Campus News
PI Series Presents Gonzalo Grau
March 31, 2015
Communications Staff
Multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger, and producer Gonzalo Grau comes to Oberlin Thursday, April 2, as part of the Performance and Improvisation (PI) Series. Grau will lead a master class from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Clonick Hall and will perform from 10 to 11:30 p.m. in the Cat in the Cream.
Admissions Sends Class of 2019 Decision Letters
March 30, 2015
Communications Staff
Office of Admissions staff braved below-freezing temperatures on Friday, March 27, to celebrate as Class of 2019 decision letters were loaded into a mail truck. Accepted applicants have until May...
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Jesse Rowsell Memorial Symposium April 4
March 30, 2015
Communications Staff
A symposium will be held in memory of Jesse Rowsell, assistant professor of chemistry, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 4. An avid hiker and lover of the outdoors, 37-year-old Rowsell died on a hiking trip near his hometown in northern Ontario on January 30, 2015.
![Jesse Rowsell](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jesse-rowsell-valley-of-fire-state-park_0.jpg?itok=6W3ebMGk)
Community Service Work-Study Program Receives Award
March 26, 2015
Communications Staff
Oberlin Heritage Center has selected the Bonner Center for Service and Learning’s Community Service Work-Study Program (CSWSP) as the recipient of the Business Leader Service Award as part of its 14th annual Community Awards.
Students Take ‘Silk Screen Study Break’
March 25, 2015
Communications Staff
Students were invited to screen print one-of-a-kind T-shirts with assistance from the Oberlin Apparel Collective on Sunday, March 15, in Wilder Hall. Formerly known as ObieWear, Oberlin Apparel...
![Screen printing templates](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/silk-screen-study-break_0.jpg?itok=Xcg5KVPY)
Signed Steel Beam in Place at Gateway Center
March 20, 2015
Communications Staff
A steel beam signed by trustees, faculty, alumni, and more was lifted into place Friday, March 13, at the top of the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Hotel and Conference Center. Construction of the 100,...
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President’s Desk Q&A: Meredith Raimondo on Title IX
March 18, 2015
Marvin Krislov
In 2014, Meredith Raimondo was appointed special assistant to the president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and Title IX coordinator. In the first ever President’s Desk Q&A, I sat down with Meredith to discuss Title IX at Oberlin: what it is and who it covers; the college’s new policy; the people involved in reporting, investigations, and hearings; and more.
![Marvin Krislov](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/mk_1_46.jpg?itok=k0dXykuy)
Geno Arthur Earns 2nd All-America Honor of School Year
March 16, 2015
Communications Staff
Geno Arthur ’16, Carey Lyons ’15, and Monique Newton ’18 competed in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships March 13-14. Arthur claimed his second All-America honor of the...
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Computer Science Students Earn OCWiC Conference Awards
March 16, 2015
Communications Staff
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor, along with several students studying computer science, attended the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWiC) conference February 20 and 21 in Sandusky, Ohio. At the conference, Christine Antonsen was one of two students awarded $1,000 to attend the upcoming Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the world’s largest gathering of women technologists.
![A student poses for the photo next to a research poster](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/samantha-mater-ocwic_0.jpg?itok=EqivK9HH)
See La finta giardiniera March 11, 13-15
March 13, 2015
Lisa Gulasy
Oberlin Opera Theater performances of La finta giardiniera (“The pretend garden-girl”) K.196, written by an 18-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, resume today, Friday, March 13, and continue through Sunday, March 15, in Hall Auditorium. The opera is directed by Jonathon Field and conducted by Raphael Jiménez.