News
Megan Kaes Long Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
May 17, 2023
Communications Staff
Music theory professor garnered industry accolades, contributed to pivotal curriculum revisions.
![Megan Kaes Long.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/megan_kaes_long_2019_by_tanya_rosen-jones-lpr.jpg?itok=kFklHFga)
Tongue Ties
May 17, 2023
Brittany Moseley
Nondini Nagarwalla shares her love of language with students in Taiwan.
![Nondini Nagarwalla.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/nondini_nagarwalla_courtesy_of_nondini_nagarwalla.jpg?itok=ajr_Q5Qz)
Survivor Mentality
May 16, 2023
Grant Segall
Emma Hart traverses the globe to stem the tide of gender-based violence.
![Emma Hart.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/emmahart_by_tanya_rosen-jones_97.jpg?itok=PjAH4tvv)
Paintbrush Empowerment
May 15, 2023
Grant Segall
Mufalo Mufalo devotes the summer to empowerment through art across his native Africa.
![Mufalo Mufalo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/mufalo_mufalo_courtesy_of_mufalo_mufalo.jpeg?itok=PpHoXrJj)
Rhiannon Giddens ’00 Wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music
May 12, 2023
Annie Zaleski
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer honored for the historical opera Omar.
![Rhiannon Giddens.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/giddens_by_ebru_yildiz.png?itok=pazHjgbm)
Meet the 2023 Student Commencement Speaker
May 11, 2023
Office of Communications
Oberlin College will celebrate the Class of 2023 on Monday, May 22 with a commencement ceremony on Tappan Square beginning at 9:30 a.m. Sadie Owens ’23, a politics major, was selected by the Commencement Class Speaker Search Committee to address the graduating class.
![Head shot of 2023 student commencement speaker Sadie Owens](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sadie_owens_2023_student_commencement_speaker.png?itok=z2mWUscl)
Going Above and Beyond Diversity
May 8, 2023
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin’s inaugural HR director of diversity, equity, and inclusion is focused on building an inclusive work culture.
![Kristen Surla Kristen Surla.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/Images-2023/kristensurla-trj.jpg?itok=Xk0N3YET)
Toiling in the Margins
May 8, 2023
Grant Segall
Watson Fellow Alli Roshni guards underserved populations from illness.
![Alli Roshni.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/alli_roshi_by_tanya_rosen-jones.jpg?itok=vPtV7dfA)
Taking Passion to the Pavement
May 5, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Dedication to reproductive rights fuels the service of Bonner Leader Ari Leandry.
![Ariana Leandry.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/6acea509-b0b0-4389-8cb5-92c5d5ba7efe_1.jpeg?itok=hMq79Edn)
One Big Service-Oriented Family
April 27, 2023
Tyler Applegate
The Bonner Scholars Program eased Wyae’ Stewart’s transition to Oberlin. Now she’s easing the way for others.
![Wyae' Stewart Headshot.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/wyae_headshot.jpg?itok=BZ4lJxQE)