Campus News
Additional Commencement, Reunion Weekend Information
May 18, 2015
Mike McComb
The Alumni Association shares additional Commencement/Reunion Weekend details that should help the Class of 2015, family and friends of graduating seniors, alumni, and other guests plan for the celebration accordingly.
Important Commencement, Reunion Weekend Update
April 29, 2015
Danielle Young
On behalf of the Commencement/Reunion Weekend committees, I want to share some information about the 2015 commencement ceremony with faculty and staff.
Marian Wright Edelman is 2015 Commencement Speaker
March 6, 2015
Communications Staff
The Oberlin College Commencement exercises will be held Monday, May 25, in Tappan Square. Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), will deliver the Commencement address.
May Oberlin Inspire You Always
May 29, 2013
Marvin Krislov
Steady rain and unseasonably cool temperatures during Monday’s Commencement Exercises prompted President Krislov to cut his remarks short. Read what he planned to say to the Class of 2013.
2013 Commencement Address
May 28, 2013
Tracy Chevalier
“Since I’m a writer,” Tracy Chevalier ’84 told the members of the Class of 2013 in her Commencement address, “I’m going to give you advice in the form of five mantras about writing that I repeat to myself and that you can apply to the novel that is your life.”
Tracy Chevalier to Deliver Commencement Address
April 17, 2013
Office of Communications
Oberlin’s 2013 Commencement speaker is novelist Tracy Chevalier ’84, author of the bestselling book Girl with a Pearl Earring and the just released The Last Runaway. She also will receive an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree.
