Office of Advancement
Nathaniel Liu
Major Oberlin Activities
- Managed the Rideline student shuttle service
- Co-chaired the Green EDGE Fund (GEF)
- Co-organized Dandelion Romp and monthly dances for the Contra Dance Club
- Helped organize Folk Music Club’s Folk Fest and monthly programs
- Worked as an Office of Communications photographer and videographer
- Peer tutored Mandarin and Environmental Economics
- Member of Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (OSCA)
Folk musician for the Oberlin Farmer’s Market
Since our first year, Oberlin has provided less while charging more. Despite losing common spaces, off-campus housing, beloved professors, and dining options, Obies are responding with initiative: record numbers chose OSCA’s student-led kitchens, my Oberlin Athletics friends finished their strongest season in decades, and our Folk music community is thriving.
For my part, I led Rideline’s post-pandemic return, including raising $23,000 in emergency funds. I helped lead GEF, awarding grants for regional sustainability and paving the way for carbon neutrality at Oberlin.
I’ve spent years navigating bureaucracies: I’ve worked with Oberlin’s Trustees as a GEF leader and have served on a Maine nonprofit’s board and executive team since high school. I know how to collaborate and get things done.
As your trustee, I’ll advocate for investment in academics, particularly our libraries and professors. I’ll challenge opaque decision-making. I’ll demand an endowment that matches Oberlin’s values—including divestment from foreign wars.