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Winter Term
Oberlin provides a winter term each year to empower students to discover the value of self-directed education. Students may devise an individual project in collaboration with an Oberlin staff or faculty member, or participate in a group project that has been organized by Oberlin staff, faculty, or other students. These undertakings can happen on or off campus. The Office of Winter Term oversees these projects.
The central objective of this period is to continue the process of personal and academic discovery outside of the classroom.
Oberlin Musicians Collaborate at California’s Hidden Valley Institute
Winter Term projects culminate in performances involving TIMARA, dance, chamber music, and jazz.
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Resounding Runout
February 12, 2020
First-year students complete a winter term tour, bridging cultures along the way.
This Week in Photos: February 5
February 5, 2020
In this photo series, we walk with the dinosaurs in Cleveland and visit a congressional intern in Washington, D.C., before coming back home to Oberlin to watch the Wild Beast of the Bungalow take over the stage in Warner Concert Hall; go snowboarding in Hales Gym; and sit in on a gallery talk, book art class, choir practice, an academic retreat, and a dance performance.
Sonic Arts in Society Develops Innovative Music and Technology Workshops for Hospital Community
February 3, 2020
In this community-based project, students worked on prototypes that will be implemented in the spring.
RStudio Programming Course Empowers Students to Pursue Independent Research
January 31, 2020
A Winter Term 2020 project in the Department of Psychology introduces students to the most important open-source programming language in data science.
Master a Beast in 4 Short Weeks
January 31, 2020
Students devote winter term to mounting an opera premiere.
Practicum in Museum Education
January 31, 2020
Students get a behind-the-scenes look at the Allen Memorial Art Museum and are introduced to the theory and practice of museum education and gallery teaching as they take their first step to becoming an AMAM docent.
Shining a Light on Composition
January 31, 2020
TIMARA students devote Winter Term 2020 to creating light through music—and vice versa.
Bold and Cold: Cultivating Leadership Skills
January 31, 2020
Bold and Cold series teaches leadership through the mind-body connection.
Dance Like Everybody’s Listening
January 31, 2020
TIMARA students compose music for dance... with dancers at their side.
Staging the Real: Workshopping Neo-Futurist Performance Art
January 31, 2020
Theater alum Joey Rizzolo ’97 teaches interdisciplinary course in collaborative performance art.
A Conversation with Phlox Ensemble Conductor Sophia Bass
January 30, 2020
The Phlox ensemble, an orchestra and choir promoting women and trans individuals in classical music, is an intensive winter term project that provides a space for students of traditionally underrepresented gender identities and those with a commitment to gender inclusion to engage with classical music.
This Week in Photos: January 29
January 29, 2020
Although Winter Term 2020 is complete there are still so many photogenic and inspiring moments to share. In this photo series, we visit Lake Erie; Hall Annex 100 for a theater workshop with director Joey Rizzolo; Peters Hall for an elementary Russian class; the Ninde Scholars at Oberlin High School; and a chance to sport a terrific pair of 3D-printed snow glasses.
