Oglethorpe University

Graduating senior Gillian Rabin was awarded the Sally Hull Weltner Award for Scholarship at the university's commencement ceremony on May 18, 2019. The award honors the student in the graduating class who has attained the highest grade-point average with the greatest number of hours in course work completed at the university. This award is given annually in loving memory of Sally Hull Weltner, wife of Dr. Philip Weltner, president of Oglethorpe University from 1944-1953.

The esteemed James Edward Oglethorpe Award is presented annually to two individuals in the graduating class who, in the opinion of the faculty, have excelled in scholarship, leadership and character. The award is named for Georgia's founder and Oglethorpe University's namesake, General James Edward Oglethorpe.

Graduating senior Roberty Dougherty-Bliss '19 was awarded the Sally Hull Weltner Award for Scholarship at the university's commencement ceremony on May 18, 2019. He tied with classmate Gillian Rabin, the only tie in recent memory. The Sally Hull Weltner Award for Scholarship honors the student in the graduating class who has attained the highest grade-point average with the greatest number of hours in course work completed at the university. This award is given annually in loving memory of Sally Hull Weltner, wife of Dr. Philip Weltner, president of Oglethorpe University from 1944-1953.

Graduating senior Stephen Johnson was awarded the Sally Hull Weltner Award for Scholarship at the university's commencement ceremony on May 13, 2018. The award honors the student in the graduating class who has attained the highest grade-point average with the greatest number of hours in course work completed at the university. This award is given annually in loving memory of Sally Hull Weltner, wife of Dr. Philip Weltner, president of Oglethorpe University from 1944-1953.

Abigail Taylor Kreisinger, a 2017 graduate of Oglethorpe University, was awarded the Sally Hull Weltner Award for Scholarship at the university's commencement ceremony on May 13, 2017. This award is given annually in loving memory of Sally Hull Weltner, wife of Dr. Philip Weltner, president of Oglethorpe University from 1944-1953. The award honors the student in the graduating class who has attained the highest grade-point average with the greatest number of hours in course work completed at the university.