Campus News

Delta Lodge Director of Athletics and Physical Education Natalie Winkelfoos (left) poses with Diane Yu '73 at the ribbon cutting of the Diane Yu Fitness Center earlier this summer. The center, on the

Dessane Cassell '14 (pictured at the Allen Memorial Art Museum) an art history major with a minor in Africana studies, will be teaching English in South Africa, thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship

Cindy Nickoloff, Oberlin’s director of internal communications, died July 6, 2014, at her home in Elyria after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She worked for Oberlin's Office of Communications for nearly 25 years.

As Special Assistant to the President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Meredith Raimondo will work with the campus community implement the new sexual misconduct policy.

A public groundbreaking ceremony will be held Thursday, June 12, at the Oberlin Inn.

The community's celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday symbolizing the end of slavery, will begin on June 8 and end with a festival and picnic on Saturday, June 14.

The WAVE program, which sees Oberlin students tutoring children entering first through twelfth grade, is available at no cost.

With the passing of Maya Angelou this week, we’re reminded of the inspiring Commencement address she gave to the class of 1983. See the original text of her address, courtesy of the Oberlin College Archives.

View a gallery of photos from Oberlin's 177th Commencement Exercises. More photos of Commencement and the entire Commencement/Reunion Weekend are on flickr

Commencement weekend was fantastic! After a long, harsh winter and a cold, damp spring, the weather was perfect from the first event on Friday to the graduation ceremony in sun-splashed Tappan Square on Memorial Day. The campus looked beautiful. The atmosphere and the events were great. And fabulous music, music, music filled the air and our concert venues.