Archive for March, 2010
Top 10 Greatest Moments in Oglethorpe Athletics History
Posted by: | March 12, 2010 | CommentsAttention Oglethorpe sports fans! Make sure you are checking out the Stormy Petrels new website www.gopetrels.com for all the current news regarding your favorite Oglethorpe athletic teams.
Greatest Moment #10: The women’s basketball class of 2009 celebrates the school’s first women’s championship in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference on March 1, 2009.
Currently, the athletics department and the alumni office are announcing the Top 10 Greatest Moments in Oglethorpe Athletics History, as voted on by Stormy Petrels fans and alumni. Greatest Moments #10-#7 were announced in past weeks and moment #6 was revealed just today!
We’ll continue to announce the Top Greatest Moments every Friday leading up to the 2010 Alumni Weekend festivities, to be held on campus April 16-18. The #1 moment will be announced at the Stormy Petrel Athletic Buffet in the Dorough Field House on April 17.
For more information about Alumni Weekend or to register, go to www.alumni.oglethorpe.edu
OUr kind of Monday…
Posted by: | March 12, 2010 | CommentsWho says Mondays are no good?
This Monday (March 15), why not make it yOUr kind of Monday?
Bernice A. King
Visit the Conant Center from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., to meet Bernice A. King, the youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She’s also the president-elect of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
King will be interviewed by several OU students about the topic Women as Leaders and Peace Makers in a Time of War and Economic Crisis. Following the program, she’ll sign copies of her books, available for purchase at the event. Brought to us by the Oglethorpe Women’s Network (OWN) and is co-sponsored by OU’s nationally-recognized Center for Civic Engagement and the Rich Foundation Urban Leadership Program. There is no cost to attend.
Poet Linda Bierds (photo: mary levin)
You can then stroll across the parking lot to the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art (OUMA) for two more events. From 5:00-6:30 p.m., national award-winning poet Linda Bierds will read from her most recent book Flight: New and Selected Poems, followed by a reception and book signing.
Is there a better way to spend a Monday? We think not.
OU alum making a difference…in Chile
Posted by: | March 05, 2010 | CommentsOglethorpe University’s motto is Make a Life. Make a Living. Make a Difference.
While our students are here on campus and in Atlanta (and on Alternative Spring Breaks and volunteering in New Orleans), it’s our hope that they’ll turn this motto from words into action.
And when they leave campus after graduation, we hope they go out into the world as alumni and continue to Make a life. Make a living. And most of all, make a difference.
That’s just what Matt Suggett ’08 is doing.
Matt Suggett '08
He’s currently in Chile volunteering at an orphanage. He experienced the February 27 earthquake.
Instead of trying to describe what he and the people of Chile experienced and are currently going through, I’ll let you read it for yourself. And see the heartbreaking photos for yourself.
Read Matt’s account of the moment the earthquake happened.
You can also follow Matt on Twitter: @suggett.
And Facebook.
Bernice A. King at Oglethorpe University – March 15
Posted by: | March 02, 2010 | Comments
Oglethorpe University will welcome Bernice A. King on Monday, March 15, 2010, in celebration of Women’s History Month and the university’s 175th anniversary.
Ms. King is the youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and is the president-elect of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
The program is from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Conant Performing Arts Center and is free and open to the public.
Ms. King will be interviewed by several OU students about the topic “Women as Leaders and Peace Makers in a Time of War and Economic Crisis.” Following the program, Ms. King will sign copies of her books, available for purchase at the event.
The event is presented by the Oglethorpe Women’s Network (OWN) and is co-sponsored by Oglethorpe’s nationally-recognized Center for Civic Engagement and the Rich Foundation Urban Leadership Program.