Dean’s Award Winners 2024
Each year, the Dean of Students recognizes seniors who, through their involvement on and off campus, embody Oxy’s four pillars of Equity, Excellence, Community and Service.
Occidental College's four Dean's Award winners for 2024

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Dean’s Award Winners 2022
Each year, the Dean of Students recognizes seniors who, through their involvement on and off campus, embody Oxy’s four pillars of Equity, Excellence, Community and Service.
New Gift to Fund Equity and Justice Training Program
A $300,000 gift from an anonymous Occidental College alumnus of the 1990s will fund the creation of a new justice, equity, inclusion and diversity (JEID) training and professional...
From the Occidental: Oxy Womxn’s Baseball Cracks Smiles and Breaks Barriers at First Tournament
After only a month of practices Oxy’s Womxn’s Baseball team earned a second place finish and sportsmanship award at their first Baseball for All Women’s College Club Championships...
Winona LaDuke to Deliver 2022 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture
Internationally renowned activist, environmentalist, and two-time vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke will speak at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 14 in Choi Auditorium as...
Justin Dunnavant Named 2022 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
Dunnavant is an archaeologist, assistant professor of anthropology at UCLA, and co-founder and president of the Society of Black Archaeologists .
Black History Month Returns to Occidental College
This year’s Black History Month expands opportunities to commemorate Black history and achievement beyond the campus community.
$1.5 Million Mellon Grant to Fund “Humanities for Just Communities” Initiative
A $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will fund Occidental’s “Humanities for Just Communities” (HJC) program, a three-year collaborative teaching and community...
Renowned Author and Social Justice Commentator to Teach at Occidental
Through Occidental’s inaugural Presidential Professorship, writer and social justice activist Roxane Gay will teach courses at the College during the spring 2022 semester.
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