Campus News
Board of Trustees Update March 2017
March 14, 2017
Clyde S. McGregor ’74
The Board of Trustees’ third meeting of the academic year took place in Oberlin on March 2nd and 3rd. Among the Trustees' meetings and activities was a dinner with Launch U participants and Stamp scholars, a “mini-retreat” with Student Senate to explore Board and College governance, and progress reports from Strategic Planning Implementation Working Groups.
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...
25 Years of Dance Diaspora
March 13, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
The Cleveland native began her dancing career at the age of three, and while she started out in classical ballet, she later transitioned into the modern dance and Afro-modern styles during her...
2015-2016 Excellence in Teaching Award Winners
March 8, 2017
Communications Staff
Six faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music received an Excellence in Teaching Award for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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...
President’s Desk Q&A: Kimberly Jackson Davidson Discusses YBCD and the Office of the Ombudsperson
March 6, 2017
Marvin Krislov
Ombudsperson Kimberly Jackson Davidson sits down with President Krislov to discuss the role of the Yeworkwha Belachew Center for Dialogue and the Office of the Ombudsperson.
Emeritus Professor of English Carl Peterson Dies
March 1, 2017
Communications Staff
Carl Peterson, emeritus professor of English at Oberlin College and former department chair, died on March 1, in Oberlin. He was 86 years old.
Update from VP/Dean of Admissions/Financial Aid Search Committee
February 28, 2017
Communications Staff
Starting in the new year, the search for a new VP/Dean of Admissions/Financial Aid began again in earnest. Ads for the position have been placed in a variety of outlets, with our consultants at Witt-Kieffer actively recruiting and building the prospective candidate pool.
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...
Staff member Donita Terry Whitt passes away
February 20, 2017
Communications Staff
Wilder Hall staff member Donita Terry "Ma" Whitt, 69, of Wakeman, Ohio passed away unexpectedly in her sleep early Thursday morning, February 16, 2017. Whitt worked in food service for more than 25...