STUDENT LEARNING
OGLETHORPE SCHOLARSHIPS NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE FINANCES OF A STUDENT, BUT ALSO ATTRACT DYNAMIC STUDENTS WHO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR CAMPUS, COMMUNITY AND OUR WORLD. HERE, RECENT GRADUATES AND STUDENTS FROM THIS YEAR’S FRESHMAN CLASS SHARE WHAT THE SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE MEANT TO THEM.
JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE SCHOLARS
SHAKESPEARE SCHOLARS
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SCHOLARS
Katy Beth Barber ’17
Emma Arthur ’17
Yasmeen Alim ’17
“This scholarship means
“I actually started crying on the
everything to me. I toured 23
phone because I was so happy.
different colleges, but narrowed
I don’t think I took in anything
“It’s a life-changing honor... Now I know I’m boundless in my education and can do whatever
it down to only applying to six...once I received
after being told I had gotten it, so I had to call
I need to do for my future and make a
the JEO Scholarship, I knew that Oglethorpe is
back and get the information a second time. It
difference by volunteering on a grand scale.”
where God was leading me to attend.”
was very surreal.”
Stephanie Bowar ’17 “Oglethorpe was my dream school
Karl Dickey ’17 “Oglethorpe has honored me
from the moment I learned what
beyond the point of speech with
they were all about, and this
their generosity (which says
Carlos Galeano Vejarano ’17 “The Civic Engagement Scholarship means the world to me…I am really passionate about service
scholarship was the only way I could ever have
something because I talk a great deal). I can’t
and I think this is a reward for all of my hard
afforded to attend…More than that, however,
even begin to describe in words how thankful
work. The opportunity to coordinate service
the personal honor I feel from receiving a
I am…for such an amazing opportunity.”
days and volunteering at such a prestigious
scholarship from a school like Oglethorpe is,
university is an absolute honor and maybe it
Elizabeth Beesley ’13
again, more than I can say.”
Katherine Carey ’17
“I am going to South Korea to teach English to kids. My work with Georgia Shakespeare’s
“It was sort of reaffirming for me and allowed me to be proud
children’s shows and education programs
of the work I had done …I’d
really inspired me to use my acting training to
like to think I would have gotten myself to
work with kids.”
Oglethorpe’s doorstep on August 15th, one way
Kyle Brumley ’12 “Georgia Shakespeare laid the
“Being a CE scholar gave me a lot of opportunities that I wouldn’t have otherwise had, such as volunteering at the Elaine Clark Center and opportunities have paved the way for the rest of my professional development.”
foundation for my career as a
Alexandria Hadd ’13 “I felt like I owed Oglethorpe
Cassandra Hendrix ’12
interning at the Marcus Autism Center. These
or another, because I truly love the school and feel like it is the right place for me.”
is my calling and vocation for college.”
professional theatre artist... If my OU education has taught me anything,
for the investment it made in
it is that there is no substitute for the overlap
me. I got involved in leadership
of professional experience and classroom
positions in organizations all over campus...
learning that a theatre education at OU
I was so happy with my experiences with
can provide.”
admissions that I volunteered with them from my freshman through senior year. I got to interact with amazing alumni and help incoming students who had been in my shoes.” FALL 2013 | CARILLON 11