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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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Yarn to Garment
February 24, 2016
In this winter-term project, participants truly create their own garment from scratch, from yarn selection and learning how to weave fabric on a loom, to sewing and fitting their completed design.
Learning Through Example in West Africa
February 23, 2016
Dance Diaspora members find inspiration, learn painful slave history in winter term trip to Gambia.
Rapidfire Language Learning
February 19, 2016
Students who choose an intensive language course over winter term learn an entire semester’s material in one month.
From Yarn to Garment
February 17, 2016
Chloe Deshusses threads needles on a weaving loom in preparation for making a custom sleeveless dress in the winter-term project From Yarn to Garment. Directed and sponsored by Betsy Bruce,...
Learning the Secrets of Songwriting
February 17, 2016
This winter term, a small group of students participated in a songwriting workshop led by noted singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche ’03.
Rebellion on the Nile
February 15, 2016
A dozen students led by Associate Professor Zeinab Abul-Magd spent winter term exploring the political and environmental issues facing Egypt.
Volunteering in Vietnam
February 12, 2016
Third-year Gabriel Hitchcock, a neuroscience major and art history minor, spent his winter term in Hanoi, Vietnam, volunteering at a traditional medicine hospital.
Concert Halls and Castles
February 10, 2016
Students in Technology in Music and Related Arts spend winter term sharing their works and exchanging ideas at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
Students Display Work in Once Upon a Woodblock
February 9, 2016
The students enrolled in the winter-term workshop Blades on Wood: Relief Printmaking for the Strongly Devoted display their work on Friday, January 22, in the South Dome of the Art Department in...
Taiko Members Hone Their Craft
February 8, 2016
Members of Oberlin College Taiko spend winter term learning essential skills and knowledge from members of the San Jose Taiko ensemble.
Filming Wine in France
February 8, 2016
Thomas Chevrier, French lecturer and faculty in residence at French House, led a group of students to wine country during winter term to document the iconic French art of winemaking.
Growing Organics Down Under
February 4, 2016
Kendra Lockard spent her winter term in New Zealand volunteering with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms on a blueberry and blackberry farm.
