Campus News

Environmental studies major and sophomore Beth Minahan cuts the hair of first-year Nicole Estrada on Monday, April 27, during Hair Recycling, an Ecolympics event sponsored by the Resource Conservation

In this column, I share some thoughts on affordability of higher education in general, Oberlin’s tuition situation in particular, and the recent concerns expressed publicly by some students opposing the tuition increase planned for the 2015/2016 academic year.

On behalf of the Commencement/Reunion Weekend committees, I want to share some information about the 2015 commencement ceremony with faculty and staff.

The Oberlin College and city of Oberlin communities will come together on Saturday, May 2, for the Big Parade. An annual celebration featuring music, dancing, food, floats, and more, the Big Parade

The Bonner Center for Service and Learning is looking for a student to serve as a President’s Public Service Fellow (PPSF) for a new arts-based training program for Lorain High School students this summer. The deadline to apply for this fellowship is Friday, May 1.

Located on the second floor of Mudd Library, the Letterpress Studio is accessible to students through an ExCo class, a winter-term group project, and opportunities for class visits. Here, Jacob

I am writing on behalf of Oberlin College and Conservatory to offer our condolences to the Schroth family on the passing Thursday morning of their beloved husband and father John Schroth, superintendent of the Oberlin City Schools.

First Lady Michelle Obama will join Marian Wright Edelman in addressing the Oberlin College Class of 2015 at its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 25. We are receiving this tremendous honor because a video about our Ninde Scholars program was selected as the winner of the First Lady’s national Near-Peer Mentoring Challenge.

Junior Sam Horne participates in Arb Clean Up, an Ecolympics event during which students were invited to pick up trash in the Arboretum on Thursday, April 16.

The sixth annual Senior Symposium begins at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2015, in Craig Lecture Hall. In the days leading up to the event, the Source is sharing a handful of project abstracts written by presenting seniors. This is part 3 of 3.