Oglethorpe University

Campus Overview

Oglethorpe University

 

 

 

 


Athletic Facilities
Oglethorpe University offers Eurotech® campers incredible athletic facilities with over 100 acres of campus within the inner perimeter of Atlanta! An incredibly well groomed bermuda grass field in addition to a brand new 3G Turf Athletic Field are all within a few minutes walk from the center of campus and the dorms! Oglethorpe also features Dorough Fieldhouse and Steve Schmidt Sport & Recreation Center, a 22,000 square foot facility with basketball and volleyball courts, a running track, conference room, locker rooms, a weight room, racketball courts, a training room and an entrance lobby. The Sport & Recreation Center also features classrooms and meeting rooms for video analysis. Hermance Stadium, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1920 and is home to Oglethorpe's baseball team. The stadium can seat 5,000 people, great for athletic events or concerts. In addition to plenty of field space, Oglethorpe University also features an outdoor swimming pool used for recovery, regeneration, and recreation by campers pending availability. Eurotech® also has access to the recreation center in the case of lightning or bad weather in the area. Campers are encouraged to bring indoor training soccer shoes in case of inclement weather and for use in the indoor sports center.

Dormitories/Rooming
Campers will be housed in modern air-conditioned dormitories on campus. The Oglethorpe University dormitory system is the backbone of this beautiful campus and dorm living for our campers help to develop strong, life-long camper friendships and team bonding. Each room features private bathrooms and residents have access to TV lounges in the dorm lobby. The dorm rooms accommodate 1 camper per bedroom and up to 4 campers per suite. Roommate requests are typically honored if requests are made prior to June 1. Attending teams and groups of players will always be roomed in adjacent rooms on the same floor whenever possible. Modern laundry facilities are available in the dormitories and are free to use and accessible to all campers, guests, and staff. Please bring your own laundry soap and do not count on vending machines to be full during the summer months when many camps come through the dormitories at Oglethorpe. The dorms are a very short walk to both the main soccer field and dining center.

Campus Dining
The brand new multi-million dollar Turner-Lynch Campus Center which houses the Oglethorpe Dining Center is located a very short walk from the dormitories. The Dining Center offers a vast variety of entrees at every meal and also features a full salad bar, fruit bar, dessert bar, multiple drink stations (Milk, Sodas, Teas),  juice bar, coffee stations, and buffet style dining, where campers can choose from all their favorites like pizza, burgers, hot dogs, etc. as an example at lunch. There are also drink vending machines in the dormitories and Eurotech® also offers the nightly Pizza Party for all Residential/Overnight campers. There is also a Starbucks Coffee conveniently located on campus as well.

Camp Enrollment
Enrollment at the Georgia camp session is on the rise again and should be around 80-100 campers this season. With the fantastic metro-Atlanta, incredible athletic facilities, great air-conditioned dormitories and brand new Campus Center and Dining, both groups and individual players from all over Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina will be returning and the 2016 season at Oglethorpe University will be limited to 80 campers. Enrollment will be on a first come, first serve basis and be set-up to guarantee the correct ratios of goalkeepers to field players as well as camp staff to campers.

Campus Security
Oglethorpe University is a very secure gated campus and features 24-hour campus security guards who work directly with the Eurotech® Director on-site along with experienced Oglethorpe Summer Camp Staff, Eurotech® Coaching Staff, Medical Staff, and Counselors who also live in the dorms and monitor camper activity daily. Oglethorpe also maintains a partnership with Smartcare Urgent Care right next to campus with Regional Hospitals located nearby, only a short distance from the campus.

About Oglethorpe University
Founded in 1835, Atlanta's Oglethorpe University enrolls over 1,100 students representing 34 states and 28 countries. We are a member of the Annapolis Group, an organization of America’s most selective liberal arts institutions. OU is consistently listed among the best colleges in the Princeton Review and Forbes and has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll since 2006. The faculty is dedicated to teaching, thus providing a true learning environment in the university's primary programs of the liberal arts and sciences, business administration and teacher education. In addition to traditional classroom experience, Oglethorpe students are encouraged to extend their learning through real-world experience, using the city of Atlanta as a learning laboratory.

Please visit the Oglethorpe University website at www.oglethorpe.edu to learn more about the campus and it’s location.