Sample Self-Guided Tour Route - Oglethorpe University
Sample Self-Guided Tour Route - Oglethorpe University
Sample Self-Guided Tour Route - Oglethorpe University
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North and South Halls<br />
One to be renamed Magbee Hall sometime during fall 2008<br />
Good time to describe the Residence Life staff and RAs. Resident Assistants are upper-class students<br />
employed by the Residence Life office to coordinate the day-to-day life in the residence halls. RAs<br />
ensure that a staff member is on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week so that students have a resource<br />
whenever needed, whether for building issues, roommate concerns, or just for general support. RAs also<br />
coordinate socials, mixers, and community-building activities for residents.<br />
Dempsey Hall<br />
Opened Fall 1996<br />
Houses 74 students on four floors – generally freshmen and sophomores<br />
Suite-style set-up, with a single hallway door leading to a common room, off of which are two double<br />
bedrooms and a bathroom—total of four students<br />
Non-smoking residence with extended quiet hours<br />
Has “substance free” floors for students who would like to be intentional about a lifestyle that does not<br />
include alcohol, tobacco, etc.<br />
Entering students may indicate a preference between Traer and Dempsey on their housing applications, and<br />
the Residence Life office will also do its best to honor roommate requests.<br />
Phase II Hall<br />
Take guests inside to see the lobby and the kitchen which is available to students.<br />
All new construction over the past several years was fully financed by a successful capital campaign—<br />
over $24 million to build the new residence halls<br />
Ho Chi Minh Trail<br />
An informal pathway that runs through the woods from the upper quad and connects to the main campus.<br />
The nickname, a holdover from OU students of the 1970s, stems from the bamboo thicket by which the trail<br />
runs. Bamboo is harvested and taken to the Atlanta Zoo to feed the pandas.<br />
Conant Performing Arts Center<br />
Opened Summer 1997<br />
Home to <strong>Oglethorpe</strong>’s Theatre Program, The Playmakers/<strong>Oglethorpe</strong> <strong>University</strong> Theatre, and <strong>University</strong><br />
Singers performances<br />
Home to Georgia Shakespeare (the professional theatre company in residence at OU)<br />
35,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility with seating capacity of 511<br />
Includes classroom space, offices, conference area, and elegant lobby<br />
Auditorium walls have side panels that can be raised to the open air<br />
The architecture blends the Gothic elements of OU’s academic buildings with the “Renaissance Fair”<br />
atmosphere that serves at the trademark for Georgia Shakespeare.<br />
Georgia Shakespeare originally performed under tents throughout the parks of Atlanta, so the Conant Center<br />
was designed to resemble these origins.<br />
Events such as Freshman Convocation, the <strong>Oglethorpe</strong> Day Keynote Address, and the Boar’s Head holiday<br />
festival are also held in Conant.<br />
Philip Weltner Library<br />
Take tour in through the circulation and research area, and then continue into the atrium. End by visiting<br />
the 24-hour room and showing guests where the elevator is in case they want to come back and visit the<br />
museum later.<br />
Open seven days a week during the regular academic year.<br />
Basement – bound periodicals, microfilm and study rooms.<br />
1 st floor – current periodicals, reference materials, computerized card catalog, academic abstracts, student<br />
computers, 24-hour study room