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College Grads on the Farm
My first full story in the paper, about college grads who are taking part in a vibrant, back-to-farming movement.
This is a great read, with an awesome quote from Calvin Kyrkostas ‘09.
Traditional (cap and gown) or creative attire for commencement?
(Source: ocreunionblog)
Oberlin College Commencement/Reunion Blog: Commencement/Reunion Weekend 2012
Register for Commencement/Reunion Weekend 2012
Friday, May 25, through Monday, May 28
Come back to Oberlin and exercise your mind, body, and sense of fun.
Happy International Women’s Day! Here’s a photo of the women in the class of 1855 courtesy of the Oberlin College Archives.
What Oberlin women inspire you?
You’ll hear stories about the journey rather than the destination, about the many zig-zag lines in the paths they’re on, about how serendipity helped them find their way to their true passion.
Photos from Commencement/Reunion Weekend 2011
Oberlin College graduates awarded fellowship to travel the world
An Oberlin College senior and a recent graduate have received fellowships to travel the world for a year to pursue their passion.
Joanna Johnson, an NCAA cross-country all-American, will train with elite female distance runners in Ethiopia, Australia and Norway, studying the women’s challenges and how athleticism is perceived in those countries.
Allison Swaim will record narratives of people who work on cargo freighters by circumnavigating the globe on trade routes. She will take photographs and tape interviews and conversations for radio documentaries.
- Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer
Oberlin College graduates bridge town-gown divide with East College Street project
OBERLIN, Ohio — It’s been clear for a decade or more that neighborhoods around colleges and universities offer some of the hottest development opportunities in American cities.
But it took three freshly minted graduates of Oberlin College starting in 2002 to see the potential in a vacant former Buick dealership on the tattered eastern flank of downtown Oberlin.
Eight years later, the dealership and two adjacent properties have sprouted the widely acclaimed East College Street Project, which blends apartments and retail shops with street-smart, environmentally friendly architecture.
- Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer
