Oxford College of Emory University

Oxford College

Former names	Emory College Emory University Academy Emory at Oxford
Motto	Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam
Motto in English	The wise heart seeks knowledge [Proverbs 18:15]
Type	Private
Established	1836
Parent institution	Emory University
Religious affiliation	Methodist
Dean	Douglas Hicks
Undergraduates	980
Location	Oxford, Georgia, US 33°37′10″N 83°52′16″W / 33.619519°N 83.871045°W / 33.619519; -83.871045Coordinates: 33°37′10″N 83°52′16″W / 33.619519°N 83.871045°W / 33.619519; -83.871045
Campus	Small Town
Colors	Blue and gold
Mascot	Swoop the Eagle
Website	http://oxford.emory.edu/

Oxford College of Emory University, also called Oxford College and founded as Emory College, is an American two-year residential college specializing in the foundations of liberal arts education. It is the birthplace and one of nine academic divisions of Emory University. The college is located on Emory University's original campus in Oxford, Georgia, thirty-eight miles east of Emory's Atlanta campus. Students at Oxford automatically continue their studies in Atlanta after completing its curriculum.

Emory College was built one mile north of Covington, Georgia by the Georgia Methodist Conference, after a failed attempt to establish a church-sponsored manual labor school a few miles away. Following this, in 1836 the Conference granted Ignatius Alphonso Few a charter to open a new school. It opened in 1838 and was named after the late John Emory, an influential Methodist bishop, and Oxford University, the Alma mater of the founders of the Methodist movement. After the turn of the 20th century, Emory College received a generous monetary and land grant from Asa Griggs Candler, president of The Coca-Cola Company, and moved its operations to Druid Hills, adjacent to Atlanta. During those years, Oxford functioned as a college preparatory school, junior college, four-year college, and finally the two-year Emory liberal arts program known today as Oxford College.

Oxford College has an enrollment of 980 freshman and sophomore students from a variety of religious, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds, including 34 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and 18 foreign countries. Campus organizations include various community service groups, interest clubs, and social clubs, the school's replacement for traditional fraternities and sororities. Oxford participates in NJCAA Division III sports, with the men's and women's tennis teams having won national championships multiple times.