is a two-year residential college
specializing in the foundations of liberal arts education, and is one of nine divisions of Emory University
. The college is located on Emory University's original 1836 campus in Oxford
, 38 miles east of the main Atlanta
campus. Students from this campus automatically continue their studies at the Atlanta campus after successfully completing Oxford's curriculum. Oxford stresses excellence in liberal arts
scholarship, leadership, and community life.
The College is also home to a small Confederate States of America
Soldiers' Cemetery. During the Civil War
campus buildings saw duty both as a Confederate hospital and Union headquarters.
Prior to Emory College's move to Atlanta
In 1833 the Georgia Methodist Conference first contemplated the establishment of a church-sponsored manual labor school, where students would combine farm work with a college preparatory curriculum. In doing so, they planted the seed that became Emory College
— and later Oxford College
of Emory University
Events preceding the chartering of Emory College began in 1834. That year, at a meeting of the Georgia Methodist Conference, a preacher known as "Uncle" Allen Turner suggested that Georgia Methodists should have their own college instead of supporting Randolph-Macon
. On December 18, 1834, the Georgia General Assembly
chartered the Georgia Methodists Conference Manual Labor School. In 1835, the school... Read More