10 Things Worth Noting About
1. Love it or hate it, U.S. News & World Report has released its 2007 college guide, and OBERLIN MOVED UP TWO PLACES TO RANK 20TH AMONG THE NATION’S LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES. Washington Monthly, whose college guide claims that it asks “not what colleges can do for you, but what colleges are doing for the country,” ranks Oberlin number 13.
2. Emily Clark ’06 and Elizabeth Anderson ’06 are the latest OBERLIN GRADUATES NAMED AS FULBRIGHT TEACHING FELLOWS. Both will teach English—Clark at Satya Wacana University in Central Java, Indonesia, and Anderson at the Carl-von-Ossietzky Gymnasium in Berlin.
3. After a successful restoration, THE KATHARINE WRIGHT HASKELL FOUNTAIN IS FLOWING AGAIN in front of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The fountain has been a campus landmark since 1931.
4. GREEN PARKING carries the day at the new parking pavilion behind the Adam J. Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, which has the distinction of being the first completely solar-powered building on any U.S. college or university campus.
5. More than 300 NEW STUDENTS CLEANED UP PARKS AND CREEKS, WEEDED ORGANIC GARDENS, PAINTED A COMMUNITY CENTER, and participated in dozens of other worthwhile off-campus projects in early September as part of Oberlin’s 11th annual Day of Service.
6. Students living on campus are more aware of the resources they use thanks to the new CAMPUS RESOURCE MONITORING SYSTEM, which monitors and displays electricity and water consumption in residence halls.
7. The NEW ACADEMIC COMMONS is open in Mudd Library. The Commons is designed to support group study and encourage faculty-student interaction.
8. Oberlin has received a $1.1 MILLION GRANT FOR A PROJECT CALLED CREATIVITY & LEADERSHIP: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT OBERLIN. The grant, from the Burton D. Morgan Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, emphasizes the importance of creativity and leadership for successful ventures in any field, and creates opportunities for students to develop practical skills essential to planning and launching an entrepreneurial endeavor.
9. Sierra magazine says OBERLIN IS NUMBER ONE AMONG AMERICA’S TOP 10 “COOL SCHOOLS.” The ranking credits colleges with innovative projects to improve the environment and combat global warming. From organic food in the dining halls to eco-friendly commencement exercises, Oberlin’s efforts are “music to a tree hugger’s ears,” the magazine says.
10. A $150,000 grant from the Booth Ferris Foundation is supporting EXPANSION OF THE CURRICULUM IN COMPUTATIONAL MODELING, an interdisciplinary tool with widespread theoretical and practical applications, such as predicting the path of a hurricane or the spread of a flu pandemic.
To learn more about current events at Oberlin College, visit Oberlin Online.
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