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Sonia Shah ’90, an investigative journalist and critically acclaimed author, will deliver the keynote address for Oberlin College and Conservatory’s Commencement ceremony honoring the Class of 2025 on Monday, May 26.

Obie alums spanning generations returned for Homecoming and Reunion at the tail end of September. The gorgeous autumn weekend provided a fitting backdrop for festive celebrations all over campus

The extraordinary challenges of COVID-19 called for creative planning to send off graduates in a meaningful way.

Apple executive Lisa Jackson will give the keynote Commencement address; scientist Joanne Chory and broadcast journalist Robert Krulwich ’69 will also receive honorary degrees.

The main library in Mudd Center will be named in honor of 1884 graduate Mary Church Terrell, an educator, feminist, civil rights activist, and a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and the NAACP.

Sedaris is a critically acclaimed writer and contributor on the public radio show This American Life.

The college has announced its speakers and honorary degree recipients for the 2017 Commencement Reunion Weekend, which will be May 19-22.

Jessye Norman, hailed as one of the world’s greatest opera and concert singers, gave the 2016 Commencement address on May 23.

Renowned Opera Singer Jessye Norman will give the Commencement address.

Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, delivered the 2015 Commencement address.