Oberlin Blogs

Our new crop of international students arrived late last week and began international orientation Saturday evening.

To me, Oberlin can't be summed up in one adjective. So, here for your exploring pleasure, are the adjectives that I think best describe Oberlin.

A wish list for Fall semester.

A few words of advice mixed with my nostalgic ramblings of yore.

You can look forward to seeing the detailed itineraries up on the website soon, but I thought I'd give you a sneak preview of our international travel plans.

In this post: coffee mugs, unions (viz. Teamsters and AFSCME), near-death experiences, pictures I may or may not have incorrectly uploaded even though I've been given two sets of instructions on how to upload photos because I'm practically a Luddite, Oberlin vignettes.

If we don't know that you're interested in Oberlin, how can we tell you about all the cool admissions events that happen each year?

Some advice for freshmen, their parents, and current students about orientation... pack your bags and tissues; it'll be a wild ride!

Some thoughts after watching my younger sister pack for her freshman year at college.

Nearly everyone at Oberlin can ride a bike. And for the first time in my life, I want to be like everyone else. How hard can biking be?

Without ANY planning on my part to "eat exotic," here is what my wife and I did to travel around the world just in the last 9 days.

Funny story: One time, I forgot to bring my concert pants and didn't realize until I was trying to get dressed for a concert.