Photo credit: The Brookhaven Post 1.19.2013
The construction of the new Campus Center at Oglethorpe University is definitely in full swing. On a crisp Saturday morning, The Post found that the cold temperatures did not curtail the progress of the Juneau Construction crews and contractors.
The new Campus Center (to be named at a later time) was designed by Collins Cooper Carusi Architects. This addition to the campus will include 51,500 sq. ft. of student commons, bookstore, student services, dining/food services, a coffee shop, and campus life administrative offices. It will function as the “living room of campus” and the hub for Oglethorpe’s strong experiential learning programs. The new building represents a 52% increase in student-used spaces. (Take a peek at renderings inside the Campus Center here.)
Oglethorpe has created a fantastic website that features the progress around the campus, including but not limited to, the new Campus Center, at progress.oglethorpe.edu.
Oglethorpe's Lupton Hall will host several City of Brookhaven City Council meetings in February and March - schedule here: http://www.thebrookhavenpost.com/upcoming-meetings.html
The new Campus Center (to be named at a later time) was designed by Collins Cooper Carusi Architects. This addition to the campus will include 51,500 sq. ft. of student commons, bookstore, student services, dining/food services, a coffee shop, and campus life administrative offices. It will function as the “living room of campus” and the hub for Oglethorpe’s strong experiential learning programs. The new building represents a 52% increase in student-used spaces. (Take a peek at renderings inside the Campus Center here.)
Oglethorpe has created a fantastic website that features the progress around the campus, including but not limited to, the new Campus Center, at progress.oglethorpe.edu.
Oglethorpe's Lupton Hall will host several City of Brookhaven City Council meetings in February and March - schedule here: http://www.thebrookhavenpost.com/upcoming-meetings.html
Photos: The Brookhaven Post 1.19.2013
More about Oglethorpe University from Wikipeadia
Oglethorpe University was chartered in 1835 in Midway, just south of the city of Milledgeville, then the state capital. The school was built and, at that time, governed by the Presbyterian Church, making it one of the South's earliest denominational institutions. The American Civil War led to the school's closing from 1862 to 1866.
The college followed the relocation of the capital to Atlanta. In 1870, it began holding classes at the present site of Atlanta City Hall. Plagued by financial difficulties, the school closed its doors two years later.
Oglethorpe College was re-chartered as a non-denominational institution in 1913. In 1915 the cornerstone to the new campus was laid at its present location on Peachtree Road in Brookhaven. The person behind rebuilding Oglethorpe was Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, whose grandfather, Professor Ferdinand Jacobs, had served on the faculty of Old Oglethorpe. Jacobs would serve as president for nearly three decades.
In the early 1940s Oglethorpe University had a medical school. Under the direction of Dr. John Bernard, the university was given several elephants for research, who had been poisoned by the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. After the students had finished dissecting the animals they were buried under what is known today as the Philip Weltner Library.
Oglethorpe University became Oglethorpe College in 1965, and reclaimed the designation "university" several years later. Many of Oglethorpe's campus buildings were built in a Gothic revival architecture style. This area of the 100-acre (0.40 km2) campus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Oglethorpe University was chartered in 1835 in Midway, just south of the city of Milledgeville, then the state capital. The school was built and, at that time, governed by the Presbyterian Church, making it one of the South's earliest denominational institutions. The American Civil War led to the school's closing from 1862 to 1866.
The college followed the relocation of the capital to Atlanta. In 1870, it began holding classes at the present site of Atlanta City Hall. Plagued by financial difficulties, the school closed its doors two years later.
Oglethorpe College was re-chartered as a non-denominational institution in 1913. In 1915 the cornerstone to the new campus was laid at its present location on Peachtree Road in Brookhaven. The person behind rebuilding Oglethorpe was Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, whose grandfather, Professor Ferdinand Jacobs, had served on the faculty of Old Oglethorpe. Jacobs would serve as president for nearly three decades.
In the early 1940s Oglethorpe University had a medical school. Under the direction of Dr. John Bernard, the university was given several elephants for research, who had been poisoned by the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. After the students had finished dissecting the animals they were buried under what is known today as the Philip Weltner Library.
Oglethorpe University became Oglethorpe College in 1965, and reclaimed the designation "university" several years later. Many of Oglethorpe's campus buildings were built in a Gothic revival architecture style. This area of the 100-acre (0.40 km2) campus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
