Couture to Tech bookends the 15th Annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Expression (CSCE). With a weighty artistic array of pedagogical displays, this library exhibit (formerly known as Inspired Performance) is an opportunity for the Oxford community to share and celebrate the scientific, technological, educational, and artistic passion of Oxford College faculty and staff. The Read More …
Hilarious, Heartfelt, Suspenseful, Insightful…….yes, even EPIC! Did you know you can stream thousands of films through the Oxford Library’s “Stream Machine” of options! All you need to start your journey is your Emory ID and password. Get onboard by accessing these film streaming options available on the library homepage. Select Kanopy for more than 30,000 award-winning Read More …
Recently, the Oxford College Library held its first of two game nights for the semester. The event, which involved a Werewolf tournament, video game arcade, tons of board games, and even virtual reality escape rooms, was a huge success! Students enjoyed a wide array of gourmet pizza from Mellow Mushroom, snacks, sodas, and more. Several Read More …
An 80-year span of The Memory, Oxford College’s yearbook through the decades, is now digitized, browsable, and directly available for viewing on the Oxford College Library homepage as a part of the Emory University Archives. In addition, Emory College years on the Oxford campus are accessible as intermittently published (1893-1910). Why is this exciting? This project Read More …
Bridget Barnsley is a first year student from Connecticut, with plans to be a Creative Writing major. Bridget works at the library and is on the Oxford College golf team. She has been an active participant for four years in National Novel Writing Month, even using her experiences with NaNoWriMo to help with her college Read More …
Oxford College Library exhibit of The Beat Generation & the Counterculture: 1940-1975 Whispers and tentative questions on the provenance of Jack Kerouac’s paint box gave way to critical reflection on the themes and values of the Beat Generation after a recent class visit to Oxford College Library to view an exhibit of The Beat Generation Read More …
From “Talking Trash” to the buzz of pop culture in the Reading Nook, the Oxford College Library hosted its first LibCon complete with all the WoW factors and more to orient Oxford’s newest class to all things Library! LibCon, named after DragonCon, had its own “parade.” Oxford’s WoWs and Library Leaders led a “parade” of Read More …
Ashlesha Kulkarni is the library’s 2018 Sara Gregory Memorial Scholarship recipient. Ashlesha is a first-year student from Jersey City, New Jersey and is majoring in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. The Sara Gregory Memorial Scholarship provides financial support to a rising sophomore and an outstanding student employee of the library. This scholarship goes to an outstanding Read More …
Students find creative ways to make it through the business of finals week! One talented Oxford undergrad, Alex Welsh, gifted this holiday pup to the library last week. Thanks Alex!
The Oxford College Library debuted a new film screening series last Thursday, September 7. The library is collaborating with the Oxford Film Club, under the advisement of film studies professor Dr. Dave Resha, to screen a film each month in the library. This month’s selection was the Academy Award-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro, which Read More …
Once a semester, the Oxford College Library opens after hours on a Friday night to put on a Game Night for Oxford College students. Library staff work together with a team of dedicated student employees to create and put on a huge event for the community. This semester, the Library had the following in store for the Read More …
On Monday, April 24th, the Oxford Library hosted the 2017 Honors Symposium. 39 students gathered for the third annual symposium to exhibit the results of their semester-long projects. Each student also received individual recognition for their research. Students engaged with a diversity of visual presentation mediums, including Powerpoint presentations, paintings, archaeological field demonstrations, graphic novellas, Read More …
