Oberlin Blogs

A recap of my November, from social events to course registration and planning for Winter Term.

Revisiting and responding to the blogs I wrote when I was a freshman.

Preparing to serve as a volunteer mediator in the Oberlin community.

Learning a new language over winter term is actually kind of hard… Who would’ve guessed?!

My final Winter Term project.

Coming into the program, I only had a vague idea of what letterpress entailed, but over the course of Winter Term I became familiar with not only the process and jargon, but the history of the printing press itself.

Learning to take a step back.

Some moments of Winter Term serenity, such as my morning enjoying the snowfall while practicing the viola da gamba.

The summer after junior year is an important time to network and get work experience through internships, but the application process starts months before.

How I learned more about Winter Term and settled on my first project.

I can be thankful for where my drive has taken me while also realizing I deserve to be in the spaces I'm in.

Many students at Oberlin have some kind of job either for spending money or to help out with cost of attendance.