Anthony Ray Hinton – Oglethorpe Day 2019 Prison reform advocate Anthony Ray Hinton speaks in the Conant Performing Arts Center during Oglethorpe Day 2019. Hinton spent 30 years on Alabama’s death row before being exonerated and released in 2015. Among our beloved traditions, Oglethorpe Day annually celebrates the university’s namesake, General James Edward Oglethorpe, with the […]
Communications studies major and future journalist Julissa Canas Escobar served as editor of The Stormy Petrel campus newspaper for two years, and now her latest internship with the Decatur Book Festival has her turning the next page. The graduating senior first learned of the opportunity from Oglethorpe’s Atlanta Laboratory for Learning. Erin Sherrill, director of career development, and Dr. […]
Oglethorpe University and Mercer University have partnered to offer a 4+1 Bridge Program in Education, which began at the start of the spring semester in January. The new program provides Oglethorpe undergraduates the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree from Oglethorpe and a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) degree from Mercer, as well as […]
The Oglethorpe athletic department is pleased to announce the hiring of 2015 Oglethorpe alumna Anna (DiSalvo) Braun as its new head volleyball coach, effective immediately. Braun comes to the Stormy Petrels with a wealth of experience in Atlanta-area collegiate and club volleyball. She served as the head volleyball coach at Agnes Scott College in nearby […]
The Oglethorpe University Singers have been invited to China July 16 – 24, 2019 for performances at the Xi’an International Choral Festival and on the Great Wall in Beijing—and the Oglethorpe community has the chance to accompany them on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure! This rare invitation was extended by Dr. Tim Sharp, executive director of the American […]
Most Atlantans only glimpse Peachtree Creek briefly from Piedmont or Peachtree Roads as they pass over it on their daily commute, if at all. However, with the advent of vigorous community organizing and outreach, several advocacy groups have brought new awareness to Peachtree Creek and are committed to educating the public and preserving the creek. […]
To ring in Chinese New Year, Affiliate Artist in Voice and Instructor Dr. Wanda Yang Temko wrote, produced, and hosted “The Year of the Pig: A Joyful Celebration” for KALW public radio in San Francisco. The hour-long special celebrates the holiday’s history, rituals, and traditions alongside traditional Chinese music. The Chinese Lunar Year of the Pig begins on February […]
Athletics play a major role in a university like Oglethorpe. More than 25-percent of the student body has been a part of at least one team while enrolled. And while many teams have experienced great success — such as the men’s soccer team which has captured four consecutive conference championships, or sophomore Jacob Hadden who became the first […]
The Oglethorpe women’s basketball team moved into the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division III top 25 this week, entering the poll tied for 25th. It marked the program’s first national ranking since the end of the 2008-09 season, when they finished tied for eighth in the WBCA poll and ninth in the D3hoops.com poll. […]
Class of 2011’s Malika Whitley continues to make a difference in Atlanta with ChopArt, the nonprofit she founded for homeless teens “to help them build community, cope, and heal” through the arts. And her efforts are getting national recognition. Most recently, Today.com highlighted Whitley’s outreach to homeless youth in the city. This month, Whitley […]