Senior Week & Commencement Celebrations Calendar

Sunday, May 24, 2020

10:30 a.m. “The Certainty of Oberlin” featuring President Carmen Twillie Ambar

President Ambar will give her state-of-the-college address “The Certainty of Oberlin”. This will be pre-recorded and posted at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Sunday, May 24th on the commencement website so people across the world can watch at a time that is most convenient for them. To watch, visit State of the College Address 2020.

11 a.m. Cinema Studies Open House

Contact: William Patrick Day pday@oberlin.edu

12 p.m. Musical Studies Open House

Contact: Kathryn Metz kmetz@oberlin.edu

1 p.m. Multifaith Baccalaureate Celebration

The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life will host a virtual Baccalaureate Ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 24. “On Parting Again: Saying Goodbye During the Coronavirus Pandemic,” features a student panel representing different faith traditions. Panelists will include Nathan Carpenter (nonreligious), Madeleine Gefke (Christian), Noa Gordon-Guterman (Jewish), Lyala Khan (pluralist), and Kenneth Kitahata (Buddhist). Rising-senior Ivy Miller will facilitate. President Ambar will offer a welcome; music will be provided by violinist Riley Calcagno, who performs both classical and roots music.

To watch, go to the Commencement homepage or visit Baccalaureate 2020 on our Vimeo channel.

Contact: David Dorsey ddorsey@oberlin.edu

2 p.m. English Open House

Contact: Gillian Johns gijohns@oberlin.edu

2 p.m. Sociology Open House

Contact: Greggor Mattson gmattson@oberlin.edu

2 - 3:30 p.m. Creative Writing Program Open House

Contact: DeSales Harrison desalesh@gmail.com 

2 - 4 p.m. Russian/REES Open House

Contact: Tom Newlin tnewlin@oberlin.edu

3 p.m. Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Open House

Contact: Greggor Mattson gmattson@oberlin.edu

3 p.m. TIMARA Open House

Contact: Abby Aresty aaresty@oberlin.edu

3 p.m. Anthropology Department and Archaeological Studies Program Open House

Contact: Amy Margaris amy.margaris@oberlin.edu

4 p.m. Posse Scholars X Commencement Reception

Contact: Meredith Gadsby meredith.gadsby@oberlin.edu

7 p.m. Social on the Square and Illumination

Social on the Square and Illumination have a long tradition at Oberlin College. This year, we bring that tradition to you.

View the Illumination photo gallery

8 p.m. Bonner Graduation Celebration

Contact: Brandi McVety bmcvety@oberlin.edu

8 p.m. Stay On It Zoom Discussion - Celebrating the Class of 2020

To celebrate the class of 2020, Oberlin Conservatory of Music has created a digital performance of Julius Eastman's Stay On It. Join a Zoom discussion with some of the staff and students involved in this project to learn how these now-common "tiled" videos come together, from an artistic and production perspective.

Watch Stay On It

Contact: Leah Brockman Leah.Brockman@oberlin.edu

Ongoing

Cinema Studies Screening: The Best Student Films of the Year

This special program features the best Oberlin student narrative, documentary, and experimental films of 2019-20. It has been curated in two parts: pre-COVID and post-COVID films. All are welcome.

Learn more and watch the student films

Faculty Film Screening (through Friday, May 29)

The Return of Elder Pingree — Memoir of a Departed Mormon, a film by Professor of Cinema Studies and English Geoff Pingree, premiered at the 2019 Santa Cruz Film Festival.

Learn more and watch the film

Multicultural Resource Center Events

Congratulations to the Class of 2020! To celebrate our graduates, enjoy the congratulatory slideshows! For the best viewing experience, we suggest using Google Chrome.

• Asian & Pacific Islander Diaspora Graduation

• Black Parent & Family Appreciation

• Latinx Graduation

• Oberlin Lambda Alumni & Multicultural Resource Center Colloquium and Lavender Graduation Ceremony
  To respect participants' confidentiality, the Multicultural Resource Center will email all "Lavender" graduates a link to the slideshow. 

For more information on all MRC events please contact Zahida Sherman zsherman@oberlin.edu