This Week in Photos: Listening, bell</h1> <article> <h1>This Week in Photos: Listening, bell</h1> <p>ygay — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:14:06 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: Listening, bell</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-03-16T14:14:06-04:00" title="Wednesday, March 16, 2022 - 14:14">Wed, 03/16/2022 - 14:14</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>Photo credit: Anokha Venugopal ’23</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>With books in hand, members of the �鶹��Ƶ community gathered near the Reading Girl, and listened intently as their peers shared their favorite passages by hooks, and discussed the impact of those passages on their lives, work, scholarship, and activism.</p> <p>Before her six-year tenure as associate professor in English and women’s studies began at �鶹��Ƶ in 1988, hooks published a collection of poetry—<em>And There We Wept</em>—and a book on femenist history called <em>Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism</em>. She would later lend her hand to more than 30 works, including children’s books, literary criticism, poetry, and self-help literature. Among her acknowledgements, hooks was recognized as one of the most influential women of the past century by <a href="https://time.com/5793676/bell-hooks-100-women-of-the-year/" target="_blank"><em>TIME</em> in 2020</a>. She died in December 2021.</p> <p>See more photos from the read-in on <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzFKTg" target="_blank">�鶹��Ƶ’s Flickr page</a>.</p> <p>Next, we join students at the Welcome Nursing Home in �鶹��Ƶ, listen and learn from guest Kyle Kidd at the Cat in the Cream, get swept away by the �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra featuring professor Francesca dePasquale, get rhythm at the senior dance concert, and end with an <a href="/community-music-school" target="_blank">Community Music School</a> recital.</p> <hr> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Students <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzDGLp" target="_blank">spend time with residents</a> and work with staff at the Welcome Nursing Home in �鶹��Ƶ. Photo credit: Clarissa Heart ’20</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Artist Kyle Kidd is welcomed to the Cat in the Cream stage as a part of <a href="/mrc/signature-programs/my-name-my-own" target="_blank">My Name Is My Own</a>. MNIMO provides institutional support to �鶹��Ƶ communities that identify as queer and of color in the broadest senses of those words. The program includes public lectures, film screenings, artistic and activist performances. Photo credit: Christy Chen ’22</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>The <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzFqSJ" target="_blank">�鶹��Ƶ Orchestra performs</a> under the direction of conductor Raphael Jiménez featuring Assistant Professor of Violin <a href="/francesca-depasquale" target="_blank">Francesca dePasquale</a>. Photo credit: Clarissa Heart ’20</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Members of the �鶹��Ƶ community celebrate the artistic growth and original choreography of <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzFHZ4" target="_blank">graduating seniors</a>. The concert featured Analise LaRiviere's Au Milieu and Jewel Cameron's Dance Stories. Photo credit: Anokha Venugopal '23</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>More than 25 <a href="/community-music-school" target="_blank">Community Music School</a> (CMS) students gave <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzFSV8" target="_blank">a concert featuring underrepresented composers</a>. CMS students (who ranged from toddlers to teenagers) were accompanied by two �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory of Music students on guitar and piano and nine CMS faculty members who performed both solo and accompanimental works. Photo credit: Clarissa Heart ’20</figcaption> </figure> </div> <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 �鶹��Ƶ College.</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="2022-03-16T12:00:00Z">Wed, 03/16/2022 - 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>Eboni Johnson, outreach and programming librarian, holds a hand to her ear as a student across the room reads literature written by bell hooks. The public read-in at Mudd Center’s academic commons honors this prolific writter during Women’s History Month. It 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=3452">Community Music School</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3155">�鶹��Ƶ Orchestra</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2763">Multicultural Resource Commons</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2495">Black History Month</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3793">Women's History Month</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2382">Community Service</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3515">Dance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3449">�鶹��Ƶ College Libraries</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</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="/francesca-depasquale" hreflang="und">Francesca dePasquale</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/eboni-johnson" hreflang="und">Eboni A. Johnson ’97</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/dance" hreflang="und">Dance</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">Eboni Johnson, outreach and programming librarian, holds a hand to her ear.</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">Anokha Venugopal ’23</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: The Mug That Keeps Giving</h1> <p>ygay — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:44:56 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: The Mug That Keeps Giving</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-12-23T11:44:56-05:00" title="Thursday, December 23, 2021 - 11:44">Thu, 12/23/2021 - 11:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>More than 600 bowls and mugs were sold at the Empty Mugs fundraiser earlier this month, thanks to �鶹��Ƶ’s Pottery Co-op and community volunteers who supplied the hand-sculpted pieces. </p> <p>Creating the mugs for the event involves many hours, but the end result is the gift that keeps giving. All proceeds are donated to the �鶹��Ƶ Community Services, which provides local residents with access to utilities, food, and housing. This year, sales from Empty Mugs raised more than $8,000 for the local organization.</p> <p>Helen Schrayer ’22 has been involved in the Pottery Co-op since her first year at �鶹��Ƶ. In fact, “it was a big part of why I decided to come to �鶹��Ƶ College,” she says. </p> <p>“This tradition is great because it increases co-op camaraderie and student engagement with �鶹��Ƶ Community Services,” says Schrayer. “It's hard to tell how many students donated pieces,” explains Schrayer. “But our top student potter made 150 mugs and bowls. Most active co-op members donated at least a few pots.”</p> <p>We continue our photo tour with stops along the Fall Art Walk; find a carpet seat at Bassoon Christmas; make a graceful Fall Forward; find pitch in Fairchild Chapel; perform community service at OCS; and end with a gift of service. </p> <hr> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>A student shops for the perfect mugs at this year’s Empty Mugs event. Photo credit: Christy Chen ’22 (<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXgjuT4" target="_blank">See more photos</a>.)</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Student artwork from the fall semester was displayed in the hallways, media and photo labs, drawing domes, painting studios, print lab, Hales, and in the sculpture classrooms. Photo credit: Clarissa Heart ’22 (<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzvLhi" target="_blank">See more photos</a>.)</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>The December 13 cooncert of Bassoon Christmas in the conservatory lounge is an �鶹��Ƶ College tradition. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay (<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzvthV" target="_blank">See more photos</a>.)</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Fall Forward, in Hales Gymnasium, is a student dance showcase directed by Assistant Professor of Dance Alysia Ramos. Photo credit: Jonathan Clark ’25 (<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzvTxw" target="_blank">See more photos</a>.)</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>�鶹��Ƶ’s student acapella group, Pitch Please, gave an end-of-semester concert in Fairchild Chapel. Photo credit: Jude Watt (<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzvSPG" target="_blank">See more photos</a>.)</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>An �鶹��Ƶ student helps distribute food at �鶹��Ƶ Community Services. Photo credit: Rebecca Devereaux</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>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 �鶹��Ƶ College.</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="2021-12-23T12:00:00Z">Thu, 12/23/2021 - 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>Dozens of handcrafted mugs of varying shapes, shades, and textures rest on tables throughout a large meeting space at First Church in �鶹��Ƶ. These small, handheld items make for terrific gifts, and are traditionally sold in December. They also 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=2354">Campus Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2578">Art Exhibition</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3515">Dance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2382">Community Service</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="/alysia-ramos" hreflang="und">Alysia Ramos</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/drew-pattison" hreflang="und">Drew Pattison</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="/conservatory/divisions/winds-brass-and-percussion" hreflang="und">Winds, Brass, and Percussion</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">Christy Chen '22</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: Dancing, Swimming, Singing, Celebrating</h1> <p>ygay — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:50:41 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: Dancing, Swimming, Singing, Celebrating</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-12-14T10:50:41-05:00" title="Tuesday, December 14, 2021 - 10:50">Tue, 12/14/2021 - 10:50</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As the campus prepares for winter break, we take a moment to visit a swimming invitational at Carr Pool; an �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra rehearsal, Nicholas Payton Trio concert, and �鶹��Ƶ College Choir performance in Finney Chapel; buy a few gifts at the Maker’s Market in the Science Center; attend a choir session at Langston Middle School; and get ready to swing in Wilder Main.</p><hr><div class="obj-center"><figure class="captioned-image"><p></p><figcaption>Jonathan Hupfeld ’21 digs deep during a <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXbYtWT" target="_blank">three-day �鶹��Ƶ College Invitational</a>. Competition came to an end with the Yeowomen finishing in first place with 1,231.5 points, while the Yeomen placed fifth with 816.5 points. Photo credit: Lucas Draper ’23</figcaption></figure></div><div class="obj-center"><figure class="captioned-image"><p></p><figcaption>Professor of Conducting Robert Spano ’84 rehearses with the �鶹��Ƶ College Orchestra. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption></figure></div><div class="obj-center"><figure class="captioned-image"><p></p><figcaption>Handcrafted goods made by members of �鶹��Ƶ’s student creative community sold at <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXdo9RV" target="_blank">this semester's market</a>. Photo credit: Christy Chen ’21</figcaption></figure></div><div class="obj-center"><figure class="captioned-image"><p></p><figcaption>�鶹��Ƶ College students in Studies in Pedagogy, Advocacy, and Community Engagement (PACE) work with members of the Langston Middle School sixth grade choir. Photo credit: Rebecca Devereaux</figcaption></figure></div><div class="obj-center"><figure class="captioned-image"><p></p><figcaption>The Nicholas Payton Trio (featuring Vicente Archer, Joe Dyson, and Payton) <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXfu79H" target="_blank">performed in Finney Chapel</a>. Payton is a Grammy award-winning multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, producer, essayist, arranger, and social activist. The event was presented by the �鶹��Ƶ College Black Musicians Guild. Photo credit: Jonathan Clark '25</figcaption></figure></div><div class="obj-center"><figure class="captioned-image"><p></p><figcaption>The �鶹��Ƶ College Choir <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXa1A7b" target="_blank">performed songs</a> that related to the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic from a choral singer’s perspective. Photo credit: Jonathan Clark '25</figcaption></figure></div><div class="obj-center"><figure class="captioned-image"><p></p><figcaption>A <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXf3mRi" target="_blank">winter swing dance</a> offered live music, a workshop for new swing dancers, and crash courses throughout the night by OSwing board members. Photo credit: Christy Chen ’22</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="2021-12-14T12:00:00Z">Tue, 12/14/2021 - 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>A student takes a few steps on a ladder and stretches one arm to the top of a large glowing menorah in the center of Tappan Square. The gold branched candelabra and flames glisten against the night sky and those surrounding it look up at its brilliance. This �鶹��Ƶ community gathering, in celebration of the last night of Hanukkah, leads off 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=2354">Campus Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2379">Student Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2355">Student Organizations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3155">�鶹��Ƶ Orchestra</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2771">Athletics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2382">Community Service</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="/robert-spano" hreflang="und">Robert Spano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Grand menorah lighting in Tappan Square.</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">Jonathan Clark '25</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-article-header field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">0</div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ Food Rescue Helps Fill a Hole in Food Pantry</h1> <p>hhempste — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:48:29 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ Food Rescue Helps Fill a Hole in Food Pantry</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-06-06T15:48:29-04:00" title="Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 15:48">Tue, 06/06/2017 - 15:48</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Each Tuesday and Friday, a handful of students retrieve donated food from various dining locations throughout �鶹��Ƶ. Depending on availability, the students might make multiple stops for meals that are so vital to those families considered to be “food insecure”—or lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food—in �鶹��Ƶ and Lorain County.</p> <p>These students are part of <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/office/facilities-operations/recycle/foodrescue">�鶹��Ƶ Food Rescue</a>, a service that transports donated food from various locations in the community and delivers it to <a href="http://www.oberlincommunityservices.org/">�鶹��Ƶ Community Services (OCS)</a>. OCS is a nonprofit organization that provides direct assistance to individuals in �鶹��Ƶ, New Russia Township, and Southern Lorain County, and the food pantry is one of its most used resources.</p> <p>�鶹��Ƶ Food Rescue is not a chartered student organization, but it is a group that is closely linked to the campus’ <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/office/facilities-operations/recycle/">Resource Conservation Team (RCT)</a>. Three �鶹��Ƶ Food Rescue members, including second-year Kelly McCarthy and fourth years Morgan Stein and Nora Cooper, also work for the RCT to fulfill its goal of reducing campus waste and creating sustainable systems.</p> <p>Throughout the year, these students visit restaurants such as Pizza Hut, whose staff freeze meals for donation, and Stevenson Dining Hall. There, Stevenson chefs flash-freeze fully prepared meals that would have otherwise gone to waste and give it to �鶹��Ƶ Food Rescue to deliver to �鶹��Ƶ Community Services.</p> <p>For �鶹��Ƶ Community Services’ food program coordinator Hannah Rosenberg, receiving prepared food, such as the meals that come from Stevenson Dining Hall, is vital. “There is a really unfortunate hole in the pantry market. Our clients can leave with raw ingredients, such as produce and pasta, but many of our clients are homeless, don’t have adequate equipment to prepare the food, or need something quick so they don’t go hungry. There is a need for these prepared meals,” says Rosenberg. “�鶹��Ƶ Food Rescue has the ability to fill this hole.”</p> <p>The college’s participation in the donation program began during the 2015-2016 academic year, when �鶹��Ƶ Food Rescue member and fourth-year Jen Krakower spearheaded an initiative with her advisor to make use of surplus food in the dining hall.</p> <p>Environmental studies major Kelly McCarthy became involved in �鶹��Ƶ Food Rescue due to her personal interest in food systems. But there was another motivating element in her participation. “I think it’s really cool when the college can have a positive relationship with the community. �鶹��Ƶ Community Services does really great work serving the community, and I thought it was a great way for the college to support their efforts.”</p> <p>While the college partners with OCS by donating food through Food Rescue, it also collaborates with OCS on its end-of-year <a href="https://oncampus.oberlin.edu/bulletins/2017/04/27/end-of-year-dorm-food-rescue-program">Dorm Food Rescue program</a>.</p> <p>This spring, OCS coordinated with the college to place cardboard collection boxes in every residence hall and co-op house. This allowed students who were moving out to easily donate any unwanted food to the food pantry before the conclusion of the academic year.</p> <p>“The need here is great,” says Rosenberg. “Poverty in �鶹��Ƶ is 21 percent, and 53 percent of those in the school district qualify for free and reduced-price lunch. Food rescue is important because there is so much waste and so many who are hungry.”</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="2017-05-16T12:00:00Z">Tue, 05/16/2017 - 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="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2382">Community Service</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">The college partners with �鶹��Ƶ Community Services by donating food through Food Rescue, and it also collaborates with OCS on its end-of-year[Dorm Food Rescue program. </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">Pearse Anderson</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>A Day of Service</h1> <p>Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:44:47 +0000</p> <span>A Day of Service</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>�鶹��Ƶ students in the <a href="/bcsl/programs/ninde-scholars">Ninde Scholars Program</a> joined others to assemble gift bags for high school teachers and to spruce up elementary classrooms. This volunteer endeavor is part of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, coordinated by the <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/office/community-and-government-relations/">Office of Community and Government Relations</a>. The event honors the legacy of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and took place on Monday, January 16</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="2017-01-30T12:00:00Z">Mon, 01/30/2017 - 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=2382">Community Service</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2381">Bonner Center</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">Dale Preston '83</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Tradition Lives On: Students Take Reins to Produce Concert and Fundraiser</h1> <p>hhempste — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:44:47 +0000</p> <span>Tradition Lives On: Students Take Reins to Produce Concert and Fundraiser</span> <span><span>hhempste</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>Since August, a small contingent of students have been meeting regularly to plan and produce a beloved event that brings together the �鶹��Ƶ of Music and the greater �鶹��Ƶ Community.</p> <p>All of the planning came to fruition on the evening of December 13, 2016, during the eighth-annual Empty Bowls Holiday Brass & Organ Spectacular. The First Church in �鶹��Ƶ was filled nearly to capacity as attendees listened to a festive concert performed by musicians from the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory’s brass, percussion, organ, and vocal studios. The evening’s sing-along portion not only included a spirited rendition of <em>The Chimpmunk Song</em> arranged by third-year Zoe Cutler, but also featured the young voices of the �鶹��Ƶ Choristers’ Dulcis Musica and Jubilate Musica. Following the performance, nearly 500 colorful pieces of pottery, handmade by members of the �鶹��Ƶ Pottery Co-op, were available for sale.</p> <p>The annual event serves as a fundraiser for <a href="http://www.oberlincommunityservices.org/">�鶹��Ƶ Community Services</a>, a charitable organization that helps feed families, heat homes, and provides help for those in need in �鶹��Ƶ and its surrounding communities. The event was born in 2008, the brainchild of Michael Roest ’06, former teacher of brass studies and performance librarian and operations manager. But with the departure of Roest earlier this year, the fate of the concert was not so certain.</p> <p>Enter a small group of �鶹��Ƶ students.</p> <p>“At the beginning of the semester, a few friends started asking me about the event,” said third-year Zoe Cutler. “When we found out Michael was leaving for a job in San Francisco we all thought – ‘well, what is going to happen to the event?’ People really look forward to it.”</p> <p>That’s when Cutler, a trombonist and arranger studying classical and jazz trombone performance, along with �鶹��Ƶ Pottery Co-op president and fourth-year Julie Cantwell, and two of their peers stepped in to lead the highly-anticipated, philanthropic event.</p> <p>“We started planning at the beginning of semester, advertising and getting community sponsors,” said Cutler. “I made the event poster and program, and I also coordinated the musical portion of the evening.”</p> <p>In producing the evening, Cutler stressed how involved the process was and how much effort goes into planning. “It’s been a journey for sure,” said Cutler. “It’s been amazing to realize how much Michael took on with performing, conducting, and even making pottery. This year we had to split the roles.” By sharing responsibilities, the students were able to produce a tremendously successful event.</p> <p>That journey involved more than just planning the musical portion of the evening. It also required crafting hundreds of beautiful, handmade pottery pieces, the proceeds of which directly benefit �鶹��Ƶ Community Services. That’s where 18 members of the Pottery Co-op came in, together making more than 450 bowls, cups, and other pieces to sell for the fundraiser. The process by which the pieces are made is extremely time consuming. Not only do members of the co-op make clay and glazes for the bowls, but they also gas fire the pieces in a kiln at the co-op.</p> <p>�鶹��Ƶ resident Jack Flotte woke up early the Friday before the fundraiser to open the chilly co-op. “At 7 a.m. I turned on the furnace to heat the space. It has to heat slowly so it doesn’t shock the kiln,” said Flotte. Only after the room warms can he begin firing the pottery in the kiln. A seasoned ceramist and co-op member, Flotte has seen this process through many times. He carefully monitors the kiln, checking it every half hour. “It’s a millennia-old tradition that takes nearly 20 hours to complete,” explained Flotte.</p> <p>The pottery made at the �鶹��Ƶ Pottery Co-op is different than what one would find at a “paint your own pottery” studio. “The glazes that come from a gas firing are really pretty," explained Julie Cantwell, president of the Pottery Co-op. “At a paint your own pottery studio, pieces are fired in an electric kiln. You push a few buttons and you’re done. In our kiln, we’re reducing the oxygen that’s feeding the fire so that the fire eats all of the oxygen in the glazes,” said Cantwell. This process is what produces the striking, speckled look. “It’s a laborious process,” emphasized Cantwell.</p> <p>The $9,000 raised this year from the sale of the pottery during Empty Bowls will directly support �鶹��Ƶ Community Services’ emergency assistance and food pantry. “The impact of this event is significant. We continue to see the needs grow in our community,” said Executive Director Cindy Andrews. “Just this past weekend we served more than 150 families as a part of our second Saturday food distribution.”</p> <p>With students planning the event between demanding course schedules, extracurriculars, work, and other commitments, coordinating Empty Bowls has been no easy task. But it is one close to the hearts of many. “It’s important to �鶹��Ƶ Community Services and the Conservatory of Music,” emphasized Cutler. “It brings together the college and the town in a very positive way.”</p> <p>With the hurdle of producing the event for the first time cleared, the future of Empty Bowls looks promising. “We’re going to continue the tradition,” said Cutler. “We’re hoping to establish a leadership group so the event exists for years to come.”</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="2016-12-20T12:00:00Z">Tue, 12/20/2016 - 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="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2382">Community Service</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2498">Holidays</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-photo-gallery-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Empty Bowls 2016 Holiday Brass & Organ Spectacular</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">The first step in creating pottery is “throwing” the piece on a potter’s wheel. �鶹��Ƶ Pottery Co-op members made more than 450 pieces to sell at the Empty Bowls fundraiser. All of the proceeds from the sale benefit �鶹��Ƶ Community Services.<br> </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">Before firing in the Pottery Co-op’s kiln, the hundreds of bowls, mugs, and other pieces each must be glazed. The glaze serves to color, decorate, and waterproof the pottery.<br> </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">Members of the �鶹��Ƶ Pottery Co-op check the kiln on the Friday before the Empty Bowls fundraiser. The kiln must be carefully monitored and checked every half hour to ensure the pieces of pottery inside it are properly fired. The laborious process takes nearly 20 hours to complete.<br> </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">�鶹��Ƶ Conservatory students perform a variety of pieces, including The Chipmunk Song and Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer, both arranged by third-year Zoe Cutler. The evening’s musical portion was conducted by Maurice Cohn ’17.<br> </span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: William Bradford</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">�鶹��Ƶ Community Services Executive Director Cindy Andrews addresses the near-capacity crowd to acknowledge the impact of the Empty Bowls fundraiser. This year, the event raised $9,000 that will directly support the nonprofit’s emergency assistance and food pantry.<br> </span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: William Bradford</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 the musical portion of the evening concludes, attendees peruse the beautiful, handmade pottery pieces.<br> </span> <span class="figure__credit">Photo credit: William Bradford</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> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ Heritage Center Honors Community Service Leaders</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:09 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ Heritage Center Honors Community Service Leaders</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><em>Recipients of the �鶹��Ƶ Heritage Center’s 15th Annual Community Awards pose for a photo following a gathering of more than 170 members and friends of the nonprofit. (Pictured l-r) History Teachers of the Year Christine Hohman, Brandi Hicks-Watson, and Felicia Christian; �鶹��Ƶ Heritage Center Volunteers of the Year Melissa Clifford and Eileen Telegdy; Community Teacher of the Year Ken Stanley; and Phyllis Yarber Hogan, president of the �鶹��Ƶ African-American Genealogy and History Group, recipient of the Heritage Guardian Award. Not pictured are Leo Braid/�鶹��Ƶ IGA (Business Leader Service Award) and Julia Elrod (Youth Community Service Award).</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="2016-04-13T12:00:00Z">Wed, 04/13/2016 - 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=2385">Community</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2382">Community Service</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">Dick Baznik</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>What MLK Day is All About</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:24 +0000</p> <span>What MLK Day is All About</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:24-05:00" 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>Tessa Newson, a 7th-grade student at Langston Middle School, and Eleanor VanBuren, a third-year comparative literature major, paint the community room at �鶹��Ƶ Community Services as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day. “Hands on activity: It’s what MLK Day is all about,” VanBuren says of the experience. According to Bonner Center for Service and Learning Director Beth Blissman, roughly 25 college students, �鶹��Ƶ city school students, and community members participated in the volunteer work.</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="2016-01-21T12:00:00Z">Thu, 01/21/2016 - 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=2382">Community Service</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2381">Bonner Center</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">Beth Blissman</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Martin Luther King Jr. Day Volunteer Opportunity</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:24 +0000</p> <span>Martin Luther King Jr. Day Volunteer Opportunity</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:24-05:00" 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>The Office of Community and Government Relations invites all members of the �鶹��Ƶ community to participate in its Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, January 18, at �鶹��Ƶ Community Services. A community observance will follow at 12:15 p.m. at MLK Park.</p> <p>Those interested in participating should RSVP by calling 440-775-6200 or emailing comgovr@oberlin.edu.</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="2016-01-14T12:00:00Z">Thu, 01/14/2016 - 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=2382">Community Service</a></div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Community Involvement Tips for After Day of Service</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:41 +0000</p> <span>Community Involvement Tips for After Day of Service</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>It’s just after 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 29, and dozens of students and a spattering of staffers dressed in blue T-shirts are excitedly chatting in Tappan Square. More people in blue are seated behind tables along Professor Street busying themselves with papers. Soon they’ll be joined by a throng of students—primarily first-years—eager to venture beyond the college’s boundaries. But this isn’t a social excursion; it’s the annual Orientation community service event, Day of Service.</p> <p>Sponsored by the <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/office/bonner-center/index.dot">Bonner Center of Service and Learning (BCSL)</a>, Day of Service is a daylong event (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) that introduces new and returning students to community service opportunities at local nonprofits. Last year’s event drew 439 volunteers who spent the day organizing supplies, harvesting crops, performing landscaping work, and more at 34 community partner sites.</p> <p>“Day of Service has always been one of my favorite parts of the year,” says 2015 Day of Service coordinator Gabriel Moore ’15. A <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/office/bonner-center/bonner-scholars-program.dot">Bonner scholar</a> alumnus who majored in musical studies and biology and minored in chemistry, Moore worked as a Day of Service site leader for four years. “Day of Service is about doing service but also learning from each other. Even if you’re doing a simple task like raking leaves, the conversations you’re having teach you about �鶹��Ƶ and the student and community perspectives of �鶹��Ƶ. There is a lot of bonding. Some people say they’ve met some of their closest friends through Day of Service.”</p> <p>“I’m grateful we have this opportunity just prior to the start of each academic year to introduce incoming students to the local area through our excellent community partners and wonderful student and staff site leaders,” BCSL Director Beth Blissman says.</p> <p>According to Blissman, Day of Service attracts more volunteers than any other single BCSL event, but it is just one of many opportunities students have to become involved with the community. To find these opportunities, Moore first suggests creating a profile on serve.oberlin.edu, a website launched in summer 2015 that introduces community partner agencies and lists their needs. He says a “huge wave of profiles” have been created by students since he began utilizing the site for Day of Service registration.</p> <p>Secondly, if you participated in Day of Service, Moore suggests reaching out to your service site contact. “Keep in contact with your community partner. A lot of them are within walking distance, so you can go back to talk about opportunities,” he says. “Or you can connect using serve.oberlin.edu. Just go to the partner’s profile and send an e-mail saying you worked with them on Day of Service and ask if they need a volunteer.”</p> <p>Moore’s third suggestion is to ask your peers about service opportunities. “Students know what service opportunities are in �鶹��Ƶ, especially older students and those regularly involved like tutors or Bonner Scholars. Just having conversations about service, there are probably only two or three degrees of separation between the person you’re talking with and someone who does that kind of work.”</p> <p>Lastly, he says, <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/office/bonner-center/about/staff_listing.dot">contact the BCSL staff</a>. “Talk to staff members. Ask, ‘What should I do?’ Even if you have a skill you feel has no use in the �鶹��Ƶ community, there probably is a use,” he says. “I was a biology and musical studies double major; conservatory and the sciences are some of the least service-oriented majors at �鶹��Ƶ. But serving taught me that no matter what your field of study is, there is a need that can be met with it. There are so many ways to take your interests and put them into an action. BCSL staff members know who to connect you with so you can employ your skills.”</p> <p>On why students should make time to serve the community, Moore says this: “Students come to �鶹��Ƶ College, they learn all of these great things about power, privilege, and oppression, and they think they know how to fix the world. Well, �鶹��Ƶ community members are always working to improve the microcosm that is the city of �鶹��Ƶ. They’ve applied the methods students are learning in books and case studies.”</p> <p>He continues, “Students really don’t have to enter town at all if they don’t want to. They don’t have to meet or make connections with people. But people in the community love to meet students and teach them what has and hasn’t worked.” And that, he says, is something that can’t be taught in the classroom.</p> <p>To get in touch with BCSL staff, visit Daub House at 145 W. Lorain St., call 440-775-8055, or send e-mail to <a href="mailto:bcsl@oberlin.edu">bcsl@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="2015-09-12T12:00:00Z">Sat, 09/12/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Lisa Gulasy</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=2381">Bonner Center</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2382">Community Service</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">2015 Day of Service volunteers remove bricks and invasive plant species at Prospect Elementary School.</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">Dale Preston ’83</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>