Oberlin Blogs

I have had so many absolutely fantastic professors this year who have inspired me in all sorts of ways.

It's a necessary step! I handled mine really badly! This is why!

And why you should forget them.

I like stories much more than I like lists, so here are four of them in two installments.

Through my own personal failings, it is my wish that you will become enriched with wisdom.

Part II in my little pearls-of-wisdom series. Thanks again to everyone who contributed. Enjoy!

To be fair to my parents, they did tell me most of this, but it was easy to dismiss their experiences as being far removed from my own. As your peer, I hope that this will be useful to you and will help you to put yourself in the right frame of mind for what you should expect come September, without feeling overwhelmed.

In Oberlin, I think professors are kinda like celebrities. And these are the ones I go goo-goo eyed over.

To the Class of 2015: a list of minor and not-so-minor regrets I have that I hope you won't. (It's really not that bad, and you'll survive perfectly well even if you completely ignore this list.) Love, Christine.

Getting in

So here's the deal. I'm looking for VOLUNTEERS. Students who would like to begin working on their own ePorfolios now. I provide you with access to an ePortfolio system, you use it (more instructions provided) and, every now and again, we get together to talk to other ePortfolio users about how it's going and what you're getting out of it (or not!).

What exactly should every Oberlin graduate know and be able to do by the time they walk up to the commencement stage? How do we know that she knows? And how do we make sure that her coursework allows her to actually learn it?