Who is Becky Bode?

Full Name: Becky Bode

Department and location on campus: Facility Operations in the Service Building

Job title: Grounds Services Manager

What does your job entail? Most of everything outside, which includes maintaining and installing landscape in the flower beds around buildings and campus; planting and maintaining the trees around campus and Tappan Square; mowing the grass, parking lots, and athletic fields for practices and games; the big flower pots you see outside of various buildings that we plant and decorate for the different seasons; and the koi pond at the conservatory.

How many years at Oberlin? 5

What are your hobbies? I kayak when the weather permits, hike year-round with my dog Mia, and I do pottery (throwing and handbuilding), cooking, and reading.

Favorite Quote? "My life is mine."