Oberlin Blogs

College can be hard and since there is a new class of incoming students, I wanted to share some major advice, love and answers with you all before you come into Oberlin officially.

For the first time, perhaps, you come to understand the permanence of your departure.

A mini-reality check popped into my mailbox a few days ago. Past Ma'ayan is here to visit the current Ma'ayan with a present!

Find out why I think you should live in Harkness!

Advice for you young whippersnappers, with some sentiment on the side.

Some gleaming pearls of wisdom from rising sophomores.

Attempting to articulate my thoughts on place, home, and my relation to it. (Boy, study abroad sure can make these things complicated.)

Diving for more Mellons?? Here's more updates on research at Oberlin and all the wonderful ways it can evolve.

And other insights from this year's commencement week.

I have the emotional range of a thousand teaspoons.

Last year, I received an email from two Texas elementary school teachers, asking for materials for their classroom. I sent things with lots of pictures, and thought I was done.

Captaining taught me that a group of people can never have a monolithic definition of success; it's always going to be multifaceted, and they have to define it together.