This and That
Oxford Offices
Oxford Acronyms
Campus Traditions
College History
100

As the chief academic and administrative officer, she is responsible for crafting the overall vision and strategic priorities of Oxford College.

Who is Dean Dr. Badia Ahad?

100

Located in the Murdy Hall Breezeway, this is where students can find confidential services for mental health, stress management, and personal development to support their overall well-being.

What is the Center for Counseling and Wellbeing?

100

Opened in 2016, this building features an atrium and houses labs for everything from biology to chemistry, making it a hub for scientific inquiry.

What is the Oxford Science Building?

100

This is the event when we raise a drink to welcome the new class of students

What is the Coke Toast?

100

This is the year Emory College was founded in Oxford, Georgia

What is 1836?

200

This one-credit course encourages students to attend and reflect on cultural, intellectual, and artistic events to get them out of the classroom and into the community.

What is Oxford Studies?

200

This office helps you refine your resume, explore potential majors and career paths, and provides guidance for graduate school applications.

What is the Office for Career and Professional Development?

200

This organization represents the student body's voice, allocates funding to student clubs, and works to improve campus life at Oxford College.

What is the Student Government Association?

200

This ceremony on Fall's first day of class to welcome incoming students and officially kick off the academic year.

What is Convocation?

200

This building is the most frequently photographed on campus and is a variation of a two-story Greek Revival Structure

What is Seney Hall?

300

If you have feedback about the dining program at Oxford, you can submit your comments on this online form to ensure your suggestions are seen and considered.

What is the SpeakUp! form?

300

This office, led by the college chaplain, offers interfaith programs, and provides confidential pastoral counseling to all students regardless of their background or beliefs.

What is the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life?

300

Abbreviated ASC, they help students navigate their academics at Oxford College by way of course registration, degree requirements, and academic concerns. 

What is the Advising Support Center?

300

Each Tuesday, you can get a treat, grab some swag and meet with different departments on campus

What is Take a Break Tuesday?

300

This is the name of the literary society founded on campus in 1837, making it Oxford's oldest club.

What is Phi Gamma Society?
400

This campus center offers students a wide range of activities, from intramural basketball and group fitness classes to meditation sessions and hammock checkouts.

What is the Center for Healthful Living?

400

Though its service desks have specific hours, this building is accessible to students 24/7, making it a constant hub for late-night study sessions and group projects.

What is the Oxford College Library?

400

This professional staff member lives on campus and is responsible for supervising Resident Assistants, building community, and providing support and guidance to students in a residence hall.

What is a Residence Life Coordinator?

400

Held at night, this event feeds the tired, weary, and exam-stricken students

What is Pancake Breakfast?

400

An obelisk monument on the Oxford College Quad honors this man, Emory College's first president.

Who is Ignatius Few?

500

This historical, two-story Greek Revival structure is the most-photographed building on campus and is also home to the college's oldest historical item.

What is Seney Hall?

500

This office offers support for connecting to the college's wifi network, installing operating systems, using EaglePrint, and much more.

What is Oxford College Information Technology (OCIT)?

500

Abbreviated as CPP, this Oxford hub helps students find internships and hands-on learning opportunities.

What is the Center for Pathways and Purpose?

500

This mischievous spirit originated in 1899 with what would later be identified as their first letter in The Phoenix

Who is Dooley?

500

This president of Emory College, who has a residence hall named after him, coined the Oxford mantra, "Let us stand by what is good and make it better if we can" in his 1880 Thanksgiving sermon.

Who is Atticus Haygood?

600

This financial aid program for students with demonstrated need and its counterpart for those without it are the two main types of on-campus employment at Oxford.

What are Federal Work-Study and Work-Ship?

600

Students can receive confidential primary care for common issues, get in-office lab tests like rapid strep, and obtain referrals to local medical specialists from this office. 

What is Student Health Services (SHS)?

600

Located in the Student Center, this dining option is where you'll find classic comfort foods, burgers, and made-to-order items you can pick up at a counter

What is the OFK?

600

The Latin phrase "Cor Prudentis Possidebit Scientiam" on the Emory seal translates to this.

What is "The wise heart seeks knowledge"? 

600

This is the first year when full-time female students were admitted to Oxford College.

What is 1955?