Junior and senior Accounting students had the chance to practice their skills in Oglethorpe’s first Intermediate Accounting II Case Competition, held on campus in April. “More than ever before, accounting students need to find ways to stand out in the marketplace and demonstrate their ability to do more than crunch numbers,” said assistant professor of accounting Dr. Floran […]
The annual Honors & Awards Convocation recognizes those who have excelled in academics and community service and engagement at Oglethorpe during the academic year. Congratulations to the following 2017 awards recipients: OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN STUDIO ART Abigail Kreisinger ART HISTORY AWARD Larissa Randall VALINE MUSIC PRIZE Katherine Carey UNIVERSITY SINGER OF THE YEAR Karl Dickey […]
The Student Loan Report has ranked Oglethorpe University #83 in its Top 250 Private Colleges that Give Students the Least Private Student Debt Report. Using Peterson’s Financial Aid Data set-2015, Student Loan Report calculated a list of the top 250 private colleges in relation to private student debt. Private student debt refers to loans taken out through […]
Congratulations to the newest inductees into the Oglethorpe chapter of Sigma Zeta National Science and Mathematics Honor Society: Delaney Abood Yasmin Anderson Kayla Matta Arman Niknafs Karina Pinal Iris Ponce Ashlee Tolbert Kelly Jacobson ’17 is chapter president and Dr. Mariel Meier, assistant professor of physics, serves as their advisor. Sigma Zeta is a national undergraduate honor […]
Oglethorpe University was recently invited to send student ambassadors “who are passionate and knowledgeable about sustainability” to the City of Atlanta Office of Sustainability’s first Student Ambassador Roundtable, an initiative to help promote collaboration and sustainability awareness in the Atlanta community. Oglethorpe participants included current student Madeleine Tulk ’19 and recent graduate Tate Davis ’16. The […]
The U.S. Department of Education recently released its annual financial responsibility composite scores for private colleges and universities, awarding Oglethorpe the highest score of 3.0. Based on audited financial reports from 2014-15, these scores measure a school’s overall financial strength and help to determine their eligibility to award federal financial aid. Scores may range from […]
Studio art and art history major Larissa Randall ’18 has interned at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art since January 2016. During the spring ’17 semester, she contributed to the curation of Hattie Saussy: Rediscovery of an Artist, an exhibition on view through June 11, and conducted original research for the retrospective exhibition of Saussy’s work. Her […]
Sigmund a.k.a. Ziggy, a rescue dog turned therapy dog, joined the Counseling Center staff at Oglethorpe during the fall semester. He offers comfort and brings smiles wherever he goes!
Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that nearly 1.2 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV, and Atlanta is ranked fifth in the nation for estimated cases of AIDS. To expand prevention efforts, the U.S. Office of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the CDC, established the High-Impact HIV […]
Oglethorpe University’s College Democrats hosted Georgia’s Democratic 6th District candidate, Jon Ossoff, drawing a capacity crowd in the Turner Lynch Campus Center today, despite the inclement weather. Oglethorpe alumna and Georgia State Representative Dar’shun Kendrick ’04 was on hand to help welcome Ossoff and his campaign team to campus. Ossoff is running to replace previous 6th […]