Attorney Josh Nolan is 2022 Constitution Day Speaker</h1> <article> <h1>Attorney Josh Nolan is 2022 Constitution Day Speaker</h1> <p>anagy — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 19:55:53 +0000</p> <span>Attorney Josh Nolan is 2022 Constitution Day Speaker</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-09-12T15:55:53-04:00" title="Monday, September 12, 2022 - 15:55">Mon, 09/12/2022 - 15:55</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>91ֱ�� College will observe Constitution Day on Friday, September 16, by hosting higher education attorney <a href="https://www.bricker.com/people/joshua-nolan">Josh Nolan</a>. Nolan will speak on “The College & The Constitution: How Constitutional Issues Impact Students.” The talk will also focus on upcoming Supreme Court cases related to affirmative action and the effect of the Dobbs decision on students and institutions.</p> <p>The talk will be held at 11:30 a.m. in the Carnegie Root Room, and is free and open to the public. </p> <p><span style="color: var(--barelynotblack); font-size: 1rem; font-family: var(--mercury-stack);">Nolan is a partner and higher education attorney at Bricker & Eckler, LLP in Cleveland. He served as the interim general counsel at 91ֱ�� College <span style="color: var(--barelynotblack); font-size: 1rem; font-family: var(--mercury-stack);">from June 2021 through February 2022.</span> Throughout his career, he has helped numerous universities, public institutions, and private colleges handle many facets of education law, including Title IX, and he manages sensitive litigation and administrative actions for individuals, institutions, and universities. </span></p> <p><span style="color: var(--barelynotblack); font-size: 1rem; font-family: var(--mercury-stack);">Understanding that higher education law involves complicated and personal issues, Nolan takes an unbiased, professional, and knowledgeable approach to identify, resolve, and prevent such issues. Nolan also has more than 10 years of experience as a college administrator.</span></p> <p><a href="https://www2.ed.gov/policy/fund/guid/constitutionday.html">Constitution Day</a> is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is normally observed on September 17, the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2022-09-12T12:00:00Z">Mon, 09/12/2022 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Josh Nolan is the 2022 Constitution Day speaker.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>This Week in Photos: In Celebration of Returning Black Alumni</h1> <p>ygay — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:38:08 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: In Celebration of Returning Black Alumni</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-02-04T10:38:08-05:00" title="Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 10:38">Thu, 02/04/2021 - 10:38</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Throughout the years Black alumni have given lectures, performances, and master classes at 91ֱ��. We invite you to relive some of these events.</p> <p>View these experiences on <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmTVyzwg" target="_blank">91ֱ��’s Flickr page</a>.</p> <hr> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Theo Croker '07, a jazz trumpeter, composer, producer, and vocalist, returned to 91ֱ�� in 2010 to perform at the dedication of the <a href="/kohl-building" target="_blank">Bertram and Judith Kohl Building</a>. Croker is a Grammy Award nominee, three-time Echo Award nominee, and Theodore Presser Award recipient. Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Johnnetta Cole ’57, a longtime friend of the college, has given several talks in Finney Chapel, including this one in 2012. Cole gave the commencement address in 1995 and Baccalaureate speech in 2015. She also served as a guest speaker in the inauguration of presidents Nancy S. Dye, Marvin Krislov, and Carmen Twillie Ambar. Cole was the first Black woman president of Spelman College. She also served as director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art. Photo credit: Dale Preston '83</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>In May 2010, The Rev. James Lawson Jr. ’57 was the keynote speaker at the Black Family Appreciation Ceremony in Warner Concert Hall. Lawson gave the Baccalaureate speech in 1982, and came back to campus in 2014 to hold a minicourse on nonviolent conflict at <a href="/ahh" target="_blank">Afrikan Heritage House</a> and a Convocation Lecture at First Church. A close associate of The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Lawson organized workshops on nonviolence during the civil rights movement. Last year, he spoke at fellow civil rights activist and U.S. Representative John Lewis's funeral. Photo credit: John Seyfried</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz '94 and bassoonist Monica Ellis '95 are founding members of Imani Winds. They are shown here performing on the 2014 Artist Recital Series in Finney Chapel with their acclaimed ensemble and longtime collaborator, pianist Gilbert Kalish. The Grammy Award nominated group has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center, to name a few. The ensemble includes <a href="/jeff-scott" target="_blank">Jeff Scott</a>, associate professor of horn in the 91ֱ�� Conservatory of Music. Photo credit: Walter Novak</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Umra Omar ’06 discusses how and why she founded Safari Doctors during a <a href="/news/two-day-summit-creates-space-black-students-stem" target="_blank">STEM in Color</a> symposium in 2017. The organization delivers primary medical services and health education to remote areas of Kenya. Umra was named a CNN Top 10 Hero of 2016 and the UN in Kenya Person of the Year in 2017. Photo credit: Walter Novak.</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p> </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-02-04T12:00:00Z">Thu, 02/04/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Author Ishmael Beah ’04 returned to 91ֱ�� College in 2010 to discuss the publication of his New York Times best-selling book, A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Four years later Beah’s visit to Finney Chapel took place after the publication of Radiance of Tomorrow, A Novel, which would go on to become another best-seller. Beah’s visits to campus serve as inspiration for this week’s photo series.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2364">Artist Recital Series</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2383">Convocation Series</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2368">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2495">Black History Month</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=34691">Jazz Performance</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Ishmael Beah '04 delivers a Convocation Lecture.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yeven Gulenko</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Convocation Speaker Touches on the Future of Journalism</h1> <p>ygay — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:35:06 +0000</p> <span>Convocation Speaker Touches on the Future of Journalism</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-12-19T13:35:06-05:00" title="Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 13:35">Thu, 12/19/2019 - 13:35</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>“I believe that the principles of what [people] want from the news hasn’t changed,” Rosenstiel told audience members during his December Convocation lecture in 91ֱ��’s Dye Lecture Hall. “The way journalists do the job has to change drastically, and here are some modest proposals, which I hope are timely as 91ֱ�� [moves into] a concentration in this area.”</p> <p>Rosenstiel was press critic at the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> for a decade, a Washington correspondent for the <em>Times</em>, a commentator for MSNBC, and chief congressional correspondent for <em>Newsweek</em>. He is the author of seven nonfiction books and three novels. His newest novel, Oppo, looks at contemporary political campaigns, the explosive growth in opposition research, and the forces behind polarization.</p> <p>According to Rosenstiel, we must recognize that journalists are no longer gatekeepers over what people know. “They are more often today, annotators of what the public has already heard. How do you annotate facts in a world of distrust and disbelief?” he asked. </p> <p>“We must rediscover the lost meaning of objectivity to understand that the key to journalism is a discipline of evidence, inference, and verification. How do you get things right? How do you know if things are true? Just going and being a stenographer and sticking a microphone in front of someone is not journalism. The process, the discipline of knowing, how we check it out is what will distinguish good journalism from bad.” </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-12-19T12:00:00Z">Thu, 12/19/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Tom Rosenstiel ’78 is one of the country’s most recognized thinkers on the intersection of media and politics and the future of journalism. He recently discussed President Donald Trump’s relationship with the media, the meaning of objectivity, and why and how we all may perceive “facts.”</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2383">Convocation Series</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2368">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Michael Hartman</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-flex-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden vertical-spacing--basic field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div id class="o-flex--video-embed"> <h2>Hear Tom Rosentiel’s Entire Lecture</h2> <div class="video-embed-field-provider-vimeo video-embed-field-responsive-video"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div id="obj-28786" class="paragraph paragraph--type--para-el-photo-gallery paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="section--photo-gallery o-flex--photo-gallery"> <p class="header-tag">Photo Gallery</p> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery__grid"> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery--overlay"> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery--overlay__content"> <button class="btn js-modal" data-modal-prefix-class="fullscreen" data-modal-content-id="28786" data-modal-background-click="disabled"> View photo gallery </button> </div> </div> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery__grid__img-wrapper"> </div> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery__grid__img-wrapper"> </div> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery__grid__img-wrapper"> </div> <div class="o-flex--photo-gallery__grid__img-wrapper"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="28786" class="photo-gallery-wrapper"> <div class="photo-gallery"> <div class="photo-gallery__slides"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Michael Hartman</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Michael Hartman</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Michael Hartman</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Michael Hartman</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Michael Hartman</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Michael Hartman</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__wrapper"> <figure class="photo-gallery__slide"> <div class="photo-gallery__slide__image"> </div> <figcaption> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Michael Hartman</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="photo-gallery__navbar"> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> <figure class="photo-gallery__navbar__item"> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>College Observes Constitution Day with Lecture by Civil Rights Law Professor</h1> <p>Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 17:16:03 +0000</p> <span>College Observes Constitution Day with Lecture by Civil Rights Law Professor</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-02-12T12:16:03-05:00" title="Sunday, February 12, 2017 - 12:16">Sun, 02/12/2017 - 12:16</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The college will observe Constitution Day with a lecture by Theodore M. Shaw, professor of law and director of the Center for Civil Rights at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.</p> <p>Constitution Day commemorates the 1787 signing of the United States Constitution. Shaw will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday, November 28, in the 91ֱ�� Science Center’s Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall, 119 Woodland Street. The talk is free and open to the public.</p> <p>Shaw is the Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and director of the Center for Civil Rights at UNC Chapel Hill. He has an accomplished teaching career, having taught at Columbia University Law School, University of Michigan Law School, CUNY School of Law at Queens, and Temple Law School.</p> <p>Shaw was the fifth director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and he served on a variety of boards, including Wesleyan University, Board of Equal Rights, Board of American Constitution Society and Board of Deacons of the Abyssinian Church in New York.</p> <p>He earned a bachelor’s with honors at Wesleyan University in 1976, then went on to earn a JD at Columbia Law School in 1979. His fellowships include Aspen Fellow in Law and Social Justice, Twenty-First Century Trust Fellow in London, and a Salzburg Fellow in Austria.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-11-08T12:00:00Z">Tue, 11/08/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Theodore M. Shaw</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Michele Norris Kicks Off 2016-17 Convocation Series</h1> <p>Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 17:16:03 +0000</p> <span>Michele Norris Kicks Off 2016-17 Convocation Series</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-02-12T12:16:03-05:00" title="Sunday, February 12, 2017 - 12:16">Sun, 02/12/2017 - 12:16</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Michele Norris, an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning journalist and longtime cohost of NPR's <em>All Things Considered</em>, signs copies of her new book, <em>The Grace of Silence,</em> following her convocation talk on September 13. Norris shared insights from her Race Card Project, which captures Americans' honest views on race, identity, and aging. The next Convocation speaker is <a href="/events/convocation-building-diverse-democracy-justice-and-identity-21st-century">Eboo Patel</a>, founder and president of the Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core and a member of President Barack Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships. Patel will speak about "Building a Diverse Democracy: Justice and Identity in the 21st Century," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 25, in Finney Chapel.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-10-19T12:00:00Z">Wed, 10/19/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2383">Convocation Series</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning journalist Michele Norris kicked off the 2016-2017 Convocation Series. </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yevhen Gulenko</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Behind the Shot with Gary Shteyngart ’95</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:18:55 +0000</p> <span>Behind the Shot with Gary Shteyngart ’95</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:18:55-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:18">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:18</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>What goes into an alumni photo shoot? In the case of author Gary Shteyngart ’95, who delivered a <a href="/news/author-gary-shteyngart-95-visits-oberlin">Convocation talk on March 31</a>, a team of photo professionals and assistants sourced more than 20 old model typewriters to help capture the perfect image. Student videographer Ian Kelly takes us behind the scenes of Shteyngart’s photo shoot in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqqgeMBJQtc">this video</a>.</em></p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-05-03T12:00:00Z">Tue, 05/03/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2383">Convocation Series</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Jennifer Manna</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Just Who is Martine Rothblatt?</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:41 +0000</p> <span>Just Who is Martine Rothblatt?</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:41-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:19">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:19</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Futurist, transhumanist, scientist, attorney, entrepreneur, author, philosopher. Just who is Martine Rothblatt?</p> <p>The Office of the President and the Finney Lecture Committee invite you to learn about the amazing life and work of the person who started a biotech firm that makes life-saving medicines for rare diseases, including the one that saved her daughter’s life. Rothblatt believes technology can liberate us from the limits of our biology, including death, and is working to preserve the consciousness of her wife of 33 years in the artificial intelligence of a robot that has been interviewed by <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/science/05robotside.html">The New York Times</a></em>.</p> <p>Hear Rothblatt speak at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 5, in Finney Chapel. See the <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/convocation_an_evening_with_martine_rothblatt#.VjDuBmSrRaR">Events Calendar</a> for more information.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-11-02T12:00:00Z">Mon, 11/02/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2383">Convocation Series</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2395">Entrepreneurship</a></div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Bryan Stevenson Speaks in Finney Chapel</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:41 +0000</p> <span>Bryan Stevenson Speaks in Finney Chapel</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:41-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:19">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:19</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Bryan Stevenson delivers the talk </em>American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity, and Making a Difference<em> on Wednesday, September 9, in Finney Chapel. Stevenson’s talk was the first of the 2015-16 Convocation Series. The series continues Tuesday, September 29, with a talk from Zadie Smith, author of </em>White Teeth<em>, </em>The Autograph Man<em>, </em>On Beauty<em>, and </em>NW<em> and professor of creative writing at New York University.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-09-24T12:00:00Z">Thu, 09/24/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2383">Convocation Series</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yevhen Gulenko</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Marian Wright Edelman Addresses Class of 2015</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:57 +0000</p> <span>Marian Wright Edelman Addresses Class of 2015</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:57-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:19">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:19</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>“So often we want to be a big dog and make a big difference, but all of us can be a flea and bite and bite and move the biggest dog. Enough determined fleas biting strategically can make the biggest dog uncomfortable,” Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, tells graduates during her Commencement address on Monday, May 25, in Tappan Square. Watch Edelman’s full Commencement address on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2TJoaCM-HM">YouTube</a>, or read the transcript on <a href="/news/marian-wright-edelman-addresses-class-2015">the News Center</a>.</em></p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-05-28T12:00:00Z">Thu, 05/28/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2394">Commencement/Reunion Weekend</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Jennifer Manna</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Important Commencement, Reunion Weekend Update</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:20:09 +0000</p> <span>Important Commencement, Reunion Weekend Update</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:20:09-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:20">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:20</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Dear Faculty and Staff:</p> <p>On behalf of the Commencement/Reunion Weekend committees, I want to share some information about the 2015 commencement ceremony. As you know, First Lady Michelle Obama will receive an honorary degree and speak during the commencement ceremony. 91ֱ�� College and the Ninde Scholars program are being recognized for supporting the First Lady’s higher education initiative, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/reach-higher">Reach Higher</a>. Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, will be the commencement speaker.</p> <p>We are excited to welcome the first lady to 91ֱ��. At the same time, her visit will, by necessity, require considerable security measures and modifications of plans. Representatives across campus are working diligently on arrangements, and we are partnering with the City of 91ֱ�� to manage the logistics in a thoughtful manner in order to minimize the disruption as much as possible and to ensure that our graduates and their families have a truly wonderful and congratulatory celebration.</p> <p>Please note that First Lady Michelle Obama will arrive in 91ֱ�� the morning of Monday, May 25, and will be here for a very short time prior to the commencement ceremony, <strong>which is now scheduled to start at 10 a.m.</strong> She will also exit the stage and leave town after the presentation of her honorary degree and her speech to the graduating class. She will not be on the stage during the commencement address by Marian Wright Edelman or during the conferring of degrees.</p> <p>While we do not yet have all of the details regarding likely road closures and other security measures, we do have some information that we wanted to share with you. We will send additional updates to the campus community as we get closer to Commencement/Reunion Weekend.</p> <h3>How is access to the ceremony being managed?</h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Seating (in the chairs set up in front of the stage) for the commencement ceremony will be ticketed and is limited. <strong>Standing-room attendance on the lawn within Tappan Square does not require tickets.</strong></li> <li>Each graduate who is eligible to march during the commencement ceremony will receive a ticket for seating, as will all faculty who process and plan to stay for the ceremony.</li> <li>Each graduate may request up to six tickets for guaranteed ceremony seating for parents and family members through the Commencement/Reunion Weekend registration site through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 15. Tickets are not to be sold and are non-transferable.</li> <li>Due to limited seating, we encourage those who are unable to stand or to sit on the lawn and who do not have tickets to watch the commencement ceremony via live streaming in Warner Concert Hall. Seating in Warner Concert Hall is on a first-come, first-served basis, and tickets are not required. Doors will open at 8 a.m. Streaming information will be available on the commencement website and available for remote viewing. Information about the streaming of the ceremony will be posted on the <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/events-activities/commencement/">commencement website</a>.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3>How will security procedures change our plans?</h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Tappan Square, where the commencement ceremony will be held, will be enclosed and secured.</li> <li>No one will be allowed to enter within the enclosed area of Tappan Square prior to 8 a.m.</li> <li>All attendees will go through airport-like security and should bring as few personal items as possible.</li> <li>Tickets will be required for guaranteed seating during the commencement ceremony. No ticket, no entry to the seated section of Tappan Square. Standing-room only entry into Tappan Square does not require a ticket.</li> <li>No large bags, backpacks, sharp objects, lawn chairs, umbrellas, or signs will be allowed in Tappan Square.</li> <li>Cameras, small purses, blankets, and water bottles are permitted.</li> <li>Any items not allowed in by security will be disposed of if left outside the secured area. 91ֱ�� College is not responsible for unapproved items that are left outside of the secured space during the commencement ceremony.</li> <li><strong>Parking in the City of 91ֱ�� will be at a premium on Monday, May 25. We ask local community members to walk or bike to Tappan Square.</strong></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>I want to thank all of our colleagues who are working on the special arrangements for Commencement/Reunion Weekend, as well as the entire community for your patience and assistance as we look forward to this historic ceremony.</p> <p>All my best,</p> <p>Danielle Chair of the Commencement/Reunion Weekend Committee</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-04-29T12:00:00Z">Wed, 04/29/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Danielle Young</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2394">Commencement/Reunion Weekend</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> </article> </main></body></html>