Summer Programs

There is a brief calm on campus each spring after students depart, but the campus comes to life again in late May, June and July with programs on and off campus for faculty, high school teachers, students, and outside groups who rent Oxford's facilities for their camps and conferences.  

The Office of Events and Conferences and the College invite you to experience an Oxford summer in one of the College programs, or bring your organization here for a camp or conference.  For more information follow the links below or contact the Events and Conference Office at 770-784-8389. 

• SURE Programs: The Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Emory (SURE) allows undergraduate students to conduct supervised research with a faculty mentor. Students receive training in the research methods applicable to their research plan, analyze their data and create written and oral presentations of their results. At the end of the summer, each participant takes part in a formal research symposium.

• OIEE ( Oxford Institute for Environmental Education): 

  The Oxford Institute for Environmental Education is for K-12 teachers who are interested in inquiry-based instruction in their schoolyards.  The Institute is designed to introduce the fundamental concepts of inquiry-based instruction and to provide field and laboratory experiences that can be used by teachers and their students to investigate their schoolyards and other local habitats.  Emphasizing "hands-on" learning and field experiences, this workshop helps teachers develop investigation plans specific for their schoolyards.  In addition, topics such as Internet use, grant writing, and schoolyard assessment are addressed.  The site for the Institute is located less than a mile from Oxford College and includes about 40 acres of forest, a three- acre lake, and a lab building and conference center.

  Additional information about the program and application are available here.

• Emory College Summer Intern Programs: The Emory College Summer Internship Program will consist of fully-functioning, living-learning communities with planned locations in Washington, D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Houston. The program is designed to bridge internship opportunities with residential experiences to foster a unique combination of reflective living and creative learning. Visit the Emory College Summer Intern Programs site to learn more about this program.

• Faculty on Campus Programs: The Summer Institute for Pedagogy in the Liberal Arts (IPLA) took place for the first time May 14-18, 2007. IPLA is a week-long collaborative workshop that promotes faculty teaching innovations and initiatives that develop pedagogies to enhance student learning. The Teaching, Learning and Technology Institute (TLTI) since the summer of 2001.  The three "tracks" for last year's IPLA (faculty choose two "tracks" in which to participate) included Theory Practice-Service Learning (TPSL), Writing Intensive/Writing to Learn, and Teaching, Learning, and Technology. Other options are planned for future IPLAs.  TLTI is designed to help faculty to improve teaching and learning in the classroom by using technology in new and innovative ways.

• Journeys of Reconciliation and Global Connections: Oxford College students may participate in two non-credit summer travel opportunities, Global Connections and Journeys of Reconciliation .  Both travel seminars are led by college senior administrative staff and faculty to places in the world with profound human issues needing engaged hearts and minds to find solutions.