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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.

  • Encouraging Student-Alumni Ventures

    The Creativity & Leadership Project is sponsoring the first LaunchU program, three intensive weeks that accelerate and encourage the development of Oberlin entrepreneurs.

    LaunchU logo

  • Sustaining Endangered Languages

    Jena Mauldin is taking part in the Recovering Voices project, a Smithsonian-led initiative that documents and preserves endangered languages around the world.

    Museum exterior

  • 2013 Winter Term Hours

    If you'll be on campus during winter term, you'll want to refer to the Oberlin OnCampus compilation of hours of operation for dining halls and other hot spots on campus.

College of Arts and Sciences Admissions
(800) 622-6243 or (440) 775-8411
38 E. College St., Oberlin, OH 44074

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(440) 775-8413
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