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Oberlin ranks third among small colleges for Peace Corps volunteers
Amanda Nagy - Jan 27, 2012For 12 consecutive years, Oberlin has placed high on the Peace Corps’ list of top schools nationwide producing volunteers. This year, the college made a big leap, moving up to the No. 3 spot among small colleges and universities, with 24 alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers. Oberlin’s representation is up from last year’s No. 18 ranking with 17 volunteers in service.
Conservatory senior Emily Thebaut and conservatory junior Nicole Levesque rehearse a scene from the "Orpheus Project" in Warner Main.
Winter Term 2012: "Green" opera theater production uses iPads during rehearsal process
EJ Dickson - Jan 25, 2012Directed by Assistant Director of Opera Theater Productions Victoria Vaughan, the Orpheus Project uses excerpts from Monteverdi, Gluck, and Milhaud to retell the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, a Greek myth about a young musician who attempts to rescue his lover from the Underworld. All the members of the cast have iPads rather than traditional paper scores, which they use to read and annotate their music during rehearsals.
Oberlin Conservatory Announces Rubin Institute Prize Winners
Jan 26, 2012Jacob Street '12 won the $10,000 Rubin Prize in Music Criticism. Samantha London was awarded the $1,000 Public Review Prize for her review of pianist Jeremy Denk's concert. Honorable mention prizes were also given.
Oberlin Conservatory has Strength in Numbers at 54th Grammy Awards
Jan 17, 2012The Oberlin Conservatory of Music will be represented by numerous faculty and alumni projects at the 2012 Grammy Awards, which will be held on February 12. Professors Peter Takács and Jamey Haddad, and alumni from groups including eighth blackbird and International Contemporary Ensemble, collaborated on recordings that garnered nominations in such categories as Best Small Ensemble Performance, Best Engineered Classical Album, and Best Jazz Vocal Album, among others.
The 2012 Terry Hsieh Collective, from left: junior Alexander Cummings (saxophone), fifth-year Jacob Baron (keys), fifth-year Terry Hsieh (trombone), senior Peter Manheim (drums), and senior Pat Adams (trumpet). Bassist Jackson Hill '10 is not pictured.
Winter Term 2012: Jazz students take Beijing by storm with three-week tour
EJ Dickson - Jan 17, 2012Since 2010, double-degree fifth-year Terry Hsieh has led his Terry Hsieh Collective every winter term on a tour of Beijing’s jazz clubs. For three weeks in January, the five-piece collective performs at music venues throughout the city, teaching master classes and participating in workshops with world-renowned musicians.
Professor Volk Accepts National Award for Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring
Jan 12, 2012CASE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching selected Professor of History Steven Volk as the 2011 Outstanding Baccalaureate Colleges U.S. Professor of the Year. Marian Schlotterbeck ’05 presented Volk at the awards luncheon, where the recipients were recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring. Listen to his acceptance speech.
Catherine Oertel '99 awarded NSF early career grant
Amanda Nagy - Jan 11, 2012Catherine Oertel ’99, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, joins the growing list of Oberlin faculty to receive a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation. The program supports teacher-scholars who integrate research and education in their work.
The interior of a Buddhist temple in Japan, where students toured shrines and temples during a 2004 winter term trip.
Winter Term 2012: Students search Thailand for Buddhist experience
Andres Feliciano - Jan 10, 2012This January, five Oberlin students will spend two and a half weeks of winter term studying Buddhism in Thailand, where Buddhists make up almost 95 percent of the population.
In 2007, a group of students spent 22 days in South Africa during winter term, working on a community development project in the Overstrand municipality (Western Cape province) and in Vereeniging (Gauteng province).
Winter Term 2012: Winter term provides learning opportunities for students, both on and off campus
EJ Dickson - Jan 04, 2012At Oberlin, the period between fall and spring semester is known as winter term. Throughout the month of January, formal classes are suspended, and students have the option of completing a project of their choice for half or full credit.
A winter-term project can be anything from a collaborative research project to writing a novel. The individual or group project must also be approved by a faculty sponsor, preferably within the department that corresponds to the project’s area of interest.
New Yorker critic Alex Ross, one of five highly esteemed music critics to present keynote addresses during the Rubin Institute January 18-22, 2012.
Oberlin Conservatory Announces Topics to be Addressed During Rubin Institute
Dec 22, 2011The Oberlin Conservatory of Music announced the titles of the keynote addresses to be given by respected journalists participating in the inaugural Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, taking place January 18-22, 2012 on the Oberlin College campus. Alex Ross, Anne Midgette, Heidi Waleson, John Rockwell, and Tim Page, all members of the institute’s Writers Panel, will give talks covering a wide variety of subjects in music criticism. These talks offer audiences the rare chance to hear from some of today’s most respected writers about the field in which they work.
Michael Roest '06 forms clay on a wheel in the Oberlin Pottery Co-op.
Oberlin Pottery Co-op fundraiser brings hope to people in need
Amanda Nagy - Dec 09, 2011On December 16, enjoy a free brass and organ performance of holiday favorites conducted by Michael Roest ’06, then fill up a locally hand-made ceramic mug with a beverage provided by Oberlin restaurants as part of the Empty Mugs Holiday Brass & Organ Spectacular. Now in its third year, the concert and mug sale, sponsored by the Oberlin Pottery Co-op, supports local people in need.
Naila Paul
Oberlin Shansi selects eight fellows for two-year fellowships in Asia
Dec 21, 2011Eight graduating seniors will head to Asia this summer, where they will spend up to two years learning language and culture as Oberlin Shansi fellows. The highly selective fellowships place Oberlin graduates with partner institutions in China, India, Indonesia, and Japan for two years.
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