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Summer 2008 News Releases
Oberlin College Day of Service Participants Learn and Labor
OBERLIN, OHIO – For 175 years, Oberlin’s “Learning and Labor” motto has inspired its students to engage in hard work both in and out of the classroom. On Saturday, August 30, more than 300 new students will continue the tradition of participating in the annual Day of Service (DOS) sponsored by the Bonner Center for Service and Learning. Now in its 12th year, DOS provides incoming Oberlin students an opportunity to perform community service at various area sites during Orientation Week.
“Sister President” Johnnetta B. Cole to Help Celebrate Oberlin’s 175th Anniversary
OBERLIN, OHIO – On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of Oberlin College and community, “Sister President” Johnnetta Betsch Cole ’57 will give a special convocation talk in Oberlin on Wednesday, September 3, at 8 p.m.
Art Museum Receives $590,900 NEH Grant
OBERLIN, OHIO – The Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) has been awarded a grant of $590,900 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to expand and improve storage for its important permanent collection of nearly 13,000 works from virtually every culture and from prehistory to the present. The NEH grant will improve access to works of art held in storage, making them more readily available for use by educators, students, and researchers.
Ohio Historical Society Honors Illustrious Oberlin Graduate
OBERLIN, OHIO – The Ohio Historical Society will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oberlin alumnus Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000), an internationally renowned mathematician and philosopher, with the dedication of a historical plaque on the College campus. “He was the most distinguished American philosopher/logician of the second half of the 20th Century,” says Al MacKay, Oberlin provost and a professor of philosophy. The dedication will take place Wednesday, June 25 as part of the Oberlin College and community’s 175th Anniversary Celebration.
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