News
Nkeiru Okoye '92 Earns Guggenheim Fellowship for Composition
May 19, 2021
Erich Burnett
Award supports completion of an opera that explores the experience of Black women.
![Nkeiru Okoye.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/nkieruokoye.jpg?itok=EgApzBhm)
Composer, Instrumentalist, and Educator Katherine Young '03 Earns Guggenheim Fellowship
May 18, 2021
Erich Burnett
Collaboration lies at the heart of Katherine Young’s creative existence. A bassoonist and composer as well as an educator, she writes for and plays with chamber ensembles and rock bands,...
![Katherine Young.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/katherine_young_by_deidre_huckabay.jpg?itok=AF9uuC_G)
Oberlin Symposium Strives for Actual Change in a Virtual Setting
May 18, 2021
Erich Burnett
Beginning May 25, Crafting Change presents four weeks of innovative thinking for teachers, students, artists, and others—all of it free.
![Crafting Change.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/crafting_change_logo.jpg?itok=DPpgQw6t)
Carbon-neutrality project becomes more visible with temporary tree removal
May 17, 2021
Office of Communications
Oberlin’s march toward carbon neutrality will become a little more visible this week as crews begin removing a limited number of trees and bushes, making possible the multi-year, campus-wide heating and cooling overhaul that will make Oberlin a national leader in clean energy.
![Aerial drone image of Oberlin campus](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/drone_aerial_view_of_admin_bldgs_0.jpg?itok=c-JHhQLD)
Meet the 2021 Student Commencement Speakers
May 10, 2021
Communications Staff
Henry Hicks and Joshua Rhodes have been selected to address the Class of 2021 in their commencement ceremonies on May 14.
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2021 Commencement Celebrations will be held May 14
May 7, 2021
Communications Staff
New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker will give the keynote Commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of fine arts. The college will also present honorary degrees to journalist, novelist, and film critic Renata Adler, composer John Harbison, and Paul Quinn College President Michael J. Sorrell.
![Peter Baker.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/p.baker_canvas_image.png?itok=d8i2-L7J)
Mark Walker ’22 Awarded Beinecke Scholarship
May 7, 2021
Jane Hobson ’22
Mark Walker, a junior majoring in Russian studies, economics, and mathematics, has recently been awarded the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship, which he plans to put toward a graduate program in economics.
![A portrait of a male student wearing lasses.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/mark_walker.courtesy_of_mark_walker22.jpg?itok=GAUb-q1Y)
Watson Fellowship will take Madi Goetzke ’21 to Panama, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Brazil
May 7, 2021
Kyra McConnell ’22
Madi Goetzke ’21 will spend a year traveling the world as a Watson fellow to analyze the role of communally-based cultural heritage sites which double as UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites.
![Portrait Photo of Madi Goetzke](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/madi_watson_fellowship_by_jonathan_clark_25.jpg?itok=9Oy248j-)
Taking a Shine to TIMARA
May 5, 2021
Oli Bentley '21
Vocalist and philosophy major Diana Gruber ’22 crafted an innovative conservatory major—and an alter ego to match.
![Female singer under a tree.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/diana_gruber_diana_starshine-1.png?itok=vrzwsypx)
The Team for Your Dreams
May 4, 2021
Charlotte Maskelony '21
Conservatory Professional Development helps students find their path.
![career advisor working with a student in an office.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/con-pro-14.jpg?itok=oe9hvo8H)