Oberlin Blogs

While I’m so excited to be embarking on a big adventure abroad, there is still a big part of me missing Oberlin.

Four people. Four lives. Once strangers. Short-lived but so precious--yet such long paths that are unlikely to cross. 

I am 21 days into my final year at Oberlin and I have been reflecting a lot on what I would have told my freshman year self if I could go back in time. 

Some highlights of my semester studying abroad in Dublin, Ireland.  

Or, how I survived without air conditioning during the recent heat wave in Oberlin.

This summer I had the absolute privilege of getting to study opera in Germany… all thanks to Oberlin!

I used to think home was somewhere you returned to. This summer, I realized it could also be somewhere you leave behind.

I am heading back to Oberlin in a little over a week, and have been reminiscing on what I’ve been missing about Oberlin all summer. 

Being home again always brings back memories of nerves before my freshman year, but it's beginning to bring back memories of my home-away-from-home, too.

Parting advice from a graduate to Oberlin newcomers. 

Key considerations for joining the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (OSCA), and my experience of how joining the community was one of the best decisions of my life.

Reflecting on my last three years in order to make my senior year the best one yet!