{"id":66760,"date":"2018-01-23T20:07:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T20:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/oglethorpe-day-2018-feature-petrels-fire-race-global-public-health-leader-carrie-hessler-radelet\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T10:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T10:39:33","slug":"oglethorpe-day-2018-feature-petrels-fire-race-global-public-health-leader-carrie-hessler-radelet","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/oglethorpe-day-2018-feature-petrels-fire-race-global-public-health-leader-carrie-hessler-radelet\/","title":{"rendered":"Oglethorpe Day 2018 to feature Petrels of Fire race, global public health leader Carrie Hessler-Radelet"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mark your calendars for this year’s\u00a0Oglethorpe Day<\/a>\u00a0celebration on February 14!\u00a0\u00a0Held annually, the Oglethorpe Day tradition honors our university\u2019s namesake,\u00a0James Edward Oglethorpe,<\/strong>\u00a0and commemorates the anniversary of General Oglethorpe\u2019s\u00a0arrival in the “new world”<\/a>\u00a0in Savannah, Georgia.<\/p>\n Festivities begin with the breathtaking Petrels of Fire race. Modeled after the race in the movie\u00a0Chariots of Fire<\/a>, a select group of Oglethorpe students runners circle\u00a0the quad in hopes of making a full lap before the carillon bells\u2019 twelfth and final chime. This amazing feat has only been accomplished\u00a0one time<\/a>!<\/p>\n Then the crowd, traditionally led by a bagpiper, processes to the Conant Performing Arts Center to hear from a special guest speaker who reflects the ideals of our namesake. This year, we welcome\u00a0Carrie Hessler-Radelet<\/strong><\/a>, President & CEO of Project Concern International<\/a>, a global development organization working with families and communities to enhance health, end hunger and overcome hardship in 16 countries. Hessler-Radelet formerly served as the Director of the Peace Corps from 2012 to 2017.<\/p>\n Later, Hessler-Radelet will meet directly with Oglethorpe classes studying topics related to her mission, including public health, ecology, nonprofit management, politics, and civic engagement.<\/p>\n 12:45 \u2013 Enjoy refreshments on the quadOglethorpe Day schedule of events:<\/h3>\n
\n1:00 \u2013 Petrels of Fire race (begins at 1:00 sharp!<\/strong>)
\n1:05 \u2013 Process\u00a0to the Conant Performing Arts Center
\n1:15 \u2013\u00a0Hear from Oglethorpe Day guest speaker in Conant
\n2:15 \u2013 Coke floats on the Conant veranda
\n2:30 \u2013 Classes resume<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":66763,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[4551,4552],"tags":[],"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-66760","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n