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The Oberlin College Media Center (OCMC) is Oberlin’s first creative media literacy, collaboration, and experimentation hub. At OCMC, student staff, known as media associates, provide workshops, playshops, drop-in lab assistance, and course support to help integrate arts and technology across curriculum, organizations, and independent projects.

Susan Kane (third from left), professor of art history and classical archaeology, and Andria Derstine (center), John G.W. Cowles Director of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, stand with visiting museum

While many students complete their winter term projects off campus, some choose to remain in Oberlin. Of the approximately 855 students who are on campus this winter term, 78 are completing chemistry

Six Kendal at Oberlin residents are joining conservatory students to perform the one-act opera Strawberry Fields. Performances will be held 8 p.m., Friday, January 30, and 2 p.m., Saturday, January 31, in the ’Sco.

Zoë Madonna, a senior East Asian studies major, earned a grand prize of $10,000 at the 2014 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, a five-day, invitation-only competition held in November at the San

The Office of Community and Government Relations and the Bonner Center for Service and Learning (BCSL), with support from the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, invite all members of the Oberlin community and college to celebrate the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 19, with a morning of volunteer service activities.

Randal Doane, assistant dean of studies, will speak at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archive on January 22 at 7 p.m. Doane’s talk, “Hitsville, USA: How The Clash Broke America and Gave Our Adolescence a Whole Lotta Love,” focuses on key themes discussed throughout his recent book, Stealing All Transmissions: A Secret History of The Clash.

This Winter Term, Miles Ginoza, Jesse Wiener, Jason Ihm, Will Halimou, and Leah Wood are in Honolulu, Hawaii, studying the traditional art form of Japanese taiko drumming under Kenny Endo, a leading

In the course Oberlin History as American history, Oberlin College students partner with Oberlin High School students to research and discuss local history. Throughout the course, students discover that history often looks different depending on your relation to the college.

Oberlin College earned a place on the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction in the Interfaith Community Service category and secured a place on the Honor Roll in both the General Community Service and Education categories. This is the eighth consecutive year Oberlin College has received the honor.