Campus Bulletins
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative Update: Oberlin to Create New Center on Race
December 8, 2021 5:15 PM
Carmen Twillie Ambar, President
Dear Oberlin Community, Slightly more than a year ago we paused together and took note of a national moment of anguish fed by the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others. In...
Current Students, Parents
Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund—Financial Aid Professional Judgment
October 5, 2021 12:00 PM
Communications Staff
As part of the third stream of funding of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF III), provisions were made requiring Financial Aid officials to conduct direct outreach to financial aid applicants to inform them of the opportunity for a “Professional Judgment Adjustment” appeal.
Current Students, Parents
September Break and Early Arrival
August 18, 2021 2:15 PM
Office of Residential Education
Dear Obies, I hope you are well and enjoying these warm summer days. We are getting ready to welcome you for fall. I am writing to share information about the request process for you to follow if you...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative Statement on Juneteenth
June 11, 2021 2:45 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen, Co-Chairs, Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity
Black people in America have always had a dichotomous relationship with this country. They have a dedication and love for it and its stated ideals, contrasted by a history and a present that often excludes Black people from its promises. In fact, Black people can rightly claim that their commitment to this country is built upon their hopes and work to ensure that the United States lives up to the very principles upon which it was founded.
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative Statement on Derek Chauvin Verdict
April 21, 2021 4:30 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen, Co-Chairs, Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity & Diversity
So many people have reached out to me saying they’re sorry that this has been happening to my family. Well don’t be sorry because this has been happening to my family for a long time,...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents
Major Investment in Green Energy, Campus Experience
April 19, 2021 3:00 PM
Carmen Twillie Ambar, President
Dear Members of the Oberlin Community, Next month, we will enter the construction phase of a significant transformation in campus facilities, replacing our failing, century-old heating infrastructure...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity Commission Statement on Anti-Asian Racism
March 7, 2021 5:00 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen, Co-Chairs, Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity & Diversity
Dear Oberlin College Community: In the collection, “The Origin of Others,” the late novelist and scholar Toni Morrison writes about the perpetual “othering” of Black people...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Statement in Response to the Events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021
January 11, 2021 4:00 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen, Co-Chairs, Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity & Diversity
The insurrectionists who infiltrated the Capitol on January 6, 2021, elevated some of the most heinous symbols of hate and racism from our nation’s past and seared them into our present. The...
Current Students, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Presidential Initiative
Presidential Initiative: Community Update
November 24, 2020 4:30 PM
Meredith Gadsby and Bill Quillen
Over the past few months, Commission members have been hard at work identifying priorities and objectives that can be realized this academic year, as well as others targeted for the next.
Current Students, Parents
Student Health Services Launches New Portal
May 29, 2020 5:30 PM
Student Health Services
The new portal will be used to manage student medical records and related information.