VOICES

Your Alumni Association: 170 Years of Community
This year marks the 170th anniversary of your alumni association, which 24 Oberlin graduates founded in 1839 (the Class of 1837 was the first graduating class). The Association of Alumni of the Oberlin Collegiate Institute was one of the first academic alumni associations in the country.

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OF NOTE

Obama Nominates Krislov for NEH Advisory Council Post
President Barack Obama has nominated Marvin Krislov to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities. If appointed, he will continue to serve as president of Oberlin College. Several alumni presently serve in the Obama administration, and more are awaiting confirmation.

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CAMPUS NEWS

Conservatory, Cleveland Orchestra Launch New International Competition
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland Orchestra recently announced a new partnership that will enhance educational opportunities for pianists and violinists between the ages of 13 and 18. More than $20,000 in prize money and a performance with the Cleveland Orchestra will be awarded. [Read More]

Contest: How Many Obies Do You Know?
If you didn’t attend many sporting events when you were a student at Oberlin, this photo contest may leave you wishing that you had. But if it doesn’t, three or more right answers will earn you an Oberlin prize! [Read More]

Welcome to the 2009-10 Yeo Season
Get a jumpstart on the upcoming varsity sports season: Download the 2009-10 football, cross country, field hockey, volleyball, and men’s and women’s soccer media guides. Be sure to visit the Oberlin Athletics web site for all the latest sporting news.

Take the Alumni Magazine Readership Survey
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine staff invites you to take a few minutes to respond to a readership survey. The magazine staff considers all input to be extremely important, whether you read each issue from cover to cover, or never read it at all. The goal is to enhance your connection to the college and to each other. Please take the survey by Wednesday, September 30.

Convocation Series 2009-10
The Oberlin Convocation Series, presented under the auspices of the Finney Lecture Committee and the Office of the President, presents free, public discussions of cutting-edge issues by some of the country’s most prominent thinkers. This year’s speakers include Shirin Ebadi, a lawyer, human rights activist, and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize recipient; Robert Kuttner ’65, a political and economics writer and cofounder and coeditor of The American Prospect; and actor and comedian Ed Helms ’96. [Read More]

Faculty Presentations, Awards, and Quotes
Koppes lectures about movies and censorship in Russia; Plank is recognized for achievements in performance and scholarship; Schiff's book wins award; Trubek is quoted in a New York Times piece on writing in the age of social media; Ortiz delivers a paper at the Financial Markets and Monetary Policy Conference; Suter presents a paper at the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 2009 conference. [Read More]

YEO’r  NEWS

Alumni Volunteer Spotlight: Ellen Hertzman ’85, Regional Coordinator
Alumni volunteers are essential to Oberlin outreach because their community efforts help keep Obies connected to Oberlin and each other. ATS wants to celebrate the work of these volunteers through this new spotlight section. In this issue we recognize Ellen Hertzman ’85. As regional coordinator for the Oberlin Club of Colorado, Hertzman has coordinated snowshoeing, hiking, concerts, Obie author readings, and a host of other events in her effort to help keep alumni connected to each other and the college. [Read More]

Election for 2009 Class Trustee to Begin August 12
The 2009 Class Trustee election will begin Wednesday, August 12, and conclude Friday, September 4. All current members of the Class of 2010 and graduates of the classes of 2008 and 2009 are eligible to vote. [Read More]

New Alumni Directory Project Announced
The Alumni Association has a new Oberlin College alumni directory project under way. New directories will be available in 2010. [Read More]

What’s New Online?
Have you checked out OBIEWeb lately? If not, add it to your bookmarks and check back often, because the Alumni Association is always adding new features and useful information. [Read More]

Ready for Winter?
It may be 80 degrees in Oberlin this week, but Career Services is already thinking about winter. In January 2009, 228 Oberlin students applied for winter-term internships at 121 organizations nationwide, the majority of which were offered by Oberlin alumni. Please consider offering a winter-term internship for an Oberlin student at your organization. [Read More]

Retrace the Civil Rights Trail in Alabama
The stoic dignity of Rosa Parks; the heartbreaking murder of the “Four Little Girls;” the bravery of citizens beaten with clubs and attacked by police dogs—these images have helped shape our nation’s collective conscience. Pamela Brooks, associate professor of African American studies, will escort a tour to the places where the civil rights movement was born October 2-6, 2009. [Read More]