Campus News

Those who submitted to this third and final installment of the 2014 Winter Term Chronicles include a group of flutists who learned to dissect and repair their own flutes, a first-year student who conducted research in the lab of a MacArthur Genius, students who traveled to India, Morocco, southern France, and Canada; and a group who created a brand new “impropera.”

For those of you who are not sure exactly what you’re going to do after you march across the stage in Tappan Square and graduate: I have some advice—and a special offer that costs nothing but time.

In recent months, the comparative American studies course How to Win a Beauty Pageant: Race, Gender, Culture, and U.S. National Identity has twice been featured on BuzzFeed and once on Mental Floss.

Chair of the Oberlin College Board of Trustees Clyde McGregor provides a synopsis of the work done by the board during its December 2013 meeting.

Included in this second installment of the 2014 Winter Term Chronicles are descriptions of projects that took place as far away as Indonesia and as near as Hales Gym.

Oberlin has much to celebrate this month: the appointment of two new academic deans and our legacies of access and mentoring.

To coincide with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey’s March 4 Convocation, a group of students are organizing a community affirmation/ art installation/ narrative sharing project, Oberlin History Lessons. Read on to learn how you can add your story.

Included in this first edition of Oberlin OnCampus' coverage of winter term 2014 are submissions from around the globe and close to home. And we've included information on how you can share your winter-term experiences with the Oberlin community.

I joined a group of more than 100 college and university presidents from across the country on January 16 for a day-long summit meeting at the White House about the need to launch an action plan for increasing college access and success for low-income and disadvantaged students.

On Sunday, February 9, eight national experts on endowment and socially responsible investing will take part in a day-long examination of strategies for investing, divesting, and effecting social change through investment. The day’s discussions are free and open to all members of the campus community and the public.