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The Center for Civic Engagement is a co-curricular department with a full-time staff and student interns. It coordinates leadership and service initiatives to connect students’ on-campus experience with the both the needs and the highlights of the Atlanta urban area. The Center sponsors community service programs, the OUr Atlanta program (free outings to explore and network at places such as Chik-Fil-A, the Federal Reserve, the King Center, the High Museum of Art, Hands-On Atlanta, Stone Mountain, etc.), alternative winter and spring break trips to the Gulf Coast, and service-learning courses in conjunction with faculty The Counseling Center has a full-time staff of licensed professionals, whose services are free and confidential for all current students. The Office of Career Services offers a variety of services to students of all levels—from general guidance for freshmen and personality inventories such as the Meyers-Briggs, to databases of internship opportunities (many for academic credit!) and networks with alumni and professionals, to multiple on-campus career fairs throughout the year, to assistance with resumes, cover letters, and graduate applications. Career Services even teaches two classes for credit—Sophomore Choices and Senior Transitions University Singers—four-part campus vocal ensemble of approximately 35-40 students. The University Chorale is a smaller, more select ensemble. Enrolling students can audition for Singers during the summer before their freshman year. Student Health Center—run by a professional clinic staff. Offers clinic appointments and can give allergy shots, flu shots, basic prescriptions, etc. Nurse Cathy Grote will make “house calls” in the dorm! A physician and a women’s health practitioner visit campus every two weeks as well. Campus mailboxes are provided for all residential students. Emerson Café is the main dining hall on campus, run by our outstanding catering service, Bon Appètit. Besides breakfast, lunch, and dinner, there is a 4 th meal offered from 9pm-11pm Sunday-Thursday. All residential students are included in a meal plan and have complete access to the cafeteria as often as desired. Bon Appètit brings in fresh produce daily and uses a “fresh not frozen” policy whenever practical. Menu variety changes daily and includes vegetarian options at every meal (nearly 25% of OU students may choose vegetarian). Walk into cafeteria if possible and observe the various food stations, salad bar, dining area, etc. Point out the banners of student organizations that hang overhead. A SunTrust ATM and piano practice space are both available on the second floor of Emerson. Yellow time capsule—sealed every ten years on Oglethorpe Day—to whet one’s appetite for 8113! Large event rooms in either corner—Talmage and Grenwald Offices for student organizations such as the Oglethorpe Student Association, The Stormy Petrel (OU newspaper), and the Yamacraw (OU Yearbook) Office of Community Life—Dean of Students, Director of Residence Life, Director of Student Activities, Greek Affairs (3 sororities, 4 fraternities) Over 70 organizations are active on campus, from academic honoraries to intramurals to student government to political to environmental . . . on and on. This is where students have their Petrel Pass made—student ID card that serves as photo identification, residence hall key, meal plan pass, library card, etc. Often good for off-campus discounts! Upper Quad Residence halls for sophomores through seniors While juniors and seniors are currently permitted to live off campus, housing is guaranteed for all four years Includes North Hall and South Hall, known as “NoSo”, and Phase II which opened Fall 2007 NoSo and Phase II feature suites with four single bedrooms, two bathrooms, and common rooms and kitchen spaces. Amenities of newer halls include conference rooms, game room, multimedia theater, catering-grade kitchen and card-key entrances for enhanced security. The John P. Salamone Memorial Soccer Field is just north of the Upper Quad, and is dedicated to the memory of an alumnus soccer player who died at the World Trade Center on 9-11. Point it out beyond NoSo, in front of the row of pine trees.
North and South Halls One to be renamed Magbee Hall sometime during fall 2008 Good time to describe the Residence Life staff and RAs. Resident Assistants are upper-class students employed by the Residence Life office to coordinate the day-to-day life in the residence halls. RAs ensure that a staff member is on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week so that students have a resource whenever needed, whether for building issues, roommate concerns, or just for general support. RAs also coordinate socials, mixers, and community-building activities for residents. Dempsey Hall Opened Fall 1996 Houses 74 students on four floors – generally freshmen and sophomores Suite-style set-up, with a single hallway door leading to a common room, off of which are two double bedrooms and a bathroom—total of four students Non-smoking residence with extended quiet hours Has “substance free” floors for students who would like to be intentional about a lifestyle that does not include alcohol, tobacco, etc. Entering students may indicate a preference between Traer and Dempsey on their housing applications, and the Residence Life office will also do its best to honor roommate requests. Phase II Hall Take guests inside to see the lobby and the kitchen which is available to students. All new construction over the past several years was fully financed by a successful capital campaign— over $24 million to build the new residence halls Ho Chi Minh Trail An informal pathway that runs through the woods from the upper quad and connects to the main campus. The nickname, a holdover from OU students of the 1970s, stems from the bamboo thicket by which the trail runs. Bamboo is harvested and taken to the Atlanta Zoo to feed the pandas. Conant Performing Arts Center Opened Summer 1997 Home to Oglethorpe’s Theatre Program, The Playmakers/Oglethorpe University Theatre, and University Singers performances Home to Georgia Shakespeare (the professional theatre company in residence at OU) 35,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility with seating capacity of 511 Includes classroom space, offices, conference area, and elegant lobby Auditorium walls have side panels that can be raised to the open air The architecture blends the Gothic elements of OU’s academic buildings with the “Renaissance Fair” atmosphere that serves at the trademark for Georgia Shakespeare. Georgia Shakespeare originally performed under tents throughout the parks of Atlanta, so the Conant Center was designed to resemble these origins. Events such as Freshman Convocation, the Oglethorpe Day Keynote Address, and the Boar’s Head holiday festival are also held in Conant. Philip Weltner Library Take tour in through the circulation and research area, and then continue into the atrium. End by visiting the 24-hour room and showing guests where the elevator is in case they want to come back and visit the museum later. Open seven days a week during the regular academic year. Basement – bound periodicals, microfilm and study rooms. 1 st floor – current periodicals, reference materials, computerized card catalog, academic abstracts, student computers, 24-hour study room
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