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Dear Oglethorpe Community, It is with great humility and sadness that we reach out to you as protests unfold in the aftermath of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. These senseless deaths and the continued crisis of racism-fueled violence in America has caused immeasurable suffering and pain. Watching the endless stream […]

Dear Oglethorpe Community: Greetings from the President’s Office. As this pandemic brought our semester on campus to a halt, I have been amazed at how our faculty and staff have come together to deliver the Oglethorpe academic experience remotely. Not only have our students and faculty adapted the classroom experience to a virtual environment with […]

Have you ever come across wildlife at the beach and wondered what to do? You are not alone, according to biology student Alex Prots ’20. Prots’ assistance with faculty-led research on spinner dolphin conservation policy took her to the coasts of Hawaii. There, she learned that wildlife, specifically Hawaiian spinner dolphins, were being treated poorly […]

Ken Sugiura’s article on the Oglethorpe women’s basketball team, featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s State Report section, tells the story of a heartbreaking end to a record season: When the coronavirus hit, Oglethorpe’s basketball team lost a dream season March 12 began as well as could be hoped for the Oglethorpe University women’s basketball team. […]

Tune in Thursday, April 9 at 9 p.m. for the two-episode premiere of Shaq Life, a new TNT series—and keep an eye out for an Oglethorpe University cameo! Camera crews captured footage for the new series during the university’s 2019 commencement ceremony. Shaq Life follows the superstar renaissance man as he “explores his passions off […]

Oglethorpe opens film studies program The state’s longest-serving college president, Larry Schall, plans to leave his post at Oglethorpe University after spending 15 years improving the Brookhaven institution. The student body has mushroomed from about 800 to more than 1,300 last fall, and he expects the incoming 2020 class to be even bigger. Presidential Announcement […]

A message to seniors from President Schall No Description Due to circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 virus, we are saddened to have to cancel the in-person 2020 commencement exercises scheduled for May 9, 2020. A planning group of senior class officers and student leaders are meeting to develop alternate ways to celebrate, which may include the ability […]

In March, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution spotlighted Oglethorpe’s new Film and Media Studies major and minor. Oglethorpe opens film studies program The state’s longest-serving college president, Larry Schall, plans to leave his post at Oglethorpe University after spending 15 years improving the Brookhaven institution. The student body has mushroomed from about 800 to more than 1,300 […]

Dear Residents, As you read in the President’s notice, we are suspending classes for the week of March 16th and going to a full online class schedule starting March 23rd for the rest of the semester.  At this time, residence halls are open.  We want to make sure students that want and need to be […]

From President Schall: Dear Oglethorpe Community, I write today to share important information for the Oglethorpe community regarding the fluid and rapidly changing COVID-19 situation. Let me begin by saying how appreciative I am for all the dedicated faculty and staff in our community who have tirelessly researched best practices for responding to the situation […]