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Staff Page..................................................................... Page 3 Letter from Dean Hicks................................................ Page 4 Fall................................................................................. Page 7 Sports.......................................................................... Page 36 Sophomore Portraits.................................................. Page 46 Spring.......................................................................... Page 74 Club Group Photos................................................... Page 106
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Memory Staff (and their pets!)
Sabrina Vanterpool (Ox18) Editor
Kay Nilest (Ox18) Editor
Samantha Armstrong Staff Member
Victoria Cespedes Staff Member
Robin Fu Staff Photographer
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Helen Choi Staff Member
June Kwon Staff Photographer
Rhiannon Hubert Advisor
Mia Xu Staff Member
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Oxford students: Another academic year has now gone by and our 173rd commencement is just a few days away. It has been an exciting year at Oxford College! At the beginning of the year, more than 80 international students joined our community with the entering class. One-third of these students participated in the Discovery Seminar pilot. This program, and part of the College’s strategic plan “Pathways of Excellence,” proved to be an amazing experience that allowed students to connect early on in the academic year with their professors who, in turn, were also their academic advisors and mentors. Thank you to the students who participated in this initial program. Faculty and administration will continue moving forward with the plan to enhance programs that teach leadership for real life, so that students can better their own lives as well as those of their communities and societies. We will also heighten the investment that Oxford makes in our students and the value that each graduate derives from a superior educational experience. I, along with Dean Moon and his staff and other key administrators, were privileged to work with many students to develop a plan to make Oxford a national model for sexual assault prevention, comprehensive education, and advocacy for victims. If you were part of this process, thank you. Much of Oxford’s strength lies in its close-knit community with members working cooperatively with a common purpose. This progression was empirical evidence of that strength. Then, who could possibly forget Hurricane Irma in September? While it was sad to see some of our prominent trees in the quad succumb to the storm, the sense of community was, once again, very evident. Connections were strong, people bonded together, and new friendships were made. Thank you for coming together in these ways. I want to mention the accomplishments of our student athletes who balance the demands of the classroom along with their love of sports. There are 107 NJCAA All American recipients and 77 NJCAA Scholar All-American recipients. For six years in a row all varsity teams have been honored as All-
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Academic Teams with a cumulative GPA over 3.0. Thank you, athletes, for so positively representing Oxford in all of the places you go to compete. The grand opening of the newly renovated Pierce Hall was, to me, one of the more profound moments this past academic year. This historic campus building became an integral space for students and faculty to learn, and it now emphasizes and enforces Oxford’s academic mission. Next on the list of renovations and new buildings are: Phi Gamma Hall, the Pierce Street Corridor (main entry onto campus), and, of course, a new Campus Life Center. Once again, Oxford students have been involved in discussions for planning and developing these capital projects. Thank you for your invaluable insights and perspectives. And, sophomores, thank you for dedicating your class gift to the new Center. An overarching theme to my letter this year has been “thank you!” Thank you for the many ways you have motivated me—and my faculty and staff colleagues. Thanks for your efforts as students to make sure Oxford is a community of inclusivity and welcome. Thanks for our time together and for reminding all of us at Oxford that educating undergraduates is a wonderful mission. I send you every good wish for your future success at Oxford, in Atlanta, and beyond.
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International Student Orientation International Student Orientation is a tradition for Oxford College to welcome international students a week earlier than all the other first years. During ISO, international students got to adapt to the new environment and prepare for their college life. This year, the International Student Program office and the iMentor team welcomed 79 students to Oxford at the orientation on August 1417. These students represent 12 countries and bring a great variety of skills, talents, and experience to the Oxford community. During the International Student Orientation, international students got to know more about Oxford, made friends with other international students, and begin to find their own position on campus.
Back: From left to right: Ilene Lei, Ari Farchi, Dani Farchi, Mia Xu, Jessica Park, Lucy Liu, Nelson Chang, Stella Wu, Jeff Lou, Cindy Cheng Left: From left to right & from front to back: Jeff Lou, Jim Xue, Kyu Kim, Zeyad Hassan, Stella Wu , Esteban Ramos, Louise Lee, Schumann Chang
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Right 2nd picture: Students are having fun during night kitchen hosted by iMentors Right 3rd picture: From left to right: Fushi Lei, Stella Wu, Hang Shu Right 4th picture: Nelson Chang, Stella Wu, Schumann Chang, Yvonne Teng
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First Year Orientation With the pop of the Coca-Cola can, Dean Hicks kicked off First Year Orientation 2017. In August, Oxford staff and more than 80 student leaders gathered to welcome the Oxford class of 2019, Emory 2021. From move-in day on Friday to the first day of classes on Wednesay, the first year students were guided through various information sessions and class bonding activities.
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First Year Orientation is an important tradition to help the new students acclimate to life at Oxford. Students met their PAL groups and began learning their classmates through activities like the Oxford Olympics. They took placement exams and registered for classes. For the first time, Oxford students joined the Atlanta students in the Class of 2021 group photo. The weekend capped off with a solar eclipse viewing party. All in all, it was a great way to start the new school year.
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It was a weekend of firsts Students registered for their first classes, met their first friends in their PAL groups, ate at the Dining Hall for the first time, participated in their first Oxford Olympics, and might have even seen their first solar eclipse.
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Convocation Convocation brings the first-years and second-years together for the first time. The event is the official start of the school year for Oxford. Deans representing every college within Emory attend, and akeynote speaker from Oxford addresses the college. The speaker this year was History professor Dr. Susan Ashmore. The event included a musical performance by Nina Buriss (Ox15) and Dr. Maria Archetto (photo right). Following Convocation, everybody headed to the front of Pierce Hall for the traditional candle ceremony. The secondyears left first to form a pathway for first-years to enter. Secondyears used their lit candles to ignite the first-years’ candles. This symbolizes the passing of knowledge from one class to another. After the candle ceremony, there was with a Coca-Cola toast and the special unveiling of the new voice of Dooley. Taikan Nakada (Ox18) kept the crowd waiting eagerly, but eventually ascended the steps and read the first words from Dooley for the school year.
Left, to right: keynote speaker Dr. Susan Ashmore; Andrea Hershatter, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education at the Goizueta Business School; Michael Elliot, Dean of the Emory College of Arts and Sciences; Dwight McBride, Provost of Emory University; President Claire E. Sterk; Douglas Hicks, Dean of the Oxford College; Linda McCauley, Dean of the Woodruff School of Nursing; President of the Oxford Student Government Association Ben Palmer; and Oxford Chaplain Lyn Pace
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The Fall Retreat is an annual Oxford event coordinated by the college chaplain, Lyn Pace,. The intent is to provide those within the college community a place to not only relax with fellow students, faculty, and staff but also to serve as an opportunity to facilitate interaction. The retreat was held at the Athens Y Camp in Tallulah Falls, Georgia from September 8-10, 2017. With the theme “In and Out of Time: Navigating Stress and Opportunity at Oxford.” This year’s retreat was led by Gary Glass, director of counseling and career services at Oxford. Over a period of three days, participants explored “the different ways we relate to time and how that impacts our quality of life and pursuit of success.”
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Photos 1 - 2. Dr. Glass leads the Saturday morning program. 3. Seth Tepfer of Oxford’s Information Technology Department leads Saturday night’s activity of Contra Dancing. 4. Attendees of the event partake in dinner together. 5 - 6. Students challenge an optional ropes course during their Saturday afternoon free time. 7. Chaplain Lyn Pace welcomes the students for the Saturday morning session. 8. Participants of the retreat Contra Dance. 9. Attendants of the event break into small groups for discussions by the lake. 10. Participants canoe during their Saturday afternoon free time. 11. Students engage in an icebreaker.
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Coffehouse Variety Show Performers:
Raf Jimenez-Faisal-Piano
Ben Wang-Singing, Guitar
Kate Frances Chandler-Singing, Ukelele
Megan Phillips-Singing
Claire Beiter-Singing, Piano
Iman Ali-Singing
Meredith Johnson-Singing, Guitar
Nick Pernas-Personal Rap
Lydia Seo-Singing, Piano
Nicholas Johnson-Freestyle Dance
Siddarth Manjrekar-Singing, Guitar
Diana Marsh-Singing
Gabe Eisen-Personal Monologue
Nishana -Dance Team Performance
Kassie Sarkar-Personal Poem
Sanjay Anand-Singing, Guitar
Bayley Reardon-Spoken Word, Bongos
Cassie Eng (Ox19) and Alishan Amirali (Ox19) host the Coffeehouse.
Gabe Eisen (Ox18) performs a personal monologue.
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The Student Activities Committee’s Coffeehouse is an Oxford tradition of good vibes and cool music. The Coffeehouse Variety Show was in collaboration with the Oxford College Bookstore and had many amazing performances, including singing, dancing, and different instruments. Additionally, an espresso machine and sundae making station were available to enjoy with the show.
Iman Ali (Ox19) shows off her vocals.
SAC used an espresso machine to make lattes, cappucinos, and other coffee drinks for students.
Raf Jimenez Faisal (Ox19) plays a piano composition.
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Eid Eid al-Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, is one of two Muslim holidays and honors Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son at God’s command. Traditionally, this holiday involves donations to charities, the exchange of presents, and family gatherings. At Oxford, the Eid celebration was hosted by the Muslim Student Association to share their holiday. Th event involved a PowerPoint presentation about Eid given by the first-year members of MSA, a humorous film interpretation of important values like kindness, and special readings from the Quran. After the educational portion of the event, a piñata was brought out and attendees were provided with delicious food.
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Hurricane Season and The Aftermath During the fall semester at Oxford, Hurricane Irma swept through the Caribbean finally making landfall as a tropical storm on our campus. On Monday, September 11, Oxford was wracked with hours of strong gusts of wind and heavy rainfall. In the aftermath of the storm, our campus experienced a dreadful loss: our beloved trees. Towering, aged trees are quintessentially Oxford as over the years they have grown along with the students. In all, Oxford lost three trees on the quad and a grand tree near Candler Hall. Thankfully, no one was injured in the storm, and there were no serious damages sustained to campus besides the trees.
“Oxford lost three trees on the quad and a grand tree near Candler Hall.“
At its best, Oxford is a community of kind-hearted activists. Numerous clubs stepped up to the challenge of supporting hurricane relief for the areas devastated by the storm. Particularly, OLE launched a three week fundraising campaign to help the country of Puerto Rico.
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Pollos Para Puerto Rico Sebastian involved weekly benchmark Andrade (0x18) donations, and if these donations were met, a special surprise awaited every week: someone dressed in a chicken costume spreading mischief. OLE succeeded in creating a comedic and impactful fundraising campaign.
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MR. OXFORD This year’s Mr. Oxford competition featured eight young men, Mehki George (Ox19), Daniel Huff (Ox18), Abhinav Raju (Ox18), Mishel Drooco (Ox19), Willis Hao (Ox18), Alvin Huezo (Ox19), Mitul Patel (Ox18), Cameron Warren (Ox18), and Keaton Silver (Ox19), who were each chosen by their peers to represent a club they are a part of here at Oxford. Throughout the night the boys
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competed in three main events: a formal wear show, a talent showcase, and an interview. The winner, Mitul Patel, noted that his favorite event was talent because “Everyone got to showcase things [they] normally aren’t able to.”Furthermore, Mitul also noted that what he believed made the night so fun was the fact that there “was no enmity, instead [everyone] cheered each other on.”
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Garba Oxford College’s Indian Cultural Exchange (ICE) organized Garba in celebration of Navratri, a nine day sacred holiday to commemorate the triumph of good over evil. Garba itself is a popular dance form, which traditionally involves everybody moving in a circular motion together around a central lamp or statue of a deity. The Oxford event involved audience participation. Keya Patel (Ox18) and Jahnvi Jain (Ox18), captains of the Nishana dance team, led the crowd in the dance, teaching various dance moves and sequences. Soon, everybody was dancing and having a great time together.
Vaidehi Kaushal (Ox19), Ashlesha Kulkarni (Ox19), and Shilpa Iyer (Ox19) pose for a picture. During Garba, brightly colored clothing is worn to represent joy and fulfillment.
In addition to dancing, ICE decorated Williams in colorful drapes, twinkling lights, and Hindu figurines for the celebration.
Members of ICE pause to take a picture during the successful celebration. ICE organizes many events like Diwali throughout the year to celebrate Indian heritage, and introduce other students to their culture.
After all the dancing, hungry students grab some of the food provided. ICE provides traditional Indian food for their events.
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Diwali
Diwali, a fall festival of lights, was hosted this
of colorful lights and rendering the the entire
fall by the Hindu Student Association. One of
room almost unrecognizable. The night featured
the most notable celebrations of Hinduism, it
dance performances by multiple student groups as
spirtitually signifies the victory of light over
well as a video skit about the significance of the
darkness, hope over gloom, and good over
celebration. Additionally, there was also a large
evil. The HSA leaders completely transformed
assortment of traditional dishes served at the end
Rathskeller, decking nearly every pillar with strongs
of the night.
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Oxford Ensemble of Shakespearean Artists Presents
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ALIYAH AUERBACH as HERMIA JAMES GAITHER as LYSANDER NIC BOGAN as HELENA THOMAS BAMFORTH as DEMETRIUS ERIN EBEN as THESEUS MEREDITH STARKS as HIPPOLYTA NOAH LOREY as EGEUS JANANI LAKSHMANAN as PHILOSTRATE MITUEL PATEL as NICK BOTTOM BEN GILBERT as PETER QUINCE JOSEPH LEE as FLUTE (THISBE) JORDAN HARPER as SNOUT (WALL) ANGELA YANG as SNUG (LION) UNITY LAROUCHE as STARVELING (MOONSHINE) DANIEL HUFF as OBERON FRANNY PARENT as TITANIA OLIVIA BOYD as PUCK ANNIKA MCGRAW as PEASEBLOSSOM LYNDSAY MACKAY as COBWEB EMILY KOIVU as MOTE MAYA REINHART as MUSTARDSEED ENSEMBLE GRACE NYUGEN AMANDA PHARO
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Water By the Spoonful Water by the Spoonful was written by Quiara Alegria Hudes and premiered in Connecticut in 2011. It tells the story of Odessa, Elliot, and Yazmin, three Puerto Rican family members living in Philadelphia. As Odessa fights her addiction to cocaine, Elliot recovering from his time with the Marines, and Yazmin
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dealing with her mother’s death, the audience is drawn into a complex world of addiction and family, as seen through the eyes of the Ortiz family intermingled with a virtual chatroom.
CAST HALEY WILLIAMS as ODESSA ORTIZ AXEL NAVA as ELLIOT ORTIZ ERIN OQUINDO as YAZMIN ORTIZ IAN TURNER as FOUNTAINHEAD NIAH THOMAS as CHUTES AND LADDERS WILLIS HAO as ORANGUTAN FRANCISCO VELEZ as PROFESSOR AMAN
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FAMILY WEEKEND Oxford celebrated Family Weekend 2017 with several exciting events. On October 20, members of the Oxford community completed Oxford College Fall 5K Race and One-mile Fun Run. Altough it was early, a lot of students and parents participated in the running event. There were also variety of interest sessions and festival at the farm. Families enjoyed a delicious and healthy luncheon on the Quad. It was also a great opportunity for students to gather with their families, show them around campus, and enjoy time together.
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“Family Weekend is a mid-semester celebration and an opportunity for families to experience Oxford through their student’s eyes,” says Veronica Roman, associate director of student involvement and leadership. “Through services and programs, the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership provides opportunities for families to engage in the Oxford community, as well as assistance in accessing various campus resources,” adds Roman, who oversees the weekend.
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Student Activities Committee Presents
Halloweek
Two students pose inside the haunted house.
Meagan Kelly (Ox19) dresses as a nightmarish nurse for Halloweek.
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Dean Moon reading with his scary voice.
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Holly Shan and Cole Metcalfe enjoy trick-or-treating in Elizer Hall.
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Above: Oxford students enjoy cotton candy inside the Student Activities Commitee’s Candyland.
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Nishana Showcase Opposite: The energetic dancers of Nishana performing during their showcase. Bottom left: The members of Oxford’s Asian Fusion Dance Team showing off a K-pop/hip-hop routine. Bottom right: Sneha Govardhanagiri (Ox 18) in a solo piece.
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CSA Night Market The Oxford Chinese Student Association hosted a night market event before the Lantern Festival in China. In China, the Lantern Festival is for people to go out to appreciate the moon, eat mooncakes, and get together with their families. It is an important cultural festival in China, and CSA wanted to share it with the Oxford community. CSA provided traditional Chinese dishes, including Dim Sum from Guangdong Province, Kongpao chicken, noodles, and dumplings. There were so many people at the event that the building filled, and people had to line up for 30 minutes to get food. Although the waiting time was long, all of the audience enjoyed the food. At the same time, there were performances by various clubs and students, such as Cyph N’ Rhym, Asian Cultural Club, and the Asian Fusion Dance Team. Some of them performed Chinese traditional dance, and some of them sang in Chinese. All of them were wonderful and made the audiences’ experience even more complete and fun. Ximei Cao (Ox19) and Charlotte Wang (Ox19) perform at CSA Night Market
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ACC Event In October, the Asian Cultural Club held an event to give a voice to underrepresented Asian communities within Oxford. The show took place in Williams Hall. It included a poem and a variety of dances performed through the cooperation between the ACC and the Asian Fusion Dance Team. The ACC gave a recitation of a poem describing the issue of marginalization and discrimination that Asians face in America, after which they performed a dance to C-pop. The AFDT performed a total of three dances: a traditional Taiwanese bamboo dance, a traditional Chinese fan dance, and a dance incorporating aspects of both hip-hop and K-pop. A wide selection of Asian food was available for attendees and participants of the event to enjoy.
Attendees and participants of the event enjoy the prepared food together.
Michelle Zheng (Ox19), Crystal Wu (Ox19), Melanie Lam (Ox18), Vivian Huang (Ox19), and Janet Guo (Ox18), members of the Asian Fusion Dance Team, perform a fan dance.
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FALL FORMAL
This year’s Fall Formal, a long standing Oxford
Bond films. Furthermore, the night also featured
tradition, was held at The Fox Theater Ballroom
a professional DJ, dancing, a photo-booth, and of
in downtown Atlanta. The official theme of the
course, an appearance from Dooley himself. All in
night was 007 Casino Royale (in reference to the
all, the night was a huge success, largely due to the
James Bond film of the same name). Accordingly,
countless hours of work put in by the members of
the venue was decked out in an array of elegant
the Student Activities Committee.
decorations that drew inspiration from classic
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Oxford Through Time:
Fall Formal 1950
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Sports
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
The Oxford Women’s Tennis Team had an impressive season. After being ranked #1 in the nation in the NJCAA, the team went on to earn its third straight National Championship. They are only the second team in NJCAA history to achieve the three-peat championship. Sally Kim (Ox18) and MK Healy led as team captains this year. The team also hosted a strong group of sophomores: MK Healy, Caroline Kawula, and Sally Kim. It was a successful year for the team. When reflecting on the season, Kim says “When we won, we felt as though our hard work everyday paid off. As a sophomore, it was a perfect wrap up to my tennis career.”
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MEN’S TENNIS
The Oxford men’s tennis team had another strong year. They began the spring season as the reigning NJCAA National Champions and were determined to maintain that title. The team had key wins against Gadsen State CC, Hartford CC, and Emmanuel College. Going into the National Championship at the Peachtree City the team was ranked #1 in the nation. The team was led by a dedicated group of sophomores: Guillermo Cabral Corrada, Nico Hasty, Gordan Hua, Henry Hua, and AJ Sonawala.
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MEN’S SOCCER
The Oxford men’s soccer team had an impactful season. The team had big wins against teams like USC Sumter, GMC, and an impressive game against Salkahatchie. The most significant game of the season was the memorial game for former player Tom Hilchey (Ox16). The team honored Hilchey’s legacy with members of his family.
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The Eagles were led by a strong group of sophomores: Chris Adesanya, Adam Barton, Fernando CardozoMongelos, Julian Coutinho, David Dill, Henry Fink, Emre Kilic, Adam Leicht, Victor Owiredu, Joseph Piccolo, Chris Schwaiger, Jonathan Steele, Nicholas Stigaard, and Jason Welling.
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WOMEN’S SOCCER The Oxford women’s soccer team had a successful season. Big wins over South Georgia State and Georgia Military Reserves led to the team achieving a high ranking at 13th in the nation for the NJCAA. About the ranking, Coach Tinna Gallagher said, “I am just very excited that the ladies are getting recognized for all the great work they have done so far this season. We have been winning against really good DI teams, in games where we are the underdogs, and getting great results against quality teams.” At the end of the season, two first year players were named All-Region Tournament players: Tejan Singh and Nadia Dixon
The soccer team had a powerful group of sophomore leaders: Michaila Bigler, Savannah Branch, Carson Fleming, Janany Subra, and Riley Swab.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
This year saw the creation of Oxford’s first every women’s basketball team. Cassie Eng (Ox19) worked hard to develop the team into an Oxford club sport. Through her efforts with the Center for Healthful Living, she was able to coordinate try-outs, practices, and games against other collegiate club teams. The team played four games this season, one of which was against a team made up of faculty for the Spirit Week festivities. This is a huge milestone for Oxford athletics. Although the team is still technically a club, the foundation has been laid to make it into an official varsity sport.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
The Oxford men’s basketball team had a back and forth season, going 12-18 on the year. The team suffered a few losses but also achieved key wins against teams like Emmanuel University and Georgia Highland. By the time the tournament came around, the Eagles began to hit their stride. The team made it all the way to the semi-finals of the GCAA tournament before bending to Southern Crescent Technical College. Five Oxford basketball players earned All-GCAA accolades, as voted by the league’s coaches for outstanding athletic performance. Sean Wickham and Kyle Brown earned All-GCAA First Team accolades, while freshman Ryan Kwong garnered a spot on the All-GCAA Second Team, and sophomore Robbie Wainio earned All-GCAA Honorable Mention. Tombari George-Komi was the lone representative and earned a spot on the All-Defensive Team.
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CROSS COUNTRY The Oxford Cross Country team had a very successful second season. This year, the program included both men and women’s teams. After both team won overall victories at the GCAA Regional Championships, student-athletes traveled to Boston to compete in the NJCAA National Championships. The women’s team came out strong, finishing second overall. Both coaches won Region XVII Coach of the year. Coach Tony O’Kelley was honored for the men, and Coach Ella O’Kelley for the women.
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SWIMMING
Although not yet a varsity sport, the Oxford Swim Club represented the college well this year. The club participated in the 2018 National Swim Championships at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center. The club came out strong amongst the dozens of varsity teams. President Sebastian Andrade (Ox18) and Vice President Meredith Johnson (Ox18) led the club to this successful season.
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Sophomore Portraits
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Oxford Class of 2018 From the addition of a blue light on campus to a fully student-produced musical to a threepeat National Championship in tennis, 2018 brought many wonderful things to the Oxford Campus. The Class of 2018 embodied the spirit of enthusiasm, academia, involvement, and social awareness that characterizes the liberal arts college. The students themselves represent a wide diversity— the students come from 14 different countries and all over the United States— but they are connected by a common label of Change Makers.
Rory Abrams
Geeta Acharya
Chioma Achukwu
Christoper Adesayna
Sudeep Aditham
Paridhi Agarwal
Elinor Agler
Nimra Ahad
Katherine Ahn
Mariam Akbhar
Zaynah Alam
Lizzy Alli
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David Almonte
Jose Amador
Sahaj Anand
Rebecca Anderson
Sebastian Andrade
Courtney Andrews
Alexander Aruajo
Suman Atluri
Aliyah Auerbach
Ncole Auslander
Lydia Bailey
Kira Baldwin
Xiangyu Bao
Dorothy Barker
Bailey Barrell
Matthew Barrow
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Adam Barton
Holly Beavers
Theobesta Bekure
Kathleen Bell
Samantha Benitez
Shipra Bethi
Chelsea Bien-Aime
Brandon Bierbaum
Gabrielle Blom
John Bloodsworth
Mary Bloomer
Jeremy Border
Olivia Boyd
Savannah Branch
Michaila Bigler
Fiona Bock
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Kyle Brown
Lauren Brown
Marine Bruno
Guillermo Cabral
Courtney Callahan
Kendall Campbell
Kemin Cao
Shenyuan Cao
Fernando Cardozo-Mongelo
Carla Carmona
Juan Carreon
Erin Carter
Caroline Catherman
James Cha
Kate Chandler
Sean Chandler
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Brandon Chang
Jessica Chang
Schumann Chang
Myra Chao
Ellen Chen
Roy Chen
Stephanie Chen
Madeline Cherry
Jeffrey Cheung
Xu Chi
Ruei-Pang Chien
Min Ji Choi
Kimberly Chong
Diyang Chu
John Chung
Skye Chung
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James Cissel
Michael Clanton
Sofia Cohilas
Emory Cole
Emory Collins
Emily Cort
Laura Cortina
Julian Coutinho
Andrew Cox
Jerol Cox
Imani Craig
Mallory Craig
Whitney Crews
Cathleen Daferede
Casey Darko
Tyra Davenport
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Felipe de Almedia
Sophie Dewar
Ajeandro Diaz
Michaela Digilio
David Dill
Carl Dillon
Sylvia DIng
Carlisle DiValenrin
Devonne Dotts
Layla Dou
Sean Eagan
Emily Eckels
Destine Ede
Ayla Ekici
Selin Ekici
Princess Ekpo
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Carter Eldreth
Fatima Elfakahany
Kristina Everett
Amara Evering
Onyie Eze
Melanie Fabregas
Chloe Fang
Daniela Archi
Sara Feinstein
Victoria Ferlauto
Shanelle Fernando
Benjamin Fertig
Henry Fink
Carson Fleming
Gabriela Fonseca
Emma Freeborn
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Hao Fu
Xiaoyu Fu
Gabrielle Gale
Kexin Gao
Mishaal Gardezi
Quinton Gasper
Eden Gebreselassie
Sanjaly Geevarghese
Tombari George-Komi
Arden Godfrey
Sean Goggin
Kyle Goggio
Delaney Gough
Sneha Govardhanagiri
Tyrome Grant
Olivia Green-Lingren
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Marc Guash
Daniel Guo
Kevin Guo
Vidushi Gupta
Kristian Gustilo
So Ye Han
Kathryn Hanfelt
Emma Hanlon
Willis Hao
Sawyer Harris
Nora Hashem
Abdul Hassan
Zeyad Hassan
Mariam Hassoun
Nicolas Hasty
Mary Kathryn Healy
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Oscar Heanue
Jacob Hicks
Julia Hoffner
Carter Holder
DonTavius Holmes
Qiwei Hong
Clarissa Hood
Tianyun Hou
Emily Hsieh
Yadi Hu
Huize Huang
Daniel Huff
Gannon Hunt
Nicolas Ingle
Allen Jackson
Jahnvi Jain
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Hyun Min Jang
Tenzin Dolkar Jashar
Tenzin Jigmey Jashar
Peter Jeong
Barbara Jimenez
Hoatian Jin
Maya Jindal
Nicholas Johnson
Andrea Junco Rodriguez
Neha Kadambi
Daniyaal Kamran
Ruya Karakaya
Karine Kasti
Baran Kavusturucu
Caroline Kawula
Nikita Khan
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