Latest Student Life
Sep
07
Student Represents OU at National Leadership Conference
Student Jan Sexton '12, a mathematics major, is pictured with Dr. Herschler and Betty Slater, director of public relations for AAUW's Atlanta chapter, during a visit to Oglethorpe.
The annual conference was held in Washington, D.C. and Jan attended as a representative of the University and the Atlanta chapter of AAUW. Jan was recommended by Oglethorpe Provost Dr. Steven Herschler and received a scholarship from AAUW’s Atlanta branch to supplement her trip to D.C.
AAUW’s mission is to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research, with the goal of breaking through educational and economic barriers that women often face in their academic, professional, and personal lives.
Jan will discuss her conference experience at an Atlanta AAUW gathering on Sunday, September 12 at 2:30 p.m. in the Grenwald Room in the Emerson Student Center on the Oglethorpe University campus.
To learn more about AAUW and its mission, visit aauw.org.
Aug
31
Cartoon Network on Location at Oglethorpe…and Looking for Extras
Did you know? The character Oglethorpe from Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force was named after Oglethorpe University. His fellow Plutonian, Emory, was named after our neighbor Atlanta university.
This Wednesday, September 1, the Cartoon Network will be on the Oglethorpe campus filming a music video intro for Tower Prep, a new live action show coming to the Cartoon Network in October.
A band will perform the show’s intro song on stage in the midst of small pyrotechnics and a crowd of “fans.” OU students, this could be you!
For this exciting shoot, extras are needed to make up the “crowd.” All are welcome, but you must be 18 or older. Guys need to wear khaki or grey cargo pants, if you have them, and girls should wear a school uniform-like pleated skirt, if possible. If not, wear jeans.
Set-up will begins in the late afternoon and cameras will roll from 9 p.m. until approximately 1 a.m. If you’re interested in being an extra in the video, gather on the lawn by Lupton Hall, in front of the keyhole turnaround at 8 p.m. The video shoot will take place in front of the Library on the Quad.
Aug
30
Quadfest Marks End of First Week of Classes
It is nothing short of beautiful to see our campus so vibrant and alive again after the quieter summer, and the quaint academic quadrangle is an ideal setting for gatherings in the OU Community. On Friday afternoon, it was alive with Quadfest 2010, a fitting way to celebrate a successful first week of classes and a foreshadowing of a wonderful school year in the making.
Quadfest was put on by the Oglethorpe Student Association’s Programming Board, who knew exactly how to appeal to the student body, with multiple activities and free, catered food. In senior Campbell Walker’s words: “they had Moe’s Southwestern Grill—that’s huge!”
“I love any activity on the quad because it brings out all of the students and unifies everyone. I got to see a lot of people I hadn’t yet this semester,” praised sophomore Tyler Herndon.
A bungee trampoline dominated the quad and I watched the thrilled expressions on students’ faces as their bodies catapulted into the air. “It was magical. I felt like a real petrel flying in the air,” joked Sean Lovett. Another popular activity was riding the classic mechanical bull. Freshman Katie Cornelison laughed, “The bull was hilarious because the people who marched up to it with confidence were thrown off within seconds. It seems that those who really rocked it were surprisingly the shy people.” A few yards away, boys were competing against each other in a moonwalk race.
For the less rambunctious students, there was a craft tent where they could make Pop Art and airbrushed tee-shirts. Junior Kimberly Overmier said, “I liked that there was a creative activity because it was an accurate representation of the many artistic and crafty people that come to our liberal arts school,” as she proudly held up her colorful airbrushed tee with a pinwheel design.
Quadfest 2010 was yet another successful event rich with camaraderie and school spirit. I felt a surge of affection for my beloved Oglethorpe as I watched the freshmen mingle and build connections that they’ve yet to realize will last them a lifetime.
Photos by Armanda Colson ‘11 andChloey Mayo ‘10.
Aug
26
A Look Back at Orientation Week…
RAs beat the heat in Traer on move-in day.
Upperclassmen help freshmen get settled in Dempsey.
Orientation is a family affair.
President Schall pitches in at Grant Park Day of Service.
OU Day of Service at Grant Park
Enjoying the outdoors at Zoo Atlanta
Party!
Kick Off a New Season with OU Theatre
Oglethorpe’s Theatre Department is starting the year off right by welcoming new Theatre Director/Visiting Assistant Professor Matt Huff and by offering ways for both Theatre and non-theatre majors to get involved.
The 2010 Season kicks off this week with Georgia Shakespeare’s “Welcome Back” Mixer for OU Students on Wednesday, August 25 at 6 pm in the Conant Performing Arts Center. (Georgia Shakespeare is Oglethorpe’s professional theatre in residence.) Come schmooze and eat pizza with the GA Shakes staff, OU Theatre faculty and students and learn about the exciting theatrical opportunities available to you this year.
Immediately following the mixer, auditions for Stop Kiss by Diana Son and Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton will be held from 7:30-10 pm in Rehearsal Room A (third floor of Conant). All actors are welcome! Auditions will consist of cold readings of scenes from the scripts that will be provided. Not familiar with the plays? Check out copies in the Theatre Office (2nd Floor, Conant)–but please return them quickly as there are only a few copies of each.
Callbacks for Stop Kiss will be held the following night, Thursday, August 26 from 6:30-9:30pm. Rehearsals will begin the weekend of August 28. Callbacks for Women Beware Women will be scheduled in a few weeks.
In Stop Kiss, hardened New Yorker Callie befriends an optimistic newcomer to the city, Sarah, and the two unexpectedly fall for each other. Their first kiss, however, is violently interrupted forcing both women on a journey to discover who they are and what they are willing to commit to. Stop Kiss will run September 23-25.
Women Beware Women, Thomas Middleton’s salacious examination of sex, power and politics, is as shockingly depraved today as it was in the 17th century. This rarely performed Jacobean thriller spins a tale of lust and betrayal so destructive, the play easily lives up to its title. Women Beware Women will run November 18-20.
Make plans to take part in these productions–either on stage or in the audience–and be reminded why Princeton Review ranked OU’s Theatre among the top twenty theatre programs in the country.19
Orientation Day of Service Reflects the Oglethorpe Difference
Ahh, college orientation…a time when new students prepare for the upcoming school year with a week-long crash course of the institution itself. Like most colleges, orientation week for OU freshmen includes attending panel discussions on academic and student life, welcome parties, and an activities fair with representatives from student organizations vying for their interest.
The Oglethorpe difference begins in the early morning of day three—our Orientation Day of Service. Unlike most freshmen across the country, OU freshmen will rise early Monday morning, meet for breakfast, and head out to Atlanta’s Historic Grant Park Conservancy to assist the the 127-year-old park in sprucing up and preparing for its annual Summer Shade Festival. There, rain or shine, 300 new Petrels will work alongside upperclassmen and other volunteers to get the city’s oldest park in festival shape .
Oglethorpe’s Day of Service, an annual event, serves not only as a way for new students to get acquainted with one another, but is a testimony to OU’s commitment to community service, something that has become signature to the Oglethorpe experience.
For a record number of freshmen and new students, that experience starts tomorrow - WELCOME!
OU Freshmen at a past Orientation Day of Service.
Aug
17
U.S. News & World Report Features “Road Trip: Oglethorpe University”
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Released online today! Oglethorpe is spotlighted by U.S. News & World Report in “Road Trip: Oglethorpe University”, an article that profiles the University’s ”stories of community spirit.” OU also is featured in an accompanying online photo gallery.
The article will be carried nationwide in the magazine’s September issue and in the 2011 Best Colleges Guide, both out on newsstands later this month.
In more good news, U.S. News’ America’s Best Colleges also ranked Oglethorpe among the nation’s top 250 Best Liberal Arts Colleges (#166), as a college “Seeking Diversity” and among ”A-plus Schools for B Students.” View all rankings.
“To be named among the top liberal arts colleges in the country is a nod to the quality of our faculty and the education Oglethorpe provides,” said OU President Larry Schall. “The ‘Road Trip’ profile captures the spirit of Oglethorpe University—both our commitment to community service and the overall sense of community on our campus.”
Aug
12
Forbes Ranks Oglethorpe Among America’s Best Colleges
This recognition comes on the heels of Princeton Review ranking Oglethorpe as a Best Southeastern College and on four national Top 20 lists.
11
OU Sophomore Speaks at National Girl Scouts Conference
Today, Morgan spoke at the National Girl Scouts Confernce in New York City, on a panel discussion called “What If Girls Ran the World.” [View the online panel discussion]
The panel participants were selected from the 2009 National Young Women of Distinction and the 2009 National Board Leadership Lanes program participants. Morgan is both.
Earlier this year Morgan was selected to be one of only 16 National Girl Consultants, part of GSUSA’s National Board Leadership Lanes program, which offers Girl Scouts an opportunity to influence both operational and policy decision making. Morgan also was named a 2009 National Young Women of Distinction for her efforts in helping domestic abuse victims. [Read previous blog about her work.]
Go, Morgan!
05
OU Professor, Students Take “Experiential Learning” to England & France
Dr. Jeffrey Collins,director of Oglethorpe’s Study Abroad programs, has been on the move this summer, leading a group of “extraordinary students” to Paris, London, and Oxford, England. He shares his experience with Oglethorpe Blog:
“I have not seen more willing, eager, and intrigued students. We have explored the Bodelain Library and were given a special exhibition of Shakespeare’s first portfolio and other rare books, as well as being given a 16th century press demonstration. Then we punted down the Charwell River, toured all of the major colleges at Oxford, made a special stop at Corpus Christi, and spent hours at the new Ashmolean Musuem–a 100 million dollar renovation there– with some of the most important exhibits of all archaeological finds in the world.”
Dr. Collins' Class at Louvre: All of the students were absolutely a joy and a privilege to lead around…," Dr. Collins remarks. "Paris, London and Oxford, Stonehenge, Salibury Cathedral,Notre Dame, the museums, and--well, you name it, we did it. They moved with a precision of a well-trained army and absorbed and spoke and wrote about it all like poets."
Here the group poses at Stonehenge: "One of the students told me that this was the culmination of her OU career," recalls Dr. Collins. "Another said it was beyond all expectations and ten times worth the investment. That is heartening and can never be truly measured."
Dr. Collins and his students spent their morning hours taking classes on the world-renowned University of Oxford campus, and reserved the rest of the day for experiencing the unique culture of England. During the first week alone, Collins and his group took in Oxford’s campuses and its surrounding intrigues, including Stonehenge, Avebury Circle, and the Salisbury Cathedral. As part of their study aboad experience, the students researched their travels and presented reports to the group.
Dr. Collins couldn’t have been more thrilled, noting the emotional effect the trip was already having on his colleagues. “Today we gave reports at Stonehenge, Avebury Circle, and the Salisbury Cathedral,” writes Collins. “I heard Cleo [a student] say she will never forget her day out at Stonehenge, giving a report about it; Karly actually teared up seeing the Magna Carta in Salisbury; Josh told me this was just unbelievable as he has never been out of the country; it is so heart warming and enlightening to hear all of this. Not one complaint, and plenty of laughter and good fellowship. I want to clone this group.”
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