Awards and Honors

Each fall, Oberlin Conservatory seniors have the opportunity to compete in the annual Concerto Competition, with the top four winners featured in the spring as soloists with the Oberlin orchestras.

Anthropologist and educator celebrated by President Biden in White House ceremony.

The annual award recognizes outstanding teaching accomplishments within the College of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music.

Honor marks 14th consecutive year of recognition by the prestigious exchange program.

Abby Tejera Rocha is committed to making a positive impact on society through her educational outreach in STEM areas. Her accomplishments have been recognized by an international tech firm that recruited her to be a developer.

Author and educator elevates nuances of the Black experience—and his own experience—through acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction.

A 2021 graduate, Raavi Asdar is part of a cohort teaching English to local Tajiki residents in a U.S.-embassy sponsored American Space.

Through the program, young professionals spend a year living, working, and studying in Germany.

Marwan Ghanem, a spring 2022 graduate with majors in biology and neuroscience, is this year’s winner of the Oberlin College Nexial Prize.

Menafee’s dedication to service-learning projects in a Cleveland urban garden has been recognized by the Ohio Campus Compact.

As a top producer of Fulbrights among baccalaureate institutions, Oberlin continues its long tradition of preparing graduates to live and learn abroad through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program.

A graduate in biology and physics, Boissavy is eyeing a career in plant evolution research.