It's great to see OU getting the recognition it so richly deserves. A '97 graduate with a self-designed major, I decided to return a decade later to earn another degree, spurred by the realization of what I really wanted to do with my life.
The second degree found me taking classes in the evening degree program, the professors of which were stellar, some of which I keep in contact with even today.
For college aspirants: I started at Oxford of Emory, but tired of it and its small class selection after the first year. My high school counselor suggested OU. I found it a perfect synthesis of Oxford and Emory, much more so than a hypothetical amalgamation could ever hope to be.
You can't go wrong with OU.
Derek Hambrickof GA10:11AM August 18, 2010
My daughter Kelly entered OU as a freshman after graduation from a local (DeKalb College) public high school. It had been a large high school, and Kelly wanted to go to a smaller college. Gifted, in high school she held many positions and certainly stayed busy all the time. She kept her grades up as well, and I was very proud of her and eager to see how she did in a small liberal arts college. She held up her tradition! On the student government for all 4 years, Kelly was also on the student newspaper staff, one year as editor. She held the kind of relationships with her faculty and administration members of which you speak. Although left with a hefty remaining tuition bill, despite all she had done to "earn her way," so to speak, Oglethorpe was well worth it. She's on the Alumni Board now, and is excited every time she flies to Atlanta from Texas (where she lives with her family and works) and I am sure she is an excellent input to the team. I'm so proud of OU - and of her. Pleased to see this article!
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Derek Hambrick of GA 10:11AM August 18, 2010
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