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Conservatory Professional Development helps students find their path.

As part of Oberlin’s three-semester plan for 2020-2021, second-year students participated in a monthlong winter term SOAR retreat and had the opportunity to pursue micro-internships or research

In her recently published book Climate Change, Literature, and Environmental Justice (Cambridge University Press), Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Comparative American Studies Jay Fiskio places climate change within the long histories of enslavement, settler colonialism, and resistance, and examines the connections between climate disruption and and a system of imperialism and capitalism.

As a teaching assistant, Scholl will help Austrian students develop the linguistic skills needed to be fluent in English, while serving as an informal ambassador and promoting cross-cultural dialogue between the United States and the Republic of Austria. 

Taught by New York DJ, producer, and educator Chris Annibell, "Sound Collage" will combine historical perspectives with hands-on creating.

Ruth Bieber-Stanley ’21 has German ancestors and relatives on both sides of her family, but never learned to speak German as a child. Today, not only does she know the language, but uses it to have an even deeper connection with her heritage.

Program leverages campus, community, and industry resources to foster development of students into artist-citizens.

Working in immigration policy takes hard work and dedication, but Francisco Garcia ’22 already has a seat at the table. A politics and Hispanic studies double major, Garcia’s interests and studies at Oberlin as a Posse Scholar landed him an internship in the office of Congressman Jesús G. “Chuy” García in Washington, D.C.

Conservatory athlete Ian Ashby ’22 divides his days between music and the mound.

Oberlin College will broaden its commitment to Jewish life and scholarship this May when it becomes one of only a handful of liberal arts colleges throughout the country to offer students a certified kosher kitchen experience.