Campus News
Monique Newton Named National Champion
March 16, 2017
Communications Staff
Shot putter and third-year Monique Newton became the first woman National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion in Oberlin history. During the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships...
Oberlin Jazz Ensemble Residency
March 13, 2017
Communications Staff
Jazz trumpet player and award-winning composer Michael Philip Mossman '82 returned to Oberlin for a residency in March. Mossman, director of jazz studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at...
Women’s Track and Field Team Makes History
March 7, 2017
Communications Staff
For the first time in program history, the women’s track and field team claimed an outright title at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. The team...
The Glass Menagerie
February 27, 2017
Communications Staff
Oscar-nominated actress Margaret Avery starred in vignettes of Tennessee Williams' American classic, The Glass Menagerie. Directed by Associate Professor of Theater Justin Emeka '95, the...
Play Like a Girl
February 13, 2017
Communications Staff
In celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Oberlin College women coaches and athletes hosted more than 100 young girls from Oberlin and the surrounding communities for the third...
Winter term in the Middle East
February 6, 2017
Communications Staff
This graffiti-marked wall was just one of the places Naomi Fireman visited during her winter-term project in the Middle East. “I came here to travel and listen to many different...
A Day of Service
January 30, 2017
Communications Staff
Oberlin students in the Ninde Scholars Program joined others to assemble gift bags for high school teachers and to spruce up elementary classrooms. This volunteer endeavor is part of the annual...
Icicle bicycle
January 24, 2017
Communications Staff
It’s simple to navigate Oberlin’s 440-acre campus, and many students, faculty, and staff choose to do so via bicycle. With bike racks in front of most buildings, it can be easy to...
Warner Center Winter
January 18, 2017
Communications Staff
Oberlin in January means a mix of winter weather conditions, from powdery snow to freezing rain that coats tree branches and sidewalks. Constructed of Ashlar sandstone and originally built as a...
Friday Night Organ Pump
December 29, 2016
Communications Staff
President Marvin Krislov took part in the fun at December’s Organ Pump at midnight in Finney Chapel. Originally intended to present the organ as an instrument independent of religious...
