Among our聽beloved traditions, Oglethorpe Day annually celebrates the university鈥檚 namesake, General James Edward Oglethorpe, with the 鈥淧etrels of Fire鈥� race on the quad and an esteemed guest speaker on campus.
This year, we welcomed Anthony Ray Hinton, who聽spent聽30 years on death row in an聽Alabama prison before聽being聽exonerated and聽released in 2015 and now spends his time as a prison聽reform聽advocate and Community Educator with the Equal Justice Initiative. Following his speech, Mr. Hinton signed copies of his book , and met with students in Politics and Writing classes.
The Petrels of Fire also saw a slight change in 2019, as the construction of the Cousins Center for Science and Innovation had runners take a modified course around the academic quad.
Flip through the photos to see scenes from the day, re-watch the Petrels of Fire, and view Mr. Hinton’s speech above.
