News
Iesha-LaShay Phillips Appears on 'Today Show' Tribute to Toni Morrison
December 16, 2020
Communications Staff
As one of the winners of the 2020 Toni Morrison essay contest winners, Phillips will read an essay that honors Morrison.
![Iesha-LaShay Phillips Iesha-LaShay Phillips sits in front of a TV camera.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/iesha-lashay_phillips-news.jpg?itok=4pTXBupf)
Late Nights and Briefings: Law Student Jakheem Wheatley ’19
May 1, 2020
Jaimie Yue '22
Jakheem Wheatley ’19 is a first-year law student at UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
![man smiling.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jakheem_wheatley_v2.jpg?itok=hilJUvL-)
Flexing the Reporting Muscles: Jenna Gyimesi ’19
March 23, 2020
Jaimie Yue '22
As a graduate student at the Columbia University School of Journalism, Gyimesi is gaining experience in reporting and news production by working in the field.
![Jenna Gyimesi ’19 Jenna Gyimesi smiling while standing in front of a brick wall.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/gyimesijenna.jpg?itok=FoYuz7fo)
Bold and Cold: Cultivating Leadership Skills
January 31, 2020
Communications Staff
Bold and Cold series teaches leadership through the mind-body connection.
![Melissa Donohue ’87 speaks to group of students. woman leaning on a table near a podium with microphone.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/wt_melissa_donohue_yg.jpg?itok=-LWB0cBI)
Bridging the Gap: Oberlin Students Develop Dialogue with Conservative Religious School
January 28, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Led by Simon Greer, a leading facilitator for social change work, students from both schools engaged in learning to build bridges across lines of difference.
![Bridging the Gap dinner Six students sitting at a table set with food.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/bridgingthegap1-juliegulenko.jpg?itok=ZXayhGd8)
Jacques Forbes Receives Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Malaysia
May 21, 2019
Communications Staff
Forbes plans to pursue a career in law.
![Jacques Forbes '19 Picture of man sitting by a window](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/forbes-chrisschmucki19.jpg?itok=pY3WNidd)
Amanda Medendorp ’19 Awarded Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Mexico
May 20, 2019
Hillary Hempstead
The Hispanic studies and law and society double major will travel to Mexico to teach English.
![Amanda Medendorp ’19 young woman in green sweater white blose standing in front of magnolia bush.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/medendorp.jpg?itok=1bYgpQDJ)
From Tutor to ACLU Legal Assistant: Emma Keeshin ’15
August 27, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
Emma Keeshin ’15 works as a legal assistant at the ACLU of Ohio—using the full scope of her volunteer work in the Oberlin Public Schools to think outside of the box.
![Emma Keeshin Headshot Emma Keeshin](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/emma_keeshin_headshot.jpg?itok=0DTaQ-uA)
Sadie Keller ’19 Wins 2018 Truman Scholarship
April 23, 2018
Tyler Sloan ’17
Sadie Keller ’19 has won the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Awarded to outstanding college juniors who have demonstrated a strong commitment to public service, the $30,000 prize will help fund Keller’s postgraduate studies.
![Sadie Keller '19 wins Truman Scholarship Sadie Keller ’19](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs87219_180403sadiekeller4t2a6668.jpg?itok=K-6rW6jF)
Building Power and Support in Frontline Communities
July 7, 2016
Kasey Cheydleur
Aaron Appel ’16 is pursuing his interest in social justice and doing a little of everything while working for Auntie Na’s House, a grassroots community center in Detroit.
![Aaron Appel ’16](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/aaron_appel_teaser_0.jpg?itok=r7nKCaWs)