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Homecoming and Reunion 2023: The Weekend in Pictures
October 16, 2023
Communications Staff
Obie alums spanning generations returned for Homecoming and Reunion at the tail end of September. The gorgeous autumn weekend provided a fitting backdrop for festive celebrations all over campus:...
Oberlin Marks 2020 Commencement Weekend with Virtual Celebrations
May 21, 2020
Amanda Nagy
The extraordinary challenges of COVID-19 called for creative planning to send off graduates in a meaningful way.
College Announces 2019 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients
May 1, 2019
Communications Staff
Apple executive Lisa Jackson will give the keynote Commencement address; scientist Joanne Chory and broadcast journalist Robert Krulwich ’69 will also receive honorary degrees.
Main Library Will Be Named for Activist, Alumna Mary Church Terrell
May 22, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The main library in Mudd Center will be named in honor of 1884 graduate Mary Church Terrell, an educator, feminist, civil rights activist, and a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and the NAACP.
Best-Selling Author and Humorist David Sedaris Will Give 2018 Commencement Address
April 5, 2018
Communications Staff
Sedaris is a critically acclaimed writer and contributor on the public radio show This American Life.
Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, is 2017 Commencement Speaker
March 16, 2017
Communications Staff
The college has announced its speakers and honorary degree recipients for the 2017 Commencement Reunion Weekend, which will be May 19-22.
Jessye Norman: Strive to Live Artfully
May 23, 2016
Communications Staff
Jessye Norman, hailed as one of the world’s greatest opera and concert singers, gave the 2016 Commencement address on May 23.
Commencement/Reunion Weekend is May 20-23
February 26, 2016
Communications Staff
Renowned Opera Singer Jessye Norman will give the Commencement address.
Marian Wright Edelman Addresses Class of 2015
May 28, 2015
Communications Staff
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, delivered the 2015 Commencement address.
Michelle Obama: Brave the Noise to Achieve Progress
May 25, 2015
Communications Staff
In her address to the class of 2015, the First Lady urged graduates to take on the struggles of our time.
