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Elsa Friedmann ’24 Earns Fulbright to Germany
Communications Staff
Elsa Friedmann ’24 has earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) and hopes to teach English in Hamburg to Germany.
Nik Divall ’24 Earns Fulbright to Germany
Communications Staff
Fulbright study/research award winner Nik Divall ’24 plans to spend the 2024-2025 academic year pursuing a master’s degree in historical performance in the German port city of Bremen.
Oberlin Alum Inspires Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical
Eloise Rich '26
Suffs, a Broadway musical about the early 20th-century suffragist movement, is a two-time Tony winner as of June 16—one for Best Book and another for Best Score. The musical has deep ties to Oberlin
Faythe Cooper ’24 Earns Fulbright to Taiwan
Communications Staff
Faythe Cooper ’24 has earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Taiwan for the 2024-2025 academic year, giving her the oportunity to hone her conversation skills teaching English in Taiwan.
Cream of the Crop
Hannah Van Sickle
Third-generation dairy farmer Sarah Lyons Chase ’10 is milking to the beat of a different drummer—and thriving in the process.
Secret Sauce
Hanna Raskin ’98
Once OSCA’s membership secretary, Maggie Bayless ’77 now helps food entrepreneurs hone their businesses.
The Long and Winding (Entrepreneurial) Road
Annie Zaleski
Evelyne White ’04 earned a degree in politics and is now the CEO and cofounder of SixPlus, a startup company that makes it easy for businesses and marketing professionals to source and book private event spaces.
Haoyuan Gao Wins Oberlin's 2024 Nexial Prize
Communications Staff
Haoyuan Gao ’24, a biology and neuroscience double major with minors in book studies, chemistry, and East Asian studies, has been named the winner of Oberlin’s 2024 Nexial Prize. The award is presented to an outstanding science student with aspirations for interdisciplinary research.
Jazz Vocalist Dani Assis ’23 Wins Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
A rising star, Assis emerged from an international pool of talent in this year’s competition with vocalists from China, Belarus, Canada, Germany, Mexico, and across the United States.
Students Create Project That Engages Local Hospital Patients and Nursing Home Residents
George Rogers
Oboist Meera Bhatia ’23 and flutist Emily Nixon ’23 visited local hospital and nursing homes over the past academic year, commissioning and premiering a piece by Jeff Scott through the Gletherow-Young-Deppman Project Award.