News
Is Radio a Dying Art Form? Hardly, According to WOBC
October 20, 2017
Tyler Sloan
WOBC 91.5 FM broadcasted its first show in November 1950. More than half a century later, the station’s staff is still keeping radio alive with over 150 eclectic shows and nonstop streaming throughout the year.
![WOBC board members in the station's "vault" WOBC board members in the station's "vault"](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/img_0078.jpg?itok=RMPs9X-F)
Jill Greenwood Named AMAM Curator of Education
July 18, 2017
Tyler Sloan
As the Allen Memorial Art Museum celebrates its centennial anniversary, Jill Greenwood joins the staff as the Eric and Jane Nord Family Curator of Education.
![Jill Greenwood](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jill_greenwood_2017.jpg?itok=9iVZ2c3v)
Food Hub Keeps Local Food in the Community
July 26, 2016
Amanda Nagy
A venture of the Oberlin Project, the Oberlin Food Hub links local farms with wholesale buyers in Northeast Ohio.
![Cucumbers and carrots on a wire shelf](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/food_hub_teaser_0.jpg?itok=p5czR4Ax)
Oberlin Summer Theater Festival Launches June 24
May 23, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Now in its eighth season, the festival continues its tradition of providing meaningful theater classics with free admission.
![A scene from Treasure Island](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ostf_2015_treasure_island_2_0.jpg?itok=-jzu8BlR)
Eat Local Challenge Celebrates Commitment to Local Food
October 6, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
The annual Eat Local Challenge celebrates the college’s commitment to local food and local farmers by providing a meal sourced entirely from within 150 miles of Oberlin’s kitchens.
![Food being prepared in Stevenson Dining Hall](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs51818_dsc_1397_0.jpg?itok=DOqFe46i)
SITES Set on Education
June 12, 2015
Rosalind Black
The Spanish in the Elementary Schools program celebrates its 10-year anniversary of college students teaching elementary school students to speak Spanish.
![3 school-age girls hold a sign that reads SITES Spanish in the Elementary Schools](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sites_kids_0.jpg?itok=pgjUkPcL)
Your Summer Arts Destination
June 8, 2015
Communications Staff
Oberlin Summer Theater Festival keeps interest in arts alive with free, professional plays in rotating repertory.
![A scene from the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival’s 2014 production of As You Like It.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/summer_theater_14_asyoulikeit_0.jpg?itok=Cn-zxT6f)
First Lady Michelle Obama to Address Class of 2015
April 21, 2015
Communications Staff
The First Lady will visit Oberlin as part of her Reach Higher initiative.
![The White House](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/white_house_north_lawn_0.jpg?itok=5eam8frv)
Women Sing Out
November 13, 2014
Rosalind Black
A new Ohio Historical Marker installed at the First Church in Oberlin, United Church of Christ, honors First Church and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, class of 1847, and the first woman ordained as a minister in the United States.
![](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/hymmark-dp138_0.jpg?itok=RtwQv-T2)
Young Artists on the Rise
August 29, 2014
Rosalind Black
Firelands Assocation for the Visual Arts and the Allen Memorial Art Museum collaborate to bring arts education to kids in Oberlin during a week-long summer arts camp.
![Elementary school students engage in hands-on activities.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs35096_artclass-dp08_0.jpg?itok=hzgIFgyK)