Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues,
I hope you are enjoying these early days of summer.
Next week, from June 21 through 25, we will host our first-ever College Summer Experience Program, bringing together 60 rising high school juniors from Newton and Putnam counties for a distinctive college-readiness program. Students will live in residence halls and get a feel for campus life, sample college-level academics, learn how to navigate the college application and financial aid processes, and participate in activities designed to help them transition from high school to college. The students were selected by their school districts, and we are pleased to offer them this opportunity at no cost.
Just as we are committed to the growth of our Oxford students, we are dedicated to paving the way for the next generation of learners and seekers—no matter where they attend college. I hope this program will thrive and even expand in the future, giving a boost to those who don’t always have the opportunity or confidence to purse education beyond high school. Special thanks to Laura Gafnea and staff and faculty who will make this a special week for kids from our surrounding community.
You can read more about the program here.
Best,
Doug
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Professor Kenneth E. Carter named interim dean of Oxford College |
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Oxford College has named Dr. Kenneth Carter interim dean, effective August 1. Carter, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Division of History and Social Sciences, will replace departing Dean Doug Hicks. Read more about Dr. Carter's decades of service to Oxford and his vision for the college's future here.
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Susan Ashmore, Charles Howard Candler Professor of History, presented her work at the Alabama Women's History Series, hosted by The Alabama Department of Archives & History. Ashmore's talk discussed Lurleen Wallace's 1966 gubernatorial campaign and the many ways her unconventional run for office provides insight into the changing politics of the late 1960s. Watch here.
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Daniel Parson, Farmer and Educator on the Organic Farm, won Emory's 2022 Faculty Sustainability Innovator Award. Read more about the award and see the full list of winners here.
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Gwendolynne Reid, Director of the Writing Program and Assistant Professor of English, co-authored a piece titled "Citational Racism: How Leading Medical Journals Reproduce Segregation in American Medical Knowledge" for Bill of Health. Read more here.
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Faculty and staff updates |
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Paul Oser has been promoted to Teaching Professor. He has been teaching at Oxford since 2006 and has made tremendous contributions to the program in mathematics, including establishing the Mathematics Tutoring Center and developing the extensive resources for the mathematics website. He has served for many years on the Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics and taught at the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program. Please join us in congratulating Paul.
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Adrienne Vinson Waddey, Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Projects, will be leaving Oxford to join Davidson College on August 1 as the special assistant to President Doug Hicks. Adrienne, who earned her undergraduate and MBA degrees at Emory, has worked at Oxford since 2014. Her last day will be July 31. Please join us in wishing her well.
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With deep regret, I wish to announce Rhiannon Hubert's departure from Oxford College later this summer. As an Oxford alumna and member of the staff at both Emory College and Oxford College, Rhiannon has capably directed Oxford's Student Involvement and Leadership (SIL) department for eight years with great creativity, energy, and initiative. A recipient of Emory's Award of Distinction in 2017, and a terrific mentor of the talented SIL team, Rhiannon has been a top performer in Campus Life and a valued colleague for all of us who are fortunate to work with her. I could (and have) written much more about her many Oxford accomplishments but suffice it to say that she will be sorely missed at SIL and beyond. More information about her new role will be shared soon; we expect her to remain at Oxford through the first week of July.
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Also, I am delighted to share that Veronica Roman will assume the role of Associate Dean of Campus Life and Director of SIL later this summer. Veronica is a 2009 alumna of Oxford and, after earning her master's degree at UGA, she returned to Oxford as Assistant Director of SIL in 2014. Veronica has proven time and again her value to SIL, to Campus Life, and to Oxford. Among other accomplishments, she created and manages the Learn to Lead program and the Ignite pre-orientation leadership program. Please join us in congratulating Veronica on her new appointment.
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Web story: Bill Shapiro retires after more than 40 years at Oxford |
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Bill Shapiro, a beloved Political Science professor and staple of Oxford for more than 40 years, retired in May. Read more about his lasting legacy at Oxford here.
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College Summer Experience Program begins |
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College Summer Experience Program ends |
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