College Consensus released its 2018 guide to the Top Consensus Ranked National Liberal Arts Colleges and Oglethorpe University is on the list. As College Consensus describes it, “the best liberal arts colleges in the nation keep the spirit of traditional college education alive, while reinventing the classical humanities and sciences for the 21st century. The top […]
Oglethorpe University was again named one of the best colleges in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. The well-known education services company lists Oglethorpe in its 2019 Best Colleges: Region by Region—recommended schools that are “academically outstanding and well worth consideration” in a college search. Only 143 colleges in 12 Southeastern states made the list. The Princeton […]
Oglethorpe University has received a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a four-year effort to diversify faculty in the humanities. The grant will provide funding for the appointment of faculty members. Oglethorpe previously received a three-year Mellon grant in 2014 to support “Explorations in the Core,” an initiative to innovate its […]
Rising sophomore Nyree Dowdy ’21 had a plan this summer: to get experience that mattered. In May, the museum studies major participated in the selective Mellon Summer Academy at the High Museum in Atlanta. Then, back in her native state of Virginia, Dowdy searched for an opportunity related to her future career field—and found the perfect summer job as a Colonial […]
As the bones of the new Cousins Center for Science and Innovation are put into place, the academic quad is quickly transforming. Steel framing of Cousins Center for Science and Innovation erected As the bones of the new Cousins Center for Science and Innovation are put into place, the academic quad is quickly transforming. And […]
“..it’s very rare for a school of our size to have a museum of this caliber,” said John Daniel Tilford, the museum’s curator. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) The exhibition “OUMA in Retrospect” now on view commemorates the 25th anniversary of Oglethorpe’s museum with a focus on the permanent collection, which has expanded 250 percent in just the […]
Dr. Glenn Sharfman, provost and vice president for academic affairs, has announced the new faculty for the 2018-2019 year, plus a number of notable academic position changes. New faculty for 2018-2019 are: Rebecca (Brooke) Bays (2018) Assistant Professor of Psychology M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University B.S., B.A., University of Georgia John Casey (2018) Instructor of […]
Engineering major Mateo Villa ’20 is the recipient of a McKee “Men of Action” Scholarship, a $2,500 award for his commitment to outstanding service to the community, presented annually by Delta Sigma Phi. According to the Delta Sigma Phi website, “the McKee Scholarship program is available thanks to the generosity of the late Hensel McKee, […]
Oglethorpe University mathematics major Zoe Nelson ’20 was among only five undergraduates who participated in Clemson University’s five-week intensive summer program, “preliminary Research Experience for Undergraduates” (pREU), focused on code-based cryptography. The team of budding mathematicians, led by Clemson’s Dr. Gretchen Matthews and assisted by Ph.D. student Rutuja Kshirsagar, studied finite fields, curves and other algebraic structures. They […]
Another one. Oglethorpe was again recognized by Colleges of Distinction, a national guide to colleges that highlights innovative learning opportunities at top schools, for the 2018-2019 academic year. To be designated a “college of distinction,” a school’s curriculum must emphasize such core competencies as critical thinking, writing, oral skills, research, and global perspectives. They must also offer […]