News
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)
Connecting Across Campuses: Collaboration Exposes Oberlin Students to Makerspace Culture
October 28, 2019
Amanda Nagy
A pilot partnership with Lorain County Community College blends Oberlin’s StudiOC theme-based, cross-disciplinary learning communities with Fab Lab technologies in the Campana Center for Ideation and Invention.
![LCCC Fab Lab Students sit at computers.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/fab_lab_main.jpg?itok=Z8PAqILn)
Biology Groups in the Field
October 22, 2019
Yvonne Gay
Students in Professor Roger Laushman’s Plant Ecology course use Chance Creek Preserve in nearby Lorain MetroParks as their field site. In this course, students work on projects in teams and on...
![A Chance Creek Field Trip A group walks through a woody park.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/photo-gallery-slides/image/20191018-016_copy.jpg?itok=ZWUDXZbb)
Career Communities Prepare Students for Life After Oberlin
September 4, 2019
Amanda Nagy
Initiative places third- and fourth-year students in competitive internships hosted by alumni and parent mentors.
![Jahkeem Wheatley Career Community Four men pose back stage in theater.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/career_communities-jahkeem_wheatley.jpeg?itok=s6NwN630)
Cole Scholars Program Prepares Students for Postgraduate Careers
July 23, 2019
Erin Ulrich '18
Founded in 1994, the Cole Scholars Program is at the core of the Oberlin Initiative in Electoral Politics.
![Rice Hall Rice Hall](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rice_hall_2-larry_kasperek.jpg?itok=4ToQ7_R7)
Philosophy in the Schools: Learning Through Teaching
July 11, 2019
Phoebe Pan ’20
A philosophy practicum bridges the distance between teaching and learning, showing that the two are symbiotic and inextricable. The course also facilitates outreach in the Oberlin community.
![Philosophy in the Schools classroom in StudiOC Students sitting around large desk watching professor write notes in front of class. Photo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/philosophy_in_the_schools_photo_header.jpg?itok=GWI7GoXI)
Rumi Shammin Researching Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh
June 28, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Rumi Shammin is researching the environmental and social aspects of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh.
![Rumi Shammin (second from left) at the Kutupalong-Balukhali expansion site in Bangladesh Rumi Shammin stands with three people in front of sign that reads "Beat Plastic Pollution." Photo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/refugees_and_resilience_header_photo.jpg?itok=RhWKciqs)
Postgrad Research at the FDA: Gabby Walsh ’18
June 26, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Biology and biochemistry graduate Gabby Walsh ’18 is working as a postbaccalaureate fellow at the Food and Drug Administration.
![Gabby Walsh ’18 Gabby Walsh in the lab. Photo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/gabby_walsh_headshot.jpeg?itok=aCXJ3J7j)
Oberlin Students Engage in Experiential Learning at Sea
June 24, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Through Sea Education Association (SEA) programs, Oberlin students learn in a new classroom: the ocean.
![Gail Johnson ’20 (far right) with SEA Semester students Three people leaning against each other, smiling on a boat. Photo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sea_semester_photo_header.jpg?itok=bMl44qwL)
A Conversation with Rachel Eveleth, Assistant Professor of Geology
June 19, 2019
Communications Staff
With a background in oceanography, Eveleth brings a broad earth system perspective to the geology department.
![Rachel Eveleth portrait woman in light blue sweater and while top seated for photo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/racheleveleth_portrait-tanya.jpg?itok=AH1g5gMc)