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Four students will pursue individual projects throughout Asia during winter term.

Senior Shavonne Stanek receives an Undergraduate Research Award from the Forum on Education Abroad for her in-depth study of fishing practices in Zanzibar.

The Spanish in the Elementary Schools program celebrates its 10-year anniversary of college students teaching elementary school students to speak Spanish.

Sarah Chatta ’17 and Olivia Evans ’18 will study critical foreign languages this summer.

Second-year Kate Diamond spent winter term compiling titles of science fiction and fantasy books with diverse characters into an online database, All Our Worlds. The staff of the Oberlin College Library agreed to add 100 such titles to its collection.

Students in Oberlin's creative writing program find publishing opportunities before they graduate.

A new initiative introduces courses in Portuguese language and Brazilian culture.

A first-year student, a sophomore, and senior have received scholarships to study in India, Jordan, and Japan.

In cross-disciplinary courses, professors are using knowledge of foreign languages to take students’ learning of history, politics, and culture to a deeper level.

Jena Mauldin is taking part in the Recovering Voices project, a Smithsonian-led initiative that documents and preserves endangered languages around the world.