Campus News
This Week in Photos: Beautiful
March 31, 2022
Yvonne Gay
It’s Saturday night in March and there’s a pulsating glow spilling from the windows of the Root Room in Carnegie Building. Inside, rows of spectators line the perimeter of a long narrow stage. Oberlin’s most anticipated fashion show begins as cheers swell when models, draped in creative attire, take their turn down the walk. This is a signature event during Black History Month. It also serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A female model holds the flag of Ghana.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/bhmfashionsow.jonathanclark25.jpg?itok=zv7YVJaK)
This Week in Photos: Listening, bell
March 16, 2022
Yvonne Gay
Eboni Johnson, outreach and programming librarian, holds a hand to her ear as a student across the room reads literature written by bell hooks. The public read-in at Mudd Center’s academic commons honors this prolific writter during Women’s History Month. It also serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A woman holds her hand to her ear as if trying to listen.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/bellhooksread-in.anokha_venugopal_23.jpg?itok=EydvUoMY)
This Week in Photos: Quarantine Couture
March 3, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Business jackets paired with Bermuda shorts, stylish sleepwear, pillow accessories, paper dresses, and contemporary designs were just some of the creative pieces worn at this year’s Black History Month Fashion Show.
![A woman stands on a stage holding a microphone.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/2bhm_fashion_show.cs.jpg?itok=15RN1aAj)
Notable Black Culinarians to be Honored with Notable Dishes
February 10, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Black influencers in the culinary world will be honored with dishes that reflect their work in a Black History Month dinner later this month.
![Students stand six feet apart in a line.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/lord-saundersdinning.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=TbwetM3V)
This Week in Photos: In Celebration of Returning Black Alumni
February 4, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Author Ishmael Beah ’04 returned to Oberlin College in 2010 to discuss the publication of his New York Times best-selling book, A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Four years later Beah’s visit to Finney Chapel took place after the publication of Radiance of Tomorrow, A Novel, which would go on to become another best-seller. Beah’s visits to campus serve as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
![A man speaks into a microphone at a podium.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/ishmael_beah_04.yevhen_gulenko.jpg?itok=V7vy15Sl)
Revisiting the Underground Railroad
February 26, 2020
Yvonne Gay
A student re-enactment of escaped slaves along the Underground Railroad is recognized 40 years later with a visit by participant Herman Beavers ’81 at Third World House.
![Photo by Yvonne Gay A man sits in front of a group of students, holding his hand out.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/front.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=jb9EzaLy)
This Week in Photos: February 5
February 5, 2020
Yvonne Gay
In this photo series, we walk with the dinosaurs in Cleveland and visit a congressional intern in Washington, D.C., before coming back home to Oberlin to watch the Wild Beast of the Bungalow take over the stage in Warner Concert Hall; go snowboarding in Hales Gym; and sit in on a gallery talk, book art class, choir practice, an academic retreat, and a dance performance.
![Photo by Mike Crupi Students walk through a gallery with dinosaur skeletons on exhibit.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/clevelandmuseum.mikecrupi.jpg?itok=WOyl9LPu)
Black History Month 2019: Liberation is This
February 7, 2019
Communications Staff
The monthlong tribute, themed Liberation is This, includes 26 programs, performances, and talks that shine a light on the black experience.
![Black History Month Black History Month graphic](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bhm_web_graphic_0.jpg?itok=2I9eh4jS)
Black History Month 'Sankofa: Go Back and Get It'
February 8, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
Monthlong tribute themed “Sankofa: Go Back and Get It” includes a broad array of programs, performances, and talks to highlight the black experience in America.
![Sankofa: Go Back and Get It Sankofa: Go Back and Get It. Oberlin College Black History Month 2018](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bhm_web_graphic.jpg?itok=M6ar47Vw)
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...
![Margaret Avery and Justin Emeka](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs68313_glass_menagerie_77_of_105-scr.jpg?itok=9L5cf_8K)