This silent video makes quick cuts, with each of the following segments lasting 2 or 3 seconds.
From an aerial view, the Oberlin campus comes into focus, followed by:
A dancer stretches in a dance studio.
A conductor leads an orchestra, viewed from behind and above the musicians.
A baseball player fields ground balls during practice.
A bicyclist pedals along a path toward Memorial Arch.
A professor teaches in a classroom.
A trombonist rehearses.
A swimmer performs the butterfly stroke.
A silhouetted person approaches the curved wall outside Hall Auditorium at night.
Several groups of students work in a science lab.
A student is animated while explaining the artwork behind her.
An athlete runs past a building on a cold morning.
The strings of a double bass vibrate as they are played by a jazz musician.
A student explains an idea.
A pianist practices on a Steinway grand piano.
In a museum gallery, a group of students gazes at a painting.
A singer and piano accompanist rehearse in a sunny room.
A student in class holds a pen while speaking.
Holding a boom microphone, a student makes a recording.
A student cook prepares fresh vegetables.
The video then loops back to the beginning.
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College of Arts and Sciences
The Oberlin ethos encourages cross-discipline exploration that breaks down boundaries and allows students to find—or create—their own paths. See where your path might lead.
Music is in Oberlin’s DNA. We are the only major music school in America that focuses almost exclusively on undergraduate education. Our programs, classes, and performance opportunities create an ideal environment for developing the complete musician.
Women and nonbinary athletes in the athletics initiative Stronger Together have partnered with Niñas Sin Miedo, a Colombian NGO, to further both organizations’ missions of empowering women through sport.
Led by Visiting Assistant Professor of Conducting Tiffany Chang ’09, the Oberlin Arts and Sciences Orchestra gives students in the College of Arts and Sciences access to experiences in the conservatory.
Apple executive Lisa Jackson will give the keynote Commencement address; scientist Joanne Chory and broadcast journalist Robert Krulwich ’69 will also receive honorary degrees.
Throughout the year, Oberlin students and alumni receive awards, fellowships, and funding from some of the most prestigious foundations and organizations in higher education.
Essentially, my radio show was a one-hour period each week where I provided my thoughts on the things I love most besides friends and family, to an audience I could never see.
“Oberlin is about belonging. Belonging is the opposite of fitting in. Fitting in is about changing yourself to fit the crowd; belonging is about being yourself and finding your sense of self-expression that is accepted and appreciated by those around you.”
