Oberlin in Photos

Oberlin College President Henry Churchill King desired to have a chapel that could serve as a common meeting place for academic, religious, and musical occasions. Many renovations occurred after Finney Chapel was completed in 1908. The C.B. Fisk Organ was constructed from 1999 to 2000, and dedicated in 2001. The organ contains 4,014 pipes. Photo credit: Nicholas Masterson ’01

"Women across the world still face discrimination," Shirin Ebadi stated in her Convocation lecture through an interpreter. Ebadi, an Iranian political activist, lawyer, former judge, and human rights activist, is founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. Photo credit: John Seyfried

Maggie Kuhn addresses her audience. Kuhn was an activist known for founding the Gray Panthers movement, a series of multigenerational local advocacy networks in the United States that confront ageism and many other social justice issues.
Photo credit: Courtesy of Oberlin College Archives