three students at long desk mounting plant specimens
During winter term, Professor of Biology Michael Moore worked with Rian Szende ’22, Renee Geyer ’21, and Imani Badillo ’22 to preserve plant specimens for the herbarium. Students mounted donated samples to paper and then weighed each sheet. Once the samples set, students will catalogue them. Photo credit: Jannifer Manna

Oberlin is a dynamic and interactive place. It may be difficult at times to keep up with academic breaks, tutoring and career exploration sessions, athletic events, concerts in the Cat, not to mention deadlines for advising and course selection. Here are a few quick links to help you stay on top of your game.

Quick Links

Campus Bulletins

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Winter Term

The Oberlin campus reopens January 2, 2019, for winter term—a month-long opportunity for students to explore academic and personal interests outside of the classroom, on or off campus, individually or with a group.

Explore Winter Term

What’s Happening

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Campus Events

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Recent News

Campus Offices

These are a few of the administrative offices that provide a range of student services—from health and safety and counseling, to student activities and academic support.

Academic Advising Resource Center

The Academic Advising Resource Center oversees advising, enrollment, and course registration from the time you are admitted through graduation and beyond.

AARC

Career Development Center

Students and recent alumni benefit from such Career Development Center services as career exploration, experiential and internship opportunities, skill building workshops, and more.

Career Development Center

CIT Help Desk

Our customer-service driven Help Desk provides software support for all types of computers and hardware support for under-warranty, Macintosh, and the HP Business line. CIT also provides analysis, repairs, system setup, and other services.

CIT Help Desk

Conservatory Professional Development

Workshops, advising, resume building, job searches, mentoring, and more are provided through the Office of Conservatory Professional Development. Services are tailored to conservatory students and musical studies majors from the college.

Conservatory Professional Development

Counseling Center

Counseling Center professionals provide short-term confidential psychological support to students as they pursue academic and personal goals.

Counseling Center

Disability Resources

We facilitate access to all programs, services, and activities that are provided at the college, while encouraging and helping students to develop self-advocacy skills.

Disability Resources

Fellowships and Awards

Fellowships and awards fund student research, teaching, travel, and service from the first year of college through the early alumni years. We help students to discover funding opportunities, to prepare competitive applications, and to present themselves compellingly in interviews.

Fellowships and Awards

Multicultural Resource Center

The MRC is a gathering place for the collaborative support of historically disenfranchised communities. We work on issues of diversity and inclusion within a social justice context at Oberlin College.

MRC

Office of the Ombudsperson

Oberlin’s ombudsperson is a multipartial and independent administrator who helps individuals—students, faculty, and staff—resolve conflicts, solve problems, and communicate more effectively with others.

Ombudsperson

Office of the Registrar

The Office of the Registrar staff assist with all of the changes that occur during a student’s career; for example, changes of major, names, updates to enrollment status, application for transfer of credit, and reinstatement of enrollment in the college. The registrar also oversees publication of the online course catalog.

Registrar

Office of Winter Term

Oberlin’s winter term takes place each January to give students the opportunity to explore in depth topics of interest within and outside of their intended major. The office has a wealth of resources to help students select projects, funding sources, sponsors, and more.

Winter Term

Student Academic Success Programs

Advising, peer mentoring, tutoring, academic workshops, and strategies to improve study skills are among the services available to students through this office.

Student Academic Success

Student Health Services

Our team of medical practitioners treat a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries and offer follow-up care as needed.

Student Health

Get Involved

Don’t sit on the sidelines. In addition to your academic studies, Oberlin has many ways for you to engage with your peers and the community at large.

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First Year Librarian

New to Oberlin and haven’t visited the Mary Church Terrell Main Library yet? Not sure how to navigate the resources in the building? Be sure to connect with a First Year Library Advisor who can show you all things library related.

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Students in one of the StudiOC classrooms with instructor Chie Sakakibara.
 Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko

StudiOC

StudiOC is s both a modern and flexible educational space and a new method for faculty to engage in multidisciplinary collaboration. Students can enroll in a theme-based learning community that incorporate subject matter from several different disciplines, allowing for rich and meaningful interactions with peers and faculty. Learning communities enroll up to 30 students; average class size is 15.

Learning CommunitiesStudiOC

Additional Resources