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Lighting the Way
June 8, 2023
Maura Johnston
Tony Award-winning lighting designer Natasha Katz ’81 first found her spark at Oberlin.

Bask in the Glow
May 18, 2023
Communications Staff
Illumination celebration unites campus and community on Oberlin’s bucolic Tappan Square.

Meet the 2023 Student Commencement Speaker
May 11, 2023
Office of Communications
Oberlin College will celebrate the Class of 2023 on Monday, May 22 with a commencement ceremony on Tappan Square beginning at 9:30 a.m. Sadie Owens ’23, a politics major, was selected by the Commencement Class Speaker Search Committee to address the graduating class.

Richard Powers to Deliver Commencement Address to Class of 2023
April 17, 2023
Office of Communications
Prolific, Pulitzer Prize-winning author celebrated for his thoughtful explorations of humanity’s place in the world.

Meet the 2022 Student Commencement Speaker
May 26, 2022
Office of Communications
On Sunday, June 5, Oberlin College will celebrate the Class of 2022 with a Commencement ceremony on Tappan Square beginning at 9:30 a.m. Cyril Amanfo ’22, a neuroscience and theater major, was selected by the Commencement Class Speaker Search Committee to address the graduating class. A livestream of the events will be available on the commencement page.

Nobel Prize Winner Joshua D. Angrist ’82 to Deliver Commencement Address
May 3, 2022
Office of Communications
Nobel Prize winner and Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joshua D. Angrist ’82 will deliver the keynote address for the Commencement ceremony honoring the Class of 2022.

Meet the 2021 Student Commencement Speakers
May 10, 2021
Communications Staff
Henry Hicks and Joshua Rhodes have been selected to address the Class of 2021 in their commencement ceremonies on May 14.

2021 Commencement Celebrations will be held May 14
May 7, 2021
Communications Staff
New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker will give the keynote Commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of fine arts. The college will also present honorary degrees to journalist, novelist, and film critic Renata Adler, composer John Harbison, and Paul Quinn College President Michael J. Sorrell.

'Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution'
January 15, 2021
Office of Communications
On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day we look back at the civil rights activist's visits to Oberlin College, and the powerful 1965 commencement speech he gave in Tappan Square.

Oberlin Marks 2020 Commencement Weekend with Virtual Celebrations
May 21, 2020
Amanda Nagy
The extraordinary challenges of COVID-19 called for creative planning to send off graduates in a meaningful way.
