Class Deans

About the Class Dean System

The class dean system was instituted in 2000. Reporting to the Dean of Students, the class dean system provides a support network that has proven to be an invaluable resource for Oberlin students, faculty, staff, and parents.  A class dean is associated with an incoming class as the class matriculates and that dean  serves as an important point of contact for students at Oberlin College as they seek direction and success in academic, social, and personal arenas:

• Class deans may advise or refer students to appropriate resources on- or off-campus.
• Class deans are also the easily identifiable first point of contact for faculty, staff, and parents who have questions or concerns about a student.
• Class deans act as one of the many resources on-campus when students experience crises or emergency situations.

There are seven (7) class deans. The first year class has a stationary and an accompanying class dean. The stationary class dean remains in place at the end of the academic year. The accompanying class dean travels with the class from students’ first year through the end of their fourth year.

The fifth year dean, also stationary, serves as class dean for students who remain at Oberlin as enrolled students beyond the fourth year. Each accompanying class dean will serve one year with the fifth year dean, before welcoming a new first year class with the first year dean.

If you are uncertain about which class dean is the correct class dean, please contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 440-775-8462.

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Class Deans for the 2011-2012 Academic Year

First-Year Class Deans

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Second-Year Class Dean

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Third-Year Class Dean

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Fourth-Year Class Dean

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Fifth-Year Class Deans

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*Stationary class deans remain in place. Accompanying class deans move with their respective class from students’ first year through the end of their fourth year. If you do not know which class dean to contact, please call the Dean of Students Office at 440-775-8462.