News Collection
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.
Making a Difference with Business
Omukoko Okoth ’25 chose Oberlin College for its values and opportunities, and in order to take advantage of all that Oberlin has to offer, he decided to participate in the business integrative concentration.
‘‘Diving into the Art World’’
June 20, 2019
This episode of An Oberlin Minute spotlights the Practicum in Museum Education winter term, which explores the Allen Memorial Art Museum and familiarizes students with museum education and gallery teaching.
Jeremy Simon ’17: Environmental Outreach and Cross-Cultural Learning
June 7, 2019
Since graduating from Oberlin, psychology graduate Jeremy Simon ’17 has led outdoors programs across Southeast Asia.
Chemistry Major Jane Sedlak Receives 2019 Nexial Prize
May 21, 2019
The annual $50,000 award recognizes excellence in sciences and passion for cultural study.
Students and Faculty Travel to China through LIASE Grant
March 1, 2019
Sponsored by the Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE) implementation grant, students, faculty, and staff traveled to China on two winter-term trips.
3D-Printing 101: If You Need It, Make It
February 21, 2019
Winter term is a monthlong opportunity for students to learn and experience new things. This year, Oberlin offered students a chance to try out something innovative: 3D-printing.
EEG and the Cognitive Sciences
February 20, 2019
Electroencephalogram is used in a variety of ways in the cognitive sciences to examine the structures and processes that underlie a creature’s ability to think and reason.
Oberlin Opera Theater Explores the Elusive American Dream in "Proving Up"
January 15, 2019
Five performances of Missy Mazzoli’s unsettling chamber opera begin January 31.
Tenor Nicholas Music '18 Returns to the Oberlin Spotlight
January 14, 2019
Graduate student to sing solo role in New York City tour performance of Stavinsky's Les Noce s.
Theater in London Winter Term: 12 Students, 10 Plays, 2 Weeks
March 13, 2018
How can a student see a show in a candlelit Jacobean theater, visit a 500-year-old pub, and get a backstage tour of a theater complex in just two weeks? By going on an Oberlin winter term trip, of course.
Winter Term Registration Moves Online
October 20, 2017
Registration for winter term has moved entirely online. To support students in this transition, One|Stop drop-in hours will be available.
“The Music is There but the Awareness is Not”
March 6, 2017
Ethnomusicologist Fredara Hadley shares her love of black music, women in jazz, and students finding their voice.
Making an Imprint
March 2, 2017
Students experience the time-honored craft of letterpress printing in this intensive, hands-on winter term project.
