Oglethorpe University
Founded in 1835, Oglethorpe University is Atlanta’s only co-educational small private college, providing a superior education in which liberal arts and sciences and professional programs complement each other in this small-college environment within a dynamic urban setting. 2019 marked the opening of the I.W. “Ike” Cousins Center for Science and Innovation and the Q. William Hammack, Jr. School of Business. Other recent additions have included an award-winning campus center, a residential complex with six state-of-the-art classrooms and the expansion of arts and athletic facilities. In 2018, Oglethorpe launched Flagship 50, a groundbreaking merit tuition scholarship that matches all 50 states’ flagship tuition for qualified students. Oglethorpe is home to the Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta Laboratory for Learning and the Piedmont School of Atlanta. The Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels compete in the NCAA Division III Southern Athletic Association.www.oglethorpe.edu
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Oct 27, 2026
Rose ScottHOST
So what priorities are taking them to the polls or maybe not? Joining me now as we talk all about this is Nadia Cisse, a political science student at Spelman College, and Zaniya John-Bart.
Rose ScottHOST
John Bart, the 97th president of Georgia State University student government, and Nzinga Collins, a sociology major at Oglethorpe University, and also Andrew Aydin, an author and strategic advisor with Rock the Vote.
Rose ScottHOST
Welcome to you all.
Rose ScottHOST
Hello.
Nick CelliniHOST
He goes
Matt ChernoffHOST
to Oglethorpe.
Matt ChernoffHOST
If I don't know his last name and nobody knows him, I don't think
Nick CelliniHOST
it's a name drop.
Nick CelliniHOST
He goes
John KincadeHOST
to Oglethorpe.
John KincadeHOST
If I don't know his last name and nobody knows him, I don't think
Nick CelliniHOST
it's a name drop.
Nick LadanyGUEST
Nice.
Nick LadanyGUEST
And was there for about five years and then got an offer to go out to Oglethorpe University as their
Mike PalmerHOST
president, the Petrels.
Mike PalmerHOST
Is that Georgia? Georgia, yes.
Kevin RedmonGUEST
brings meaning to your life oh it's my family there's no question about it no second thought about it um yeah they've been great my my wife and i so we met i've told the story a thousand times we met freshman year in college um We graduated in 2002.
Kevin RedmonGUEST
Where was college? Oglethorpe University
speaker_0HOST
in
Kevin RedmonGUEST
Brookhaven.
Robert J. SmithHOST
So that was my way of giving back in the, um, late '90s, early 2000s.
Robert J. SmithHOST
I taught the class for a while at Oglethorpe University up in Atlanta and did that, and then it just got to be too time-consuming.
Robert J. SmithHOST
It, it took too much away from family time because it was all evening classes, so I gave that up.
Robert J. SmithHOST
But I found other ways, you know, started some charities and doing some things to give back.
Doug RobersonGUEST
Now, I grew up outside of Atlanta in Mableton, Georgia, which is near Six Flags on I-20 West.
Doug RobersonGUEST
and went to Oglethorpe for two years, Oglethorpe University, which is in Brookhaven, and then transferred to Georgia because I wanted to be a sports journalist and graduated with a degree in journalism, worked for a lot of different papers around the South, North Carolina, Florida, and then Virginia at the Newport News Daily Press.
Doug RobersonGUEST
We had a fantastic staff, fantastic coverage there.
Doug RobersonGUEST
And then I was offered an opportunity to get to come home in 2007 and move my family back here and work for the AJC for almost 20 years.
Lee GreenHOST
Joining us today is Trista Clark, computer science specialist at Tripp Elementary School in Gwinnett County Public Schools.
Lee GreenHOST
Trista holds degrees from Wesleyan, Oglethorpe, along with an EDS from the University of West Georgia.
Lee GreenHOST
Go Wolves.
Lee GreenHOST
That was me lifting up my shirt.
Wyatt RudolfHOST
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Wyatt RudolfHOST
Berry, Sewanee, Oglethorpe, Millsaps, and Southwestern Texas.
Wyatt RudolfHOST
Centre won the auto bid in 2026, and Rhodes received an at large.
Erik RudolphHOST
Correct, and this is where the quality of Region 6 starts picking up in a big way.
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Wyatt RudolfHOST
... and earned the auto bid with Rhodes earning an at-large and Trinity Texas just missing one.
Erik RudolphHOST
Right, and Centre absolutely earned it.
Erik RudolphHOST
They went 4-0 through the SAA tournament, Oglethorpe dead, Trinity Texas dead, Rhodes dead twice, to win the conference title.
Erik RudolphHOST
Then Centre went to the Danville Regional, lost to Piedmont, and lost to Aurora, and they were eliminated, so they went 0-2 barbecue.
Brett BennerHOST
You have one of the most, uh...
Brett BennerHOST
My mom used to say about certain people, "I think they love school," and you're someone to me who, who seems to love education because just going back and looking at you, you received your Bachelor in Arts in Philosophy and Religious Studies from Oglethorpe University.
Brett BennerHOST
You have a Master of Arts in Language, Literacy, and Culture from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Brett BennerHOST
You were a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, and this is a little dated.