This Week in Photos: Tiny, but Mighty</h1> <article> <h1>This Week in Photos: Tiny, but Mighty</h1> <p>ygay — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:42:28 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: Tiny, but Mighty</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-03-04T10:42:28-05:00" title="Friday, March 4, 2022 - 10:42">Fri, 03/04/2022 - 10:42</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Jake and Eliza Balmuth speak with their peers at the end of the concert. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>The <a href="/news/concerts-library" target="_blank">Tiny Ref Desk Concerts</a> are modeled after the popular <a href="https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/" target="_blank">NPR Tiny Desk concert series</a>: 20-minute intimate performances in a noise-free environment. </p> <p><a href="/kathy-abromeit" target="_blank">Abromeit</a> launched 91ֱ��’s rendition of the concerts in the fall of 2018. By December 2019, 10 guest performers, faculty, and students had taken the tiny concert stage, fulfilling what Abromeit had hoped: challenging the stereotypes of a library and bringing it to life. The last concert—given just before the height of the pandemic—was held in March 2020 by a group of women who performed suffrage songs as part of 91ֱ��’s Women's Leadership and Suffrage programming.</p> <p>On March 1, after a small delay to allow for more guests to make their way to the conservatory library, Abromeit welcomed siblings Jake and Eliza Balmuth to the tiny stage. After the concert visitors were invited to a pop-up Women’s History Month exhibit in the Special Collections room. A woodwinds quintessence concert is scheduled for April 28. See more photos from the March concert on <a href="http://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzEdw9" target="_blank">91ֱ��'s Flicker page</a>.</p> <p>Our tour continues with stops at <em>Olympus</em>, <em>The Puppy Episode</em>, a Festival of Ideas, Allen Mercy Hospital, and Dye Lecture Hall</p> <p> </p> <hr> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>In the premiere of <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzEkBK" target="_blank"><em>Olympus</em></a> by Cyril Amanfo ’22, young people of color recognize their spiritual, mental, and emotional immortality—and in claiming their power, they discover their ability to heal themselves and others. Photo credit: John Seyfried</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>The Winter Term opera—<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzE5YV" target="_blank"><em>The Puppy Episode</em></a>—was performed in Warner Concert Hall. The opera was based on the two-part episode of Ellen DeGeneres’ eponymous sitcom that aired in spring 1997. “The Puppy Episode” marked—in hilarious fashion—the long-rumored coming out of the program’s central character as well as the comedian who portrayed her. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption><br> The Festival of Ideas in the Science Center Commons celebrated <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oberlin/collections/72157720412304151/" target="_blank">research and projects </a>performed by students during Winter Term. Students at this table demonstrate their “In or out” project—an automated tennis line calling system. Members in the project included Suvan Agarwal ’23, Ben Chermside ’25, Griffin O’Neal-Freeman ’24, Sydney Paunan ’25, and Katie Siegfried ’25. Photo credit: Courtesy of the Office of Communications</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption><br> Award-winning author and 91ֱ�� College Writer-in-Residence Molly Antopol gave <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzEtVv" target="_blank">a public reading</a> of her book, the UnAmericans, in Dye Lecture Hall. Antopol was joined on stage by Associate Professor of Creative Writing <a href="/emily-barton" target="_blank">Emily Barton</a> and Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies <a href="/sheera-talpaz" target="_blank">Sheera Talpaz</a> for a discussion and question and answer session. During her week-long residency, Antopol also workshopped with students in classes taught by Barton and Talpaz. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Jackie Brick ’24 stands next to the emergency entrance of the Allen Mercy Hospital in 91ֱ��. Brick interned as an ER assistant at Mercy during Winter Term. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p> </p> <p><em>This Week in Photos is a selection of images and is not meant to represent a weekly timeline. Images highlight campus, community, people, and events related to 91ֱ�� College.</em></p> <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="2022-03-04T12:00:00Z">Fri, 03/04/2022 - 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>After a five minute delay to the start of the program, Public Services Librarian Kathleen Abromeit inches her way to the back of the conservatory library, then pauses. “Should we give it another five minutes,” she asks, looking around the room. She’s excited. After a two-year hiatus Abromeit will announce the library’s first Tiny Ref Desk Concert. The program’s return also serves 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=2379">Student Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2402">Winter Term</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3450">Conservatory Library</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=25326">Creative Writing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25386">Jewish Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/emily-barton" hreflang="und">Emily Barton</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing" hreflang="und">Creative Writing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/jewish-studies" hreflang="und">Jewish Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Third-year students Jake and Eliza Balmuth perform on violin and guitar in the conservatory library.</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">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>91ֱ�� in Photos: Day Tripping</h1> <p>ygay — Thu, 07 May 2020 12:56:01 +0000</p> <span>91ֱ�� in Photos: Day Tripping</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-05-07T08:56:01-04:00" title="Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 08:56">Thu, 05/07/2020 - 08:56</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p> </p> <hr> <p>Although current conditions have fraught travel plans for many, this week’s photo series gives viewers a free pass to take a much-needed vacation. If you ever wanted to stand behind home plate, take a stroll through the Cleveland Museum of Art, or get the best seat in the house at Carnegie Hall, then this day trip is for you.</p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Share this bench with an 91ֱ�� Connect Cleveland student and immerse yourself in all that the Cleveland Museum of Art has to offer. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay, 2018</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Catch, sports fans! This pitch by an 91ֱ�� baseball player is for you. Photo credit: Peter Morgan, 2015</figcaption> </figure> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Daytripping is endless here. Sit on this rock, look out onto Lake Erie, and imagine you are almost anywhere. Photo credit: Michael Hartman, 2019</figcaption> </figure> </div> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>If you sit quietly behind these 91ֱ�� students at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta during Winter Term, you just might hear some inspiring words by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Photo credit: Michael Hartman, 2020</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>This visit to the Qutb Shahi Tombs is made possible by Rachel H. Sanders’ Winter Term project in Hyderabad, India. Photo credit: Courtesy of Rachel H. Sanders ’20, 2019</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Find your seat. You are just in time for the second half of 91ֱ�� Orchestra’s performance conducted by Raphael Jiménez at Carnegie Hall. The program focused on the orchestral repertoire of Debussy's La Mer and the 2017 work All These Lighted Things, written by Assistant Professor of Composition Elizabeth Ogonek. Photo credit: Fadi Kheir</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Climb aboard and meander down the Huron River in Michigan with the 91ֱ�� Kayak and Canoeing Club. Photo credit: Sarah Goodstein ’21, 2018</figcaption> </figure> <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="2020-05-07T12:00:00Z">Thu, 05/07/2020 - 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="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2415">Sports</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2355">Student Organizations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2402">Winter Term</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3155">91ֱ�� Orchestra</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">This trip to the galaxies is made possible by an Astronomy class taught by Dave Lengyel.</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">Matthew Lester, 2019</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Revisiting the Underground Railroad</h1> <p>ygay — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:44:01 +0000</p> <span>Revisiting the Underground Railroad</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-02-26T13:44:01-05:00" title="Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 13:44">Wed, 02/26/2020 - 13:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Sunlight spills in from windows on one side of the room in Third World House and rests on Herman Beavers ’81, as if by design. Beavers, facing his guests, waits patiently as introductions are made before delving into the purpose of his visit. </p> <p>Beavers doesn’t share much with his students at the University of Pennsylvania about the extraordinary winter term project he and his classmates performed in 1980. “In fact, I can’t remember the last time I told a student about what we did,” says the professor of English and Africana studies. “At the same time, I think about it at the oddest times. I’ll remember how the light looked or think about how ‘put upon’ I felt and how that was replaced by a sense of purpose.” </p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Herman Beavers '81 speaks to a large crowd of students, staff, and community members in Third World House.<br> Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> <p>As described in the spring 1980 issue of the <em>91ֱ�� Alumni Magazine</em>, written by members of the project, it took the nine-member team two years to perform research and inquiry with consultants before they were ready to don cotton clothing, head wraps, and large brimmed hats—attire similar to that worn by fugitives in 1850—and begin their walk at 12:30 p.m. on January 2, 1980. To maintain authenticity, the “escapees” followed back roads and travelled at night when necessary.</p> <p>“The first day, we walked 17 miles and got our first taste of fatigue, ravenous appetites, sore feet, and irritability,” stated the <em>OAM</em> article. “As Herm Beavers lay fighting with George Barnwell ’81 and Lester Barclay ’81 for the one blanket they were sharing, he thought of the prospect of freezing to death, cursing the day he had gotten into the conversation with [his classmates] about recreating a slave escape.” </p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Audience members during the February presentation. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> <p>While five students made the journey on foot (joined later by two more), four more “escapees” forged ahead in a 25-foot camper in search of churches, barns, or other secure structures offering shelter and food, the article continued. Under the curious stares of passersby, the students moved slowly past motorists along Route 68, (their project began in Greensburg, Kentucky near the Tennessee border, toward 91ֱ��) often teetering along the edge of ditches. In one Kentucky town, they were chased from a barn by the bat-swinging brother of the property owner. After 33 days and 420 miles, the project was complete. </p> <p>“I don’t know if I carried my weight,” reflects Beavers on the 40th anniversary of the journey. “I was dealing with a lot of things as the project loomed (including my parents not wanting me to go). [But a poem I read] made everyone realize that my presence added value to the project.” </p> <p>It was this winter term journey and many other experiences at 91ֱ�� that helped Beavers counter feelings of self-doubt, a lesson he openly shares today.</p> <p>“I don’t know if one ever completely nullifies imposter syndrome,” he says. “I still have days when I ask myself what right I have to walk into a classroom or give a paper at a conference, when there are so many people who are smarter and more gifted. In Walter Mosley’s first novel, <em>Devil in a Blue Dress</em>, his protagonist Easy Rawlings has an inner voice he refers to as, ‘the Voice,’ and I have a little of that happening. The Voice says to me, ‘Are you going to let them keep treating you like you don’t matter or have something to say? You’re done being a scholar when you’re ready to be done; nobody else gets to decide.’ Whatever works, you know?”</p> <p>But what brought Beavers to tears in Third World House was recalling a moment when then professor Jere Bruner indicated that a paper he had turned in was not up to par. “When I read his comments, I went from being mortified to feeling affirmed,” says Beavers.</p> <p> “I have never forgotten that act of incredible empathy and kindness and when I became a professor, I was determined to follow Jere’s example. I’ve written that comment, ‘the paper, not you,’ many times during the course of my career,’’ he says. ‘‘I can be a very hard grader, but I try to convey to students that I push them hard because I believe excellence is within their grasp and that I value them in the same way that Jere Bruner valued me.”</p> <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="2020-02-26T12:00:00Z">Wed, 02/26/2020 - 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="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <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=2402">Winter Term</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=4821">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Herman Beavers '81 shares his experiences with the Underground Railroad project during his February visit to 91ֱ�� College.</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">Yvonne Gay</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="obj-28783" 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"> <h2> A Look Back: Revisiting the Underground Railroad </h2> <button class="btn js-modal" data-modal-prefix-class="fullscreen" data-modal-content-id="28783" 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="28783" 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__caption">At Dover, Kentucky, before crossing the Ohio River to Ripley, Ohio, Adrian Banks and Lester Barclay lead the group along railroad tracks for the benefit of a television cameraman (pictured right) from Cincinnati.<br> </span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Richard Littlejohn ’79</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__caption">Students rest at a camp area in Jessamine County, Kentucky.</span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Richard Littlejohn ’79</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__caption">After walking 420 miles, students triumphantly return to 91ֱ��.</span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Leslie Candor Faraquhar ’50</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__caption">Herman Beavers ’81 displays the key to the City of 91ֱ�� upon the group’s return to campus.</span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Leslie Candor Faraquhar ’50</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__caption">Beavers shares his experiences with the Underground Railroad project during his February visit to 91ֱ�� College.<br> </span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</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: Yvonne Gay</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__caption">Beavers recalls the moment 91ֱ�� Professor Jere Bruner affirmed his place in 91ֱ��.<br> </span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</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>This Week in Photos: February 5</h1> <p>ygay — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:14:45 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: February 5</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-02-05T15:14:45-05:00" title="Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 15:14">Wed, 02/05/2020 - 15:14</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p> </p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>In this Paper Making and Book Art Winter Term Intensive, students create books (after spending several weeks making paper) in the context of global history and culture. Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Sophomore Opportunities and Academic Resources (SOAR) leaders hold up department signs so students in their clusters can locate them at the start of the program’s two-day retreat. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>A student in the Practicum in Museum Education project leads a gallery talk for classmates in the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Ysabella Atehortua ’22 in Washington, D.C., during a congressional internship with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Photo credit: Courtesy of Ysabella Atehortua ’22</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p> </p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>A student performance in the Physical Dance Theater Technique project with LaJa Martin (pictured front). Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>The Phlox ensemble choir practices historical and contemporary works by women, trans, and non-binary composers. Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption><em>The Wild Beast of the Bungalow</em> takes center stage in Warner Concert Hall. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>This brave student tries indoor snowboarding, just one of several events at this year’s Winter Term Carnival in Hales Gym. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Faculty, staff, and students record their favorite passages written by Toni Morrison as part of an upcoming campus celebration of the late author on February 18. Photo credit: Lucie Maria Weismueller</figcaption> </figure> <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="2020-02-05T12:00:00Z">Wed, 02/05/2020 - 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="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2495">Black History Month</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2402">Winter Term</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2379">Student Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2378">Allen Memorial Art Museum</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=4821">Africana Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25416">Politics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25441">Theater</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25331">Dance</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/politics" hreflang="und">Politics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/theater" hreflang="und">Theater</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/dance" hreflang="und">Dance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">A group of students, led by Professor Kathryn Metz, visits the Cleveland Museum of Natural History as part of the Museums as Community Assets project.</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">Mike Crupi</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Updates to Winter Term 2020 Build a Robust On-Campus Experience</h1> <p>awillia2 — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:50:55 +0000</p> <span>Updates to Winter Term 2020 Build a Robust On-Campus Experience</span> <span><span>awillia2</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-10-07T10:50:55-04:00" title="Monday, October 7, 2019 - 10:50">Mon, 10/07/2019 - 10:50</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In a strategic effort to bolster the winter-term experience on campus, 29 new faculty-led, on-campus group projects have been added to the winter-term offerings for January 2020. These additional projects increase the capacity for on-campus group project participation by 400 students. </p> <p>Along with new projects, additional structural support has been incorporated into the program. Planned activities, social events, and excursions will be available so students who are on campus can engage with the community and build connections with fellow students. A winter-term meal plan will also be available at the price of $300 and includes three meals daily from January 3 to 31. </p> <p>These updates to winter term 2020 are intended to enhance the on-campus experience and enable students to stay on campus during the January term, either through participation in a faculty-led group project or a student-proposed individual or group project.</p> <p>These changes are an important part of the One 91ֱ�� initiative that emerged from the Administrative and Academic Program Review (AAPR), says Renee Romano, chair of the AAPR winter-term recommendation subgroup and chair of the Winter Term Committee. </p> <p>“We are taking steps to provide more support to students, to better connect winter term to institutional learning goals and new initiatives around career readiness, and to create more exciting on-campus opportunities,” says Romano. “These changes will serve to make 91ֱ��’s winter term a signature experience that will enable us to recruit more students, to build a stronger sense of community on campus, and to better prepare our students for their lives after 91ֱ��.” </p> <p>Leading these efforts is Deanna Bergdorf, the newly appointed director of winter term. Bergdorf began her role in September 2019. </p> <p>Bergdorf explains: “With the expanded offerings, we aim to provide a winter term experience that will leave students feeling more connected with each other, with the campus, and with the 91ֱ�� community.”</p> <p>To support first-year students, Peer Advising Leaders (PALs) will play a key role in guiding students through their winter-term plans. Students of all class years will have access to support through advising sessions in the <a href="/winter-term">Office of Winter Term</a> during the fall semester. Every Wednesday, group advising runs from 2 to 3 p.m., and individual advising sessions are held Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon.</p> <p>Bergdorf encourages students to take advantage of the advising sessions. ‘‘Dream big about what you'd like to do during winter term, and we will help you make it happen. Alternatively, for students who are struggling with identifying a concept for their project, or those who feel lost in the logistics of project planning, please visit our office. We will help you find your way.’’</p> <p><strong>New On-Campus Winter Term Intensives for January 2020 Include:</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://studyaway.oberlin.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10393">Bold and Cold: Winter Term Leadership</a></strong>. Focus on developing your leadership skills, featuring workshops by the following individuals: Professor Alan Kolb, with a session centered around his book <em>Exception to the Rule: The Surprising Science of Character Based Culture, Engagement and Performance</em>; Lisa Thuer, a yoga, spin, and mindfulness instructor, who will present Fit to Lead Sessions; Katie Schrader, assistant director of the Career Development Center, who will present sessions on exploring your personality type, articulating your value, building your team, creating community, and telling your story.</p> <p><a href="https://studyaway.oberlin.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10407"><strong>Writing for Everyone: Teaching Writing to People Who Aren't Writers Yet</strong></a>. This project introduces students to concepts in writing pedagogy and teaches them to lead exercise-based writing workshops for people with no formal writing background. Students will also read and discuss texts on pedagogy while building principles for running a vibrant, inclusive workshop. This project pairs with Holly Handman-Lopez’s Dance Community, Community Dance: Teaching Dance to Anyone to exchange classes in dancing and writing; the dancers teach dance to the writers, while the writers teach writing to the dancers.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://studyaway.oberlin.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10406">Obiewood Intensive: Script Analysis, Treatment, Pitch</a></strong>. Explore the practical skills involved in telling and analyzing popular screen narratives. Students will gain familiarity with script coverage, treatments, pitching, and other relevant tools of the trade. They will also begin work on a research or creative project of their choosing. The class will feature several Skype conversations with industry professionals and screenwriters.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://studyaway.oberlin.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10399">History at the Museum</a></strong>. Jointly taught by history professor Renee Romano and comparative American studies professor Wendy Kozol, the project offers an opportunity for students to learn about how museums educate the public and construct narratives about the past. We will speak with museum professionals and will visit at least five institutions, including the Maltz Museum of Jewish History, the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Dittrick Medical History Center, the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, and the 91ֱ�� Heritage Center.</p> <p><a href="https://studyaway.oberlin.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10414"><strong>Sonic Arts in Society</strong></a>. Students will prepare for planned spring semester projects engaging Elyria Medical Center hospital system populations in creative arts-based workshops. Programming is coordinated with UH Connor Integrative Health Network and is guided by institutional leadership at 91ֱ�� College and the University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center. Creative workshops will provide hospital staff, patients and community members with additional therapeutic opportunities to promote expression; to serve as a bridge to connect students with the opportunity to provide positive experiences to medical community members; pilot and explore the potential for further collaboration on multimodal forms of technologically-mediated expression within the medical arena; and will increase psychosocial support for health system via inclusion of academic communities and cross collaborations.</p> <p><a href="https://studyaway.oberlin.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10404"><strong>The Symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven</strong></a>. The year 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Austro-German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Professors Charles McGuire and Jamie O’Leary—along with a number of guest lecturers from the college and conservatory—will lead an in-depth examination of Beethoven’s nine symphonies.</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="2019-10-07T12:00:00Z">Mon, 10/07/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Hillary Hempstead</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>New group projects and student support services enhance the on-campus experience; Deanna Bergdorf appointed to lead the program as director of winter term. </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=2379">Student Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2410">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2402">Winter Term</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2359">Administration</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/deanna-bergdorf" hreflang="und">Deanna Bergdorf</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Students discuss and answer questions about their favorite pieces of artwork during a previous winter term in the Practicum in Museum Education class. After completing the class, students are equipped to lead guided tours of the museum.</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-photo-gallery-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Past campus winter-term projects</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> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <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__caption">More than 30 conservatory musicians participate in the Winter Term Chamber Music Intensive. Participants study small ensemble repertoire and engage in master classes and coachings with the Ariel Quartet and 91ֱ�� faculty.</span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</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__caption">This winter-term project offers intensive, experience-based instruction in the operation of hand presses, movable type, and linocuts. Under the guidance of Ed Vermue, 91ֱ��'s special collections/preservation librarian, students design and print a creative project. </span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</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__caption">Kate Hull ’18 and neuroscience professor Pat Simen give their Lego robot a whirl. Once reprogrammed, the robot can be used as a teaching aid in the classroom.</span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</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__caption">Students in Professor Leslie Kwakye's lab work on Multisensory Neuroscience research using the EEG. The project takes a closer look at how attention affects multisensory integration and what's actually happening within the brain.</span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: Mike Crupi</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> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Winter term in the Middle East</h1> <p>Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:44:47 +0000</p> <span>Winter term in the Middle East</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-02-12T11:44:47-05:00" title="Sunday, February 12, 2017 - 11:44">Sun, 02/12/2017 - 11:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>This graffiti-marked wall was just one of the places Naomi Fireman visited during her winter-term project in the Middle East. “I came here to travel and listen to many different perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” said Fireman. “I tried my best to make it an intentional project that explored the nuances of this very complex region.”</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="2017-02-06T12:00:00Z">Mon, 02/06/2017 - 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=2402">Winter Term</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">Naomi Fireman</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Surviving winter term</h1> <p>Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:44:47 +0000</p> <span>Surviving winter term</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-02-12T11:44:47-05:00" title="Sunday, February 12, 2017 - 11:44">Sun, 02/12/2017 - 11:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Living in 91ֱ�� in the dead of winter, with half the student body gone, isn't the easiest thing in the world. It can be cold, lonely, and The Local closes early. But each year, many students return to campus in January to pursue projects of all kinds.</p> <p>We asked a handful of students how to survive <a href="http://www.oberlin.edu/wt/">91ֱ��’s winter term</a> on campus, and one response appeared over and over. So what was the overwhelming advice? The resounding reply was: “Join a co-op!”</p> <p> </p> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Image by Marissa Fisco</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption">Students making dough for "tasty treats" in Harkness kitchen.</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <p><em>“Join a co-op! Guaranteed food and friends twice a day.”</em></p> <p>-Katie Fittinghoff ’19 | winter term project: AMAM's Practicum in Museum Education</p> <p><em>“Join a winter term co-op! You're guaranteed to see a solid group of people twice a day. You can see what being in a co-op is like without committing for an entire semester. And the meals end up being less than $3 per meal!”</em></p> <p>-Charlie T. ’19 | winter term project: Intensive Greek and OSCA winter term membership secretary</p> <p><em>“Find people you love and invest in them. Suggest hangouts, join a co-op. Tell people they matter to you. Say yes as often a possible but also be sure to dive deep into your project so you get something valuable from your time here.”</em></p> <p>-Ketzel ’18 | winter term project: GIS</p> <p>So what’s your advice for surviving winter term on 91ֱ��’s campus? What didn’t make the list that should have?</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="2017-02-02T12:00:00Z">Thu, 02/02/2017 - 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=2402">Winter Term</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2417">Co-ops</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2354">Campus Life</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">Marissa Fisco</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Share Your Winter Term Photos for a Chance to Win an 91ֱ�� College Swag Bag</h1> <p>Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:44:47 +0000</p> <span>Share Your Winter Term Photos for a Chance to Win an 91ֱ�� College Swag Bag</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-02-12T11:44:47-05:00" title="Sunday, February 12, 2017 - 11:44">Sun, 02/12/2017 - 11:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Have you always wanted to rock an 91ֱ�� College baseball cap or drink from a nifty college mug or water bottle? Clamp your keys to an 91ֱ�� keychain or just own some cool 91ֱ�� College stuff? Now’s the chance!</p> <p>The Office of Communications is offering current 91ֱ�� students who are completing winter-term projects this January the opportunity to win one of three 91ֱ�� College swag bags by participating in its 2017 Instagram (@oberlincollege) winter term photo contest. The contest will run from January 9-31, 2017. See rules, offer terms, and eligibility below.</p> <p><strong>The Contest</strong></p> <p>Every few days in January, @oberlincollege will prompt its student followers to share winter-term project photos and captions that relate to one of three topics: locations, people, and creations. To participate, students must share photos and captions that relate to the most recent prompt using the hashtag #91ֱ��WT. Each prompt will include a few questions to help students determine what it is they should share about their projects in their photos and captions.</p> <p>@oberlincollege will also post examples of ideal submissions using photographs from past winter-term projects. Students may share more than one photo and caption per prompt, and they can answer as many or as few prompts as they like. All current students who follow @oberlincollege and post photos and captions relating to the contest prompts using the hashtag #91ֱ��WT during the contest period will be eligible to win one of three 91ֱ�� College swag bags. Students with private Instagram accounts can participate in the contest. To be eligible, they must follow @oberlincollege and send a screenshot of their photo and caption as a direct message.</p> <p>Three winners will be chosen by Office of Communications staff in early February. Winners will be announced on the 91ֱ�� College Instagram account and contacted directly by a member of the communications staff by email shortly thereafter.</p> <p><strong>Rules, Offer Terms, and Eligibility</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>This promotion is offered by the 91ֱ�� Office of Communications. It is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram, though Instagram Terms of Use apply.</p> </li> <li> <p>Participants must follow @oberlincollege.</p> </li> <li> <p>Participants must be current 91ֱ�� students completing winter-term projects. Submissions from alumni and/or past winter-term projects will not be considered. Submissions from current or former 91ֱ�� College faculty or staff will not be considered.</p> </li> <li> <p>Participants with private Instagram accounts can participate in the contest. To be eligible, they must send @oberlincollege a screenshot of their photo and caption as a direct message.</p> </li> <li> <p>Participants may submit as many more than one photo and caption per prompt, and they can answer as many or as few prompts as they like.</p> </li> <li> <p>All submissions must be original content belonging to the submitting student.</p> </li> <li> <p>All submissions must use the hashtag #91ֱ��WT.</p> </li> <li> <p>Photos depicting individuals other than the student submitting the photo must first be approved by those individuals. If those individuals object, the student should not submit the photo.</p> </li> <li> <p>Photo submissions may be reposted by @oberlincollege throughout the month of January. Reposting of photos does not indicate the photo’s owner has been selected as a contest winner or will be selected as a contest winner.</p> </li> <li> <p>Winners will be chosen by Office of Communications staff in early February. Winners will be announced on Instagram and contacted directly by a member of the communications staff by email shortly thereafter. Winners will have one week from the date of email send to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen.</p> </li> <li> <p>By participating in this contest, participants give the 91ֱ�� College Office of Communications and other college offices the right to use their content in 91ֱ�� College publications, including but not limited to the Source, the 91ֱ�� Alumni Magazine, and 91ֱ�� College social media accounts.</p> </li> </ul> <p>For questions or concerns regarding this contest, contact Justine Goode, editorial fellow in the Office of Communications, at <a href="mailto:jgoode@oberlin.edu">jgoode@oberlin.edu</a> or Yvonne Gay, editorial and photography projects manager, at <a href="mailto:ygay@oberlin.edu">ygay@oberlin.edu</a>.</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="2017-01-11T12:00:00Z">Wed, 01/11/2017 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</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=2402">Winter Term</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Shansi Awards In-Asia Grants</h1> <p>Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:44:47 +0000</p> <span>Shansi Awards In-Asia Grants</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-02-12T11:44:47-05:00" title="Sunday, February 12, 2017 - 11:44">Sun, 02/12/2017 - 11:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>This winter term and summer, nine students will explore intellectually and socially engaging projects through an <a href="http://www.shansi.org/iag2016">91ֱ�� Shansi In-Asia Grant</a>.</p> <p>91ֱ�� Shansi is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting understanding and communication between 91ֱ�� and Asia. Founded in 1908, the program is one of the oldest educational exchange programs in the United States.</p> <p>Executive Director Gavin Tritt characterizes the program as “a vital link between 91ֱ�� and Asia.” It is also a valuable resource for students interested in global engagement, international careers, and other cultures.</p> <p>The In-Asia Grant provides 91ֱ�� College & Conservatory students $1,500 in support of creative initiatives in East Asia, Southeast Asia, or South Asia, including internships with non-governmental organizations, art explorations, environmental research, or other projects during winter term or summer.</p> <p><strong>Mohit Dubey ’18, Gloria Lewis ’18, Thu Le ’19, Laura Li ’18, Yan Yu ’18, Yasmine Ramachandra ’19, and Kirsten Mojziszek ’19 are this year’s winter term recipients. Yael Reichler ‘19 and Naomi Fireman ’19 will complete a joint project during the summer of 2017.</strong></p> <h3>Winter Term 2017</h3> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Mohit Dubey will trace his Indian roots while performing and studying in India.</em></figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <p><strong>Mohit Dubey ’18</strong></p> <p>A double-degree student majoring in classical guitar and physics, Dubey will spend his winter term tracing his Indian roots and performing, teaching, and studying classical guitar in several cities across India. Not only will Dubey perform at concerts and give master classes at schools in Hyderabad, but he will also immerse himself in studying Carnatic music at the Brhaddhvani School in Chennai. Upon his return to 91ֱ��, he plans to share his experience through a concert that features both Western classical and Carnatic music.</p> <p> </p> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Gloria Lewis will travel to study art and dance in India and West Africa.</em></figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <p><strong>Gloria Lewis ’18</strong></p> <p>Lewis’ winter term will feature a cultural exchange with a focus on folk dance. She will travel with Dance Diaspora, 91ֱ��’s West African dance ensemble, to Madurai, India. There, Lewis and the other group members will collaborate with current Shansi fellow Vanessa Champagne at Lady Doak College. Dance Diaspora will later explore Mandinka dance, drumming, and the transatlantic slave trade in Bajul, Gambia. Through this project, Lewis looks forward to deepening her understanding of the Africana diaspora.</p> <p> </p> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Laura Li will film a documentary in Beijing.</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Yan Yu will film a documentary in Beijing.</em></figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <p><strong>Laura Li ’18 and Yan Yu ’18</strong></p> <p>What is the contemporary youth and art scene in Beijing, and how do artists live and work? Laura Li and Yan Yu will spend January exploring this in China. Li and Yu will interview Beijing musicians and filmmakers and document the artists’ lives. The experience will culminate in a documentary film that will help shed light on youth culture and current art trends in Beijing.</p> <p> </p> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Thu Le will travel to Vietnam to expand the Human Library project.</em></figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <p><strong>Thu Le ’19</strong></p> <p>The Human Library is a project that enables volunteers from marginalized groups to act as human books and engage in one-on-one conversations with participants. It is also a project in which Thu Le has been heavily involved after organizing the first Human Library in Hanoi, Vietnam, last year. Le will return to the country during winter term to expand the project to Ho Chi Minh City and educate and challenge deep-rooted discrimination against underprivileged groups.</p> <p> </p> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Yasmine Ramachandra will volunteer in India.</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Kirsten Mojziszek will volunteer in India.</em></figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <p><strong>Yasmine Ramachandra ’19 and Kirsten Mojziszek ’19</strong></p> <p>As students on the pre-health track, Ramachandra and Mojziszek wanted to gain hands-on medical experience in a larger cultural context. To do this, the pair will travel to rural Mehsana, India, to volunteer at the Shiv Ganga Animal Helpline. There they will care for stray and injured animals and help with vaccinations and other basic tasks. When they return to 91ֱ��, they plan to begin a campus conversation about the varying levels of medical care for animals in foreign countries.</p> <h3>Summer 2017</h3> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Yael Reichler will explore Japan's local food system.</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure> <figcaption class="credit">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Naomi Fireman will explore Japan's food system.</em></figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <p><strong>Yael Reichler ’19 and Naomi Fireman ’19</strong></p> <p>In Japanese culture, the practice of rice farming holds deep cultural significance. This summer, Reichler and Fireman will closely study this important aspect of Japan’s ancient food system. They will stay on a rice farm and observe the physical labor involved, the process, and the role that the local food system plays in Japanese culture. The two students hope their examination of environmental work in an international setting can ultimately inform the 91ֱ�� community’s local food system.</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="2016-12-16T12:00:00Z">Fri, 12/16/2016 - 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=2402">Winter Term</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2397">Shansi</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Recipients of the Shansi In-Asia Grants are (from the left): Thu Le, Yasmine Ramachandra, Mohit Dubey, Kirsten Mojziszek, Yan Yu, Gloria Lewis, Naomi Fireman, Yael Reichler (Not pictured: Laura Li)</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">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Shansi</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The Journey of My Happy Feet</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:09 +0000</p> <span>The Journey of My Happy Feet</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:09-05:00" 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>“From Guinea to Brooklyn: The Journey of my Happy Feet,” a Senior Honors Show by Donnay Edmund, will be performed at 8 p.m. on March 4 and 5 in Warner Main Space. The performance will feature students from the Essence Dance Class, current members and alumni of Dance Diaspora, the student group Ilu Aiye, and guest drummers from New York City. The show is under the advisement of Artist-in-Residence in Africana Studies and Director of Dance Diaspora Adenike Sharpley.</p> <p>Edmund, who accompanied Sharpley on a <a href="/news/learning-through-example-west-africa">winter-term trip to Gambia</a> to gain first-hand knowledge of performance and cultural traditions, says the show is about her journey as a dancer and the importance of keeping living history. “Dance Diaspora has helped my spiritual, emotional, political, and artistic growth,” Edmund says. “West African dance has kept my feet happy and helped me realize that a dancer is more than just someone who does movement.”</p> <p>Tickets are available for now for $5 at <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/office/tickets/">Central Ticket Service</a> or $7 at the door. Edmund will offer a talk-back session immediately following the March 4 performance.</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="2016-02-25T12:00:00Z">Thu, 02/25/2016 - 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=2402">Winter Term</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2372">Performing Arts</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>