, talking to a college admission counselor who asked me the one question I dreaded: “What do you want to major in?” Panicking, I said the first one that came to my mind, only to be told the college—one of my top choices—didn’t […]
Oglethorpe University’s President Nick Ladany has once again been included among the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Who’s Who in Education, an annual list of the top 100 leaders at colleges, universities, and schools in metro Atlanta. The business publication noted: “Georgia is home to some of the country’s top education facilities, which attract both top education […]
Oglethorpe University and Actor’s Express are teaming up to co-produce “Heathers: The Musical,” as part of the professional theatre company’s upcoming 34th season. The show, based on the 1989 movie starring Winona Ryder, will run from Sept. 29 – Oct. 17 in Oglethorpe’s Conant Performing Arts Center and will feature OU theatre students alongside professional […]