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Now in its fourth year, the Global Issues Symposium expands student learning beyond the international studies concentration.

Students in Shelley Lee’s Immigration in U.S. History course partnered with the Ohio Immigrant Worker Project based in Canton, Ohio, this past fall semester.

What began as an aspiration to open a history museum in Oberlin morphed into a series of app-based tours that aim to represent the city’s diverse history—including the first 100 years of Oberlin College.

What began as a few Oberlin students tutoring in Lorain once a week has expanded into a team of more than 30 volunteers and three working groups who teach classes at El Centro every Saturday morning.

In their first post-grad jobs, Emma Laube ’17 and Ava Prince ’18 are working as curatorial assistants in the Allen Memorial Art Museum.

Coeditor of Historians on Hamilton, Professor Renee Romano’s newest book tackles difficult topics in a surprisingly uncontroversial Broadway hit.

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.

The history and creative writing double-major will teach English in Malaysia.

The concept of sanctuary is often part of today’s discussions about immigration, but the idea of providing sanctuary has ancient roots. Learn about the different meanings and practices during “What is Sanctuary?” on Tuesday, February 13.

Oberlin’s history of embodying leadership and empathy in times of political and social turmoil makes the title of the upcoming traveling exhibit, Courage and Compassion, especially fitting.