News
Henry Hicks ’21 Receives Prestigious Truman Scholarship
April 24, 2020
Amanda Nagy
Hicks’s experiences on and off campus demonstrate his passion for being a changemaker.
![young black man sitting in a circular "womb" chair.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/henry_hicks_full_size-ns.jpg?itok=e1ewBycd)
A Conversation with Max Cohn ’14, Comedy Writer
March 13, 2020
Amanda Nagy
As a writer for Comedy Central’ s brand creative department, Max Cohn is the mastermind of campaigns and promotional copy for shows like South Park and The Daily Show.
![Oberlin graduate Max Cohn portrait Man sitting next to a computer in his apartment.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/max_cohn_2_0.jpg?itok=Mw0Sa6ds)
Three Oberlin faculty members receive Ohio Arts Council Excellence Awards
February 28, 2020
Kyra McConnell ’22
Three Oberlin faculty members have been awarded individual grants from the Ohio Arts Council to continue their creative projects.
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A Conversation with Indie Pop-Punk Musician Sarah Gargano ’20
December 6, 2019
Jane Hobson ’22
A creative writing and sociology double major, Gargano talks about what influences her songwriting.
![Sarah Gargano '20 Woman holding a guitar while standing outside in a parking lot.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sarah_gargano_guitar.jpg?itok=JmSmJJqF)
Writers in the Schools Program is on the Cutting Edge of Poetry Instruction
November 8, 2019
Communications Staff
Each fall, creative writing instructor Lynn Powell teaches a workshop that gives students the skills to go into the community as visiting artists.
![Writers in the Schools Otto Vock Man teaching in classroom.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/wits_screen_shot-otto_vock_19.jpg?itok=xjVH-hk4)
Benjamin Gilvar-Parke Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Colombia
May 17, 2019
Amanda Nagy
Gilvar-Parke is interested in learning about the country’s education system.
![Benjamin Gilvar-Parke Picture of man standing with arms crossed](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/benjamin_gilvar_parke-chrisschmucki19.jpg?itok=Z3A9Sgg6)
Madisyn Mettenburg ’19 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in South Korea
May 15, 2019
Phoebe Pan ’20
Madisyn Mettenburg ’19 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in South Korea.
![Madisyn Mettenburg ’19 Madisyn Mettenburg seated, posing outside of the Conservatory of Music library.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/madisyn_mettenburg_headshot.jpg?itok=MemNC-Uo)
Environmental Studies to the “New York Times”: Hyacinth Parker ’17
April 15, 2019
Jane Hobson ’22
Environmental studies graduate Hyacinth Parker ’17 has landed a new job as a sales planning coordinator at the New York Times.
![Hyacinth Parker ’17 Hyacinth Parker](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/hyacinth_p_header_photo.jpeg?itok=EG0WUDeY)
Creative Writing Graduate and Filmmaker: Emily Cohn ’17
April 8, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
A 2017 creative writing graduate, Emily Cohn’s first feature film will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this spring.
![Emily Cohn ’17 Headshot of Emily Cohn](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/emily_cohn_headshot.jpg?itok=W7LAV_sM)
Workshops, Writing, and Words: ‘‘The Two Groves Review’’
April 3, 2019
Phoebe Pan ’20
A new student-run literary review puts down its roots at Oberlin.
![Two Groves Review meeting Photo of students at a Two Groves Review meeting](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/two_groves_photo_header.jpg?itok=bF6M5lMo)