News
Oberlin Builds Partnerships in Cleveland
September 5, 2019
Amanda Nagy
Orientation event brings entire incoming class to Cleveland for tours, workshops, and service learning.
![Connect Cleveland Wade Oval Students in matching Connect Cleveland t-shirts sit on an outdoor sculpture representing the hashtag #ThisIsCLE](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/connect_cle_wade_oval_cle_sign.jpg?itok=JfUz-1Bo)
El Centro Volunteer Initiative Connects Oberlin Students with Lorain
July 24, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
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.
![El Centro Volunteer Initiative student volunteers Group of 11 ECVI student volunteers pose for picture.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ecvi_photo.jpg?itok=-Cu4RyBS)
Jesus Martinez ’19 Receives Charles J. Ping Student Service and Seretta Saylor Legacy Awards
May 24, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Jesus Martinez ’19 has been awarded the Charles J. Ping Student Service Award and the Seretta Saylor Legacy Award for his work with the El Centro Volunteer Initiative.
![Jesus Martinez ’19 Photo of Jesus Martinez seated on a white couch in a room with skylights behind him](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jesus_martinez_header_photo.jpg?itok=kjJXW983)
Immigration in U.S. History Students Partner with Ohio Immigrant Worker Project
February 4, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
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.
![Immigration in U.S. History students Students sitting at long tables with computers and laptops in a classroom](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/immigration_in_us_history_class_photo.jpeg?itok=I764gw58)
Number of Truman Scholarship Recipients Highlights Commitment to Service
November 9, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
Among liberal arts institutions, Oberlin ranks third in the number of Truman Scholarship recipients.
![Oberlin College campus autum scene aerial view of Oberlin College campus buildings in autumn](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/truman.jpg?itok=CF9oqZsf)
Day of Service in Its 22nd Year
September 17, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
Day of Service, sponsored by the Bonner Center for Service and Learning, is an annual community service event that introduces new Oberlin students to surrounding Lorain County.
![Photo of Bel Moreno Bel Moreno](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bel_moreno_photo_3.jpg?itok=P8AJnxsK)
Rethinking Sports as Scholarship
November 7, 2017
Tyler Sloan ’17
A new course this fall, Thirteen Ways of Looking at Sports, provides an innovative platform for students to talk about sports’ dynamic role in society.
![Thirteen Ways of Looking at Sports class in StudiOC Colás in StudiOC with his class](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs78614_ways_of_looking_at_sports-57.jpg?itok=Fbtnyxi3)
Policy, People, and Grassroot Organizing in Portland
March 2, 2016
Chloe Vassot
Kiley Petersen spent her winter term learning about grassroots organizing in local, historically marginalized communities in Portland, Oregon, as an intern for OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon.
![](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cape-falcon-kiley-petersen_0.jpg?itok=grMkQZjc)
Growing Organics Down Under
February 4, 2016
Kasey Cheydleur
Kendra Lockard spent her winter term in New Zealand volunteering with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms on a blueberry and blackberry farm.
![Two young women by an orchard](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/kendra_farm_0.jpg?itok=cY4uJpTa)
Students Renew Fight for Environmental Justice in Alabama
November 13, 2015
Owain Heyden
A group of students surveyed the health threats posed by industries in the community of Africatown this fall break.
![Signs for environmental justice: "Clean air now," "environmental justice for all," "downtown deserves better," "no more tanks on our banks"](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/africatown_teaser_0.jpeg?itok=X3cnn9jH)