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The Oglethorpe University Campus Tour - details Updated Summer 2010 Here is a series of the main buildings and locations to be seen along the tour of Oglethorpe’s 100-acre campus, with related facts and information for each. Please keep in mind that in the summer and on weekends, many of these buildings may be locked. Lupton Hall Administrative offices for the President, Provost, Advancement, Admission, Financial Aid, the Registrar, the Business Office, and Alumni Relations. Also classrooms and faculty offices—point out third-floor dormer windows as faculty offices Lupton Auditorium seats 300 and acts as a multimedia theater for student events, performances, lectures, and presentations Built in 1920 The building was constructed in three stages, so the stairwells connect only certain parts of the building. The Bimby conference room was initially conceived as a crypt for the remains of General James Edward Oglethorpe to lie in state at the university. Dr. Thornwell Jacobs was a big scholar of General Oglethorpe and actually discovered his burial site in England. But a debate ensued with the city of Savannah (where he first landed in the colonies), and with no resolution the remains stayed in Great Britain. Building named in honor of Chattanooga Coca-Cola bottler John T. Lupton, whose money kept Oglethorpe alive during the Great Depression The bell tower (aka the Carillon, also the name of the alumni magazine) is a monument to Margaret Lupton. The tower still has its original clock and 42 bells, which chime every quarter hour. During commencement week, graduating seniors get to participate in the Carillon Ceremony, during which they enter a secret door and climb to the top of the bell tower to ceremonially ring the bells by hand. Hearst Hall First and foremost a classroom building Also houses numerous faculty offices Oldest building -- constructed in 1915 Originally a residential building for students and faculty – the Great Hall was the living room of campus Point out technology “smart” classrooms such as Hearst 112, the Georgia Power classroom The Great Hall is a popular gathering/study/resting place between classes. It is the site for events like student art galleries, career fairs, and fundraisers. New in 2008 is a breakfast and coffee kiosk in the Great Hall serving fair trade coffee, danishes, juices, etc. This is included in the meal plans of residential students. The OU Bookstore is located on the lower level – walk downstairs and point it out browse as desired The Crypt of Civilization is on the lower level of Hearst. Point it out when downstairs by the bookstore. The Crypt was sealed by Thornwell Jacobs in 1936 and is mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records as “the first successful attempt to bury a record for any future inhabitants”. The Crypt is to be opened in 8113
AD. Dr. Jacobs arrived at that date by counting the years between 1936 and the first instance of recorded history—6,177 years—and then counting forward from 1936 by the same amount. The idea is that, by the time of its opening, the Crypt would have been sealed at the midpoint of recorded history. Academic Quad The campus is wireless, so students with laptops with wireless cards can work online in many locations like the quad and the residence halls The historic oak trees and Adirondack chairs are a popular place for students to relax, study, and hang out Oglethorpe Day festivities take place here every February—we have an annual footrace called Petrels of Fire (a la the same race in the film Chariots of Fire about Olympic athletes). On Oglethorpe Day a bagpiper summons the campus community to the quad, and any students, staff or faculty are invited to run in the footrace. Runners must attempt to complete a circuit around the center of the quad during the time between the first and last strokes of 12 o’clock noon from the Lupton bell tower. This is harder than it sounds! Then, the community processes to Conant Performing Arts Center for the keynote address (Pat Conroy, best-selling novelist in 2008, Deborah Lipstadt, acclaimed Holocaust scholar, 2007, etc.), which is followed by a Georgia-themed lunch banquet in Emerson. Stomp the Lawn, an annual spring music festival put on entirely by student planners from the Oglethorpe Student Association Outdoor site of commencement exercises every May, weather permitting Other campus activities that take place on the quad: Greek Week, Star 94 Movies Under the Stars, etc. – tell your favorite quad stories. Goodman Hall 24-hour computer lab and the offices of IT Services and the HelpDesk Home to the Evening Degree Program, which offers accelerated bachelors degree programs and non-credit courses for adult students – the oldest adult program in the state of Georgia Used as an all-female residence hall until 1995 Traer Hall Three-level co-ed residence hall for first-year students—one of two options for freshmen (Dempsey is the other All first- and second-year students are required to live on campus unless commuting from the home of a parent or guardian in the Atlanta area Traer houses up to 168 students All rooms are suite-style (two bedrooms connected by a bathroom—no community showers for OU freshmen!) with a desk, chair, dresser, closet, and high-speed internet line for each student. All rooms are heated, air-conditioned, and carpeted, and a housekeeping staff maintains the bathrooms each week. Has three indoor lounge areas and a laundry room. Parking is available next to the building. All first-year students are permitted to bring a car to campus, but a car is definitely not necessary to enjoy Oglethorpe and Atlanta. Popular as a social living space due to the openness of the balconies and courtyard, and is also the closest residence hall to the academic quad/morning classes Emerson Student Center An older building but high on OU’s list for capital improvements—enclosing the center to create an atrium, expanding the dining hall, updating and renovating the student space Enter and point out the Bomb Shelter and Center for Civic Engagement The Bomb Shelter is a student lounge featuring foosball, pool, ping-pong, a stage area for open mic nights and karaoke, and a huge video game collection
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