(Atlanta, December 9, 2014) – Oglethorpe University has been awarded a $5,000 grant to participate in the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) Georgia Young Adult Program. This is the sixth consecutive year Oglethorpe has received this grant. In an effort to reduce the number of young adult driver crashes, injuries and fatalities, the Governor’s […]
(Atlanta, September 16, 2014) – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has selected Oglethorpe University to receive a sizable three-year grant to support its “Explorations in the Core,” program, which evaluates and implements innovations in the Oglethorpe Core curriculum. The grant is awarded through the foundation’s Liberal Arts Colleges Program. Oglethorpe’s award-winning, innovative core curriculum has […]
Arlés del Rio, Untitled from the series Esperando que caigan las cosas del cielo or Deporte nacional (Hoping That Things Fall from the Sky or National Sport), 2012. Shelley and Donald Rubin Private Collection. September 4, 2014 – The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art is pleased to present STEALING BASE: Cuba at Bat, a visual exploration of baseball through the varied perspectives of […]
Development to feature 374 apartment homes, classroom space, and community park Campus expansion to accommodate Oglethorpe’s enrollment growth (Note: The project was later renamed Gables Brookhaven.) (Atlanta, September 3, 2014) — Oglethorpe University and Gables Residential, Inc., a real estate development company headquartered in Atlanta, have partnered to construct Gables Oglethorpe, a mixed-use luxury apartment […]
Oglethorpe pledges to increase student study abroad participation by 40% Oglethorpe launches GO:Rome study abroad center in summer 2014 May 21, 2014 – Oglethorpe University has pledged to join the Institute of International Education (IIE)’s Generation Study Abroad initiative to double the number of American students who study abroad by the end of the decade. […]
(ATLANTA, GA) – The 2014 Oglethorpe University Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 17 at 9:00 a.m. on the academic quadrangle of the campus, at 4484 Peachtree Road, N.E, in Atlanta, Ga. Oglethorpe University President Lawrence M. Schall and Board of Trustees Chair Norman P. Findley will preside over the commencement ceremony for […]
March 11, 2014 The exhibitions OPTIC CHIASM: The Crossing Over of Art & Science, an Atlanta Science Festival event, and BLIND/SIGHT: Conversations with the Visually Inspired will be on view at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art from March 22 through May 4, 2014. OPTIC CHIASM: The Crossing over of Art & Science, an exhibition […]
Contact: Renee Vary, 404-364-8868 or [email protected] (ATLANTA, GA) – Following a nationwide search, Oglethorpe University has selected Dr. Glenn Sharfman as its new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Sharfman comes to Oglethorpe from Manchester University (North Manchester, Ind.), where he has been Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of […]