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An Update from President Schall

Dear Oglethorpe Community: Greetings from the President’s Office. As this pandemic brought our semester on campus to a halt, I have been amazed at how our faculty and staff have come together to deliver the Oglethorpe academic experience remotely. Not only have our students and faculty adapted the classroom experience to a virtual environment with […]

Emergency Assistance Funds

Dear Students, We hope this note finds you all healthy and getting ready for the end of the spring semester. We wanted to communicate some news related to the newly enacted CARES Act. A provision of this Act will allow us to provide emergency assistance funds to our students who have been displaced or adversely […]

Class of 2020 Commencement Update

Many thanks to the nearly 200 students and parents who participated in the senior commencement survey. Responses from both groups were overwhelmingly in favor of an in-person ceremony. 80% chose a fall ceremony as their first or second choice, followed by 54% choosing a winter ceremony as their first or second choice. Interest was equally […]

Important update: grading, room & board, summer school, commencement

Dear students: As we approach the end of our second week of remote learning, we have some good news to share on a number of fronts that have concerned many students during this time of transition. Grading Options Yesterday, our faculty approved a policy to allow all students the ability to take any or all […]

Update from Oglethorpe University, 3/26/20

Dear students: You’ve almost made it through the first week of remote learning. Our faculty have worked incredibly hard to bring the signature Oglethorpe classroom experience to you online, but we know it isn’t the same. We are all learning how to work and interact differently, and we appreciate your patience as our faculty experiment […]

Commencement message for the class of 2020, 3/18/20

Due to circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 virus, we are saddened to have to cancel the in-person 2020 commencement exercises scheduled for May 9, 2020. A planning group of senior class officers and student leaders are meeting to develop alternate ways to celebrate, which may include the ability to participate in in-person traditions at a later date when it […]

Campus Update, 3/18/20

A Message from Dean Michelle Hall: Dear students: Yesterday, Governor Kemp signed an executive order to close all public universities following declarations of a State of Emergency at the federal, state and now city levels. Most private universities have moved to remote teaching, telework for staff, and if they have not already closed their residence […]

Residence Halls Closing, 3/17/20

Dear Residents: Yesterday, Governor Kemp signed an executive order closing all public universities in the state following declarations of States of Emergency at the federal, state and now city levels. Most private universities have moved to remote teaching and if they have not already closed their residence halls, they are in the process of doing […]

COVID-19 Updates from Residence Life, 3/16/20

This email was sent to students who have not checked out of university housing as of 3/16/20. The purpose of our move to online classes and reduced numbers of students on campus is to follow public health recommendations designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. For this reason, the university has instituted additional policies and […]

Student Update, 3/13/20

Some points of clarification based on questions received: Friday, March 13 is the last day for in-person courses. Next week, March 16-20, is a week of preparation for faculty to have all coursework ready to be delivered online starting Monday, March 23. Residential students will continue to receive information from residence life via email. Please […]