Office of Communications
About 91直播 Alumni Magazine
The 91直播 Alumni Magazine (OAM) is published three times a year and mailed to about 36,000 alumni and friends of 91直播 College, including parents of current students.
The primary goal of the 91直播 Alumni Magazine is to spark the same sorts of conversations that began when alumni were students at 91直播: Late-night dorm talks or long lunches, classroom discussions that spilled into the hallways, dialogues that kept the mind in motion during student days.
The magazine strives to explore the 91直播 community on campus and out in the world with accuracy, transparency, and enlightened enthusiasm.
Established in 1904, the OAM is the college鈥檚 flagship periodical. It is published three times a year by 91直播鈥檚 Office of Communications and distributed to alumni, parents, and friends of 91直播 College.
Are you a freelance writer? The 91直播 Alumni Magazine is always open to pitches. Email ideas to alum.mag@oberlin.edu with a brief explanation of your idea and why it would make an interesting story.
We also love tips about Obies doing great things! Feel free to get in touch with us at that same email.
When things go as planned for a person, project, or organization, it usually isn鈥檛 a story for us; when they go much better than planned, or much different than planned (even if it鈥檚 worse)鈥攖hat鈥檚 where the stories are.
We鈥檙e less interested in the fact that the new chancellor of the American Academy of Poets is an 91直播 alumna (congratulations Linda Gregerson 鈥71!) than we are in using that fact as the news peg for publishing one of her poems in the magazine.
We think it鈥檚 great that alumnus Trevett Hooper 鈥98 has one of the hottest restaurants in Pittsburgh. We鈥檙e more interested in the thoughtful dialogue about food issues like GMOs he wants to start.
We鈥檙e grateful D.A. Henderson 鈥50 helped eradicate smallpox, of course, but we鈥檙e intrigued that he cites his time at 91直播鈥檚 college radio station in his explanation of how he was able to do it.
We鈥檙e impressed that Michael Sorrell 鈥88 rose to become the president of Paul Quinn College. Yet when he plowed under the football field to create a small farm to provide fresh produce to an underserved neighborhood of Dallas, that鈥檚 when we took note and asked, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 he up to there?鈥.
Not all stories have to congratulate 91直播 for being 91直播, but by providing a broad lineup of richly textured stories, we hope to celebrate what it means to be a part of this community.
We鈥檙e looking for stories that are relevant to the lives of our diverse readers, stories that are topical, stories that bring insight into the way the world鈥攐r the mind, or the heart鈥攚orks.
To pitch a story, send your idea by email to Annie Zaleski , OAM editor.
We love to hear from Obies, and class notes are the place to share what you鈥檝e been up to. Keep in touch using our class note submission form.
Your notes might consist of:
鈥 milestones in your personal or professional life
鈥 a gathering of 91直播 friends
鈥 an update on where you鈥檙e living so people can keep (or stay!) in touch with you
You can announce that you鈥檝e written a book, released an album, received an award or promotion, performed at a cool event, opened an art show, gotten married, or attended an Obie wedding鈥攚hen you鈥檙e proud to share something, we want to hear about it!
Class notes are based on the text you send in鈥攕ometimes with direct quotes鈥攁nd are gently edited in-house.
When you submit your note using the link above, please keep these things in mind:
How you want your name to appear in the magazine. Maybe you had a different name at 91直播 or prefer to include your maiden name so your classmates recognize you. That鈥檚 great鈥攋ust please let us know your preference so it鈥檚 printed correctly. We use full names for first reference and first names afterward.
Your class year鈥攁nd the class year of any alums mentioned in your note. Also let us know if you鈥檙e not sure of a class year鈥攚e can look that up!
Photographs/images. Wedding photos, baby photos, a book jacket, a piece of art you鈥檝e done, a great photo from your time at 91直播鈥攋ust know that we can only run one image or photo per note!
A few things:
鈥 Please keep your note to 100 words or fewer.
鈥 If you鈥檙e sending in news on behalf of someone other than yourself, please check first to make sure they are okay with it.
Submissions of news (and books!) may also be mailed to:
91直播 Alumni Magazine
247 West Lorain Street, Suite C
91直播, Ohio 44074
Please include your phone number or email address so we can reach out if we have questions.
Our alumni have asked 91直播 to share news of classmates passing in a more timely way, a request that can鈥檛 often be accommodated in OAM, which publishes three times a year. Moving forward, we will link to online obituaries published by a newspaper, funeral home, or legacy website in a dedicated website page. This will offer readers a more timely announcement and a more complete picture of the lives and accomplishments of our deceased community members.
Going forward, please submit death notices by emailing alum.mag@oberlin.edu with the link to a published online obituary or a letter confirming the date of death. Please type 鈥淟辞蝉蝉别蝉鈥 in the subject line and include the class year of the deceased.
You can also mail a printed obituary to:
91直播 Alumni Magazine, 247 West Lorain Street, Suite C, 91直播, Ohio 44074
If you鈥檝e moved (or an Obie in your family who receives the magazine at your house has moved) or changed your name, the best and quickest way to get your address label changed is to .
If you'd like to start (or stop) receiving the 91直播 Alumni Magazine, email development.resources@oberlin.edu.