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Clear filtersMay 12, 2009
Today I'd like to take a moment to think about the natural disaster that struck China one year ago and reflect on the many Chinese people who devoted days and weeks of their lives to trying to make a difference in the aftermath.
May 1, 2009
So far 31 foreign A&S students have confirmed. This represents the most in Oberlin College history!!
January 4, 2009
I know that my leaving home and traveling to that wonderful country changed me in important ways too numerous to even count. At the very least, the assumptions I left with about my country and its relationship to the rest of the world changed in profound ways.
November 6, 2008
When it comes to international students, almost no students have interviews. But what is an interview like when I do actually find time to offer one?
October 16, 2008
To assure that we have great diversity when we are done with the final crafting of our international class and that we have also chosen the individual applicants who are most likely to thrive, we use a three-decision process for early decision applicants.
October 15, 2008
Last night I visited the United World College in Costa Rica and had the pleasure of speaking with a prospective student from Spain. Xiana is a native speaker, not of Spanish, but of Galacian. This got me thinking about differences in language diversity within countries.
September 29, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008 1:45 pm EST Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean
September 26, 2008
Friday, September 26, 11:00 pm Islington, London, UK
September 21, 2008
Sunday, September 21st, 5:00 am Domus Maxima B&B, Rome, Italy
September 21, 2008
Sunday, September 21st, 6:40 pm Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy
September 19, 2008
Friday, September 19, 11:50 pm Pudong Airport, Shanghai, China
September 17, 2008
3:54 am, September 17th, 2008 Asiana Airlines Flight 724, Somewhere over the Yellow Sea