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Starting to think beyond Oberlin

January 15, 2009

Chris Gollmar

Today I visited Career Services to get some quick advice on my résumé and on finding the right gradate program. It feels like I'm a junior in high school all over again.

Two Years in Rural China

December 22, 2008

Daniel Tam-Claiborne

It is fitting that even in my last semester here at Oberlin, I am fortunate enough to be taking advantage of one more opportunity that this school has offered--one that is wholly unique to graduates of Oberlin. For two years, I will be teaching English in the northern Chinese province of Taigu through the Oberlin Shansi two-year fellowship program.

Foreign adventures

November 24, 2008

Prof. David Walker

Imagine someone handing you a check for $28,000 to go anywhere in the world to do whatever you'd most like to do in the year after college graduation.

Newsworthy

June 30, 2008

Prof. David Walker

If you're interested in a career in journalism, is it a mistake to choose a college that doesn't offer a journalism major? On the contrary!

Obies in the Holy Land

June 18, 2008

Max Strasser

Sorry for my hiatus from the Obieblogosphere, but I'm in Jerusalem, working at an internship and enjoying the Middle East. But Oberlin is never too far from my mind. Here's a quick update.

Where are they now?

June 7, 2008

Prof. David Walker

The overlapping events of commencement and reunion balance each other, since the inevitable melancholy of saying goodbye to the graduates is offset by the pleasure of reconnecting with old friends.

Summertime, and the livin' is easy

June 5, 2008

Alice Ollstein

I'm back home in Santa Monica with a real job at a real newspaper, and I'm realizing that my time at the Oberlin Review has been the perfect preparation for the journalism world.

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