Thirteen Oglethorpe students have received undergraduate research awards from Oglethorpe’s Student Research Development Fund, distributed annually. The students are majoring in a range of disciplines, including biology, biopsychology, psychology, chemistry, English, and mathematics. Funding applications were evaluated by a committee comprised of Dr. Lea Alford, Eli Arnold ’06, Dr. Nick Bujak, Dr. Beth Concepción, Alyssa Kowis, Dr. […]
Oglethorpe students again chose to take the “hardest math test in the world.” Even with finals right around the corner, six Petrels faced the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition on Saturday, December 1. Around 4,000 undergraduates participate in the competition each year. The participants work individually on six challenging math problems over two three-hour sessions, 12 total […]
Senior Max Hannon has always had a destination, but not a map. “For years and years, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do,” Hannon said. “But I’ve always wanted to travel.” Through a series of connections made via Oglethorpe, Hannon will achieve his goal when he graduates this month, and joins Deloitte New […]
Georgia Ensemble Theatre is bringing the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical “Million Dollar Quartet,” directed by Chris Damiano, to the Conant Performing Arts Center, December 14, 2018 – January 12, 2019. Based on the book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott, Million Dollar Quartet is inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ […]
Dr. Stephen Herschler’s Core class, in collaboration with the Atlanta Laboratory for Learning (A_LAB), recently hit the road to learn first-hand from some of Atlanta’s most historically relevant places: the Carter Presidential Library and Museum and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. The group also toured Dr. King’s birth home and […]
During the recent exhibition OUMA in Retrospect: Celebrating 25 Years, a work in the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art’s permanent collection by artist Paul Cornoyer hung next to another one of his works, New York Trolley, a piece that belongs to senior Brad Firchow. Firchow, who serves as student body president, began collecting art when he was 13—mostly furniture pieces […]
A Modern Architecture class led by Interdisciplinary Studies Coordinator Dr. Jeffrey Collins recently took a visit to the active construction site of the I.W. “Ike” Cousins Center for Science and Innovation to see the building process firsthand, from the foundation to outfitting of laboratories and classrooms. Students were led by Brasfield & Gorie Project Manager Bo […]
Careers in Communications: Sports Careers in Communications: Sports panel hosted by Oglethorpe’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter. Featuring Adreinne Midgley, Sr. Manager of Baseball Communications for the Atlanta Braves; Sam Crenshaw, weekend morning host on sports radio 92.9 The Game and broadcaster for GPB Sports and Georgia State Athletics; and Michael Braxton, […]
The Oglethorpe museum’s newest exhibition, “When East Meets West: Three Centuries of Artistic Discourse,” has given students studying international politics and Asian studies the chance to expand their scope into the arts. “When I heard this exhibit was coming with its connections between East and West, I definitely thought, ‘I need to make use of […]
The annual “Battle of Bloody Marsh” is named for the famous 1742 battle in which General Oglethorpe’s forces defeated the Spanish troops in South Georgia. Each fall, a team of students and a team of faculty and staff meet to do battle …via tug-of-war. Having lost the “battle” for the first time in ages last year, the faculty/staff […]