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Radio host Rose Scott to deliver commencement keynote address at Oglethorpe University May 18
You are invited to cover Oglethorpe University's 2024 Commencement Ceremony. WHO: 300 graduates and keynote address by WABE FM 90.1 radio host Rose Scott as keynote speaker. WHAT: Oglethorpe University 2024 Commencement Ceremony. The event will take ...
May 15, 2024, 1:15pm EDT
Dr. Gabriel Barreneche Named Oglethorpe Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Oglethorpe University President Kathryn McClymond has named Dr. Gabriel Barreneche Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs following a national search. Barreneche currently serves as Dean of the Evans School of Humanities, Arts and Social Scien...
Apr 10, 2024, 3:24pm EDT
Award-Winning Journalist Rose Scott to Deliver Oglethorpe University's 2024 Commencement Address
Oglethorpe University's commencement ceremony honoring the Class of 2024 will be held on Saturday, May 18, at 9 a.m. on the academic quad. Oglethorpe will welcome Rose Scott, an award-winning veteran journalist and Atlanta public media radio host and ...
Mar 27, 2024, 4:38pm EDT
Sarah Emerson Named Vice President of Advancement at Oglethorpe University
Following a nationwide search, Oglethorpe University has named Sarah Emerson as the new Vice President of Advancement, effective April 15, 2024. Emerson will oversee the teams that lead fundraising, donor stewardship and alumni engagement initiatives. ...
Mar 21, 2024, 4:41pm EDT
Board of Trustees names Dr. Kathryn McClymond Oglethorpe's 18th president
The Oglethorpe University Board of Trustees voted unanimously during its fall meeting Nov. 9-10 to approve Dr. Kathryn McClymond as the institution's 18th president, removing "interim" from her title effective immediately. "The trustees recognized tha...
Nov 13, 2023, 9:14am EST
Chick-fil-A's Tammy Pearson to lead Oglethorpe University Board of Trustees in FY24
With the beginning of a new fiscal year July 1, the gavel of the Oglethorpe University Board of Trustees passes from Cameron Bready '94, CEO of Global Payments, to Tammy Pearson '86, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Chick-fil-A. "Tammy ...
Jul 6, 2023, 10:55am EDT
Andrea Rivera Announced as Oglethorpe University's 2023 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient
Oglethorpe University's commencement ceremony honoring the Class of 2023 will be held on Saturday, May 20, at 9 a.m. on the academic quadrangle of the historic campus at 4484 Peachtree Road in Brookhaven, Georgia. Oglethorpe will welcome commencement ...
May 12, 2023, 10:43am EDT
Oglethorpe University Announces Leadership Transition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lance Wallace, lwallace@oglethorpe.edu The Oglethorpe University Board of Trustees announced today at its spring meeting that President Nick Ladany will resign his position as president, effective June 2, 2023. Dr. Kathr...
May 5, 2023, 3:00pm EDT
Oglethorpe University Receives HHMI Inclusive Excellence 3 Grant to Foster Inclusion in STEM Fields
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) named Oglethorpe University as one of the recipients of its third round of inclusive excellence grants Nov. 30, 2022. "Sustaining advances in diversity and inclusion requires a scientific culture that is cent...
Dec 1, 2022, 5:13pm EST
Oglethorpe welcomes largest first year class ever
Oglethorpe University enrolled a record 425 first-year students Fall Semester, the largest freshman class in the university's 187-year history. The class swelled overall enrollment to its highest level ever as well reaching 1,494. "We're glad so many ...
Sep 15, 2022, 5:36pm EDT