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Oberlin College Hosts the 2022 Green Energy Ohio Awards; Receives Green Achievement Award for Academia
Scott Wargo
Each year, Green Energy Ohio presents Green Achievement Awards to individuals, businesses, universities, nonprofits, and government and community entities for the work they have accomplished in advancing GEO’s mission. Oberlin College will be recognized as the 2022 recipient of the Green Achievement Award for Academia.
Arman Luczkow Receives Fulbright to Taiwan
Amanda Nagy
Arman Luczkow will apply his leadership and language skills as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan.
Sarah Wong ’22 Receives Fulbright to Taiwan
Amanda Nagy
A musical studies and law and society major, Sarah Wong applied for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to honor her Taiwanese heritage while becoming more fluent in her family’s ancestral languages.
Courtney-Savali Andrews Appointed to Newly Created Faculty Position at Oberlin Conservatory
Erich Burnett
Role focuses on African American and African diasporic musics, aligns with studies in both the college and conservatory.
Evan Kresch Named U.S. Fulbright Scholar
Scott Wargo
Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch will travel to Spain next spring as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar, where he will continue his research and teach at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and French Anna Levett Receives Prestigious ACLS Fellowship
Amanda Nagy
The ACSL Fellowship focuses its support on early-career, untenured scholars. In addition to funding, the award will allow Levett to decrease her teaching load and devote more time to her current book project on surrealism in Arab literature.
Oberlin Conservatory Organist Daniel Jacky Wins Duke Chapel Position
Erich Burnett
Double-degree student devotes coming year to performing, choir directing, and continued studies in North Carolina.
Ohio EPA Awards Oberlin College, Oberlin City Schools $50,000 to Enhance Environmental Dashboard
Office of Communications
Oberlin College, in collaboration with the Oberlin City School District, has received a $50,000 award from the Ohio Environmental Education Fund to complete the Environmental Dashboard system that will be incorporated in the district’s new elementary school.
Meet the 2022 Student Commencement Speaker
Office of Communications
On Sunday, June 5, Oberlin College will celebrate the Class of 2022 with a Commencement ceremony on Tappan Square beginning at 9:30 a.m. Cyril Amanfo ’22, a neuroscience and theater major, was selected by the Commencement Class Speaker Search Committee to address the graduating class. A livestream of the events will be available on the commencement page.
Mathias Reed Recognized with YB Staff Award
Scott Wargo
Associate Director of Media Production Mathias Reed’s dedication and commitment to supporting the institutional mission throughout the pandemic is one of the reasons he was selected for the 2022 YB Staff Award.