Campus News
This Week in Photos: Tiny, but Mighty
March 4, 2022
Yvonne Gay
After a five minute delay to the start of the program, Public Services Librarian Kathleen Abromeit inches her way to the back of the conservatory library, then pauses. “Should we give it another five minutes,” she asks, looking around the room. She’s excited. After a two-year hiatus Abromeit will announce the library’s first Tiny Ref Desk Concert. The program’s return also serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A violinist and guitarist play instruments in a library.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/tinyrefdeskconcert.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=jmmu4WvT)
Creative Writing Program Founder Stuart Friebert Dies
July 1, 2020
Communications Staff
The poet, translator, and emeritus professor died on June 23, 2020.
![Peters Hall with a blue sky in the background.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/peters-summer-matthew-lester.png?itok=10pdRpwl)
Teaching in the New Normal: The Practice of Writing with Emily Barton
May 25, 2020
Communications Staff
Students in Barton's course create a digital anthology that will live online indefinitely.
![The practice of writing.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/the_practice_of_writing-tnn.png?itok=AGMwR30h)
Creative Writing Program 2020 Poetry Competition Winners
April 29, 2020
Communications Staff
This year, four students were recognized for their works.
![Peters Hall exterior.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/peters-hall.png?itok=fvrRZmgZ)
Teaching in the New Normal: 18+ Ways of Looking at Mt. Fuji
April 28, 2020
Communications Staff
These days, the classroom has taken on new meaning for both faculty and students at Oberlin. In this edition of Teaching in the New Normal, Lynn Powell describes a collaboration with the Allen Memorial Art museum and the benefits of digital presentations.
![students in a Zoom meeting screenshot.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/lynn-powell-cd.png?itok=Rszqvqxq)
Winter Term in Oberlin: 2020
February 24, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Winter Term is a time of year when Oberlin students are encouraged to conduct independent or group projects outside of courses related to their majors. Pursuits can be done on or off campus with students choosing to work almost anywhere on the map. This year we highlight some of the work by the more than 900 students who completed projects in Oberlin.
![Photo by Yvonne Gay Two students look at book with a picture of a large basket in it.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/exhibitdesign.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=hwZmTyJ0)
Suzanne Overstreet Discusses Debut Novel
September 20, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Overstreet is the creative writing program coordinator. Her historical fiction novel, Wait for Me, started as a tribute to keep her father’s memory alive.
![Suzanne Overstreet is seated in a room with unfinished walls](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/suzanne_overstreet_3_0.jpg?itok=BR_ujtoh)
AMAM Seeks Poems Inspired by Museum Art
April 14, 2015
Communications Staff
The Allen Memorial Art Museum and the Creative Writing Program are asking students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater Oberlin community to submit poems written in response to, describing, or inspired by works of visual art currently on view in the museum. Submissions are due to Jason Trimmer by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 17.
Oberlin Professor Wins Ohioana Award
August 15, 2014
Office of Communications
Kazim Ali, associate professor of creative writing, was recently recognized for his contributions to the cultural life of the state of Ohio.