Alumni Engagement

Break out the cake!

As five retiring faculty take their classroom curtain calls, we asked a few prized pupils to toast their Oxy mentors

New books by Oxy alumni—including James Andrew Miller '79's oral history of HBO

Defending the honor of a "Soldier of Science," and magazine memories from 1931

Gilman Fountain memories old and new, and a call for your input on Oxy’s strategic plan

A future exhibit for the Obama Presidential Center Museum will highlight the president’s time at Oxy—and we’re looking for your memorabilia from that era

From visiting speakers to postdoctoral fellows, Oxy brings a range of voices to the campus conversation

Capitalizing on a personalized appeal at a time when the pandemic made in-person visits impossible, Oxy’s Legacy Challenge documents more than $7 million in planned gift commitments to the...

New books, music, and award-winning TV by Oxy alumni and faculty

"Not a day has passed that I have not been rewarded in some way by my Occidental education."

Peter Quint ’87 channels his life experiences—as an educator, athlete, and advocate for the Deaf—into his debut novel, Resilient Silence

With a new home and a new supervisor, Oxy's student calling program gears up for the fall

Thanks to the generosity of our community of alumni, parents, students, friends, faculty, and staff, our second annual Day For Oxy was a tremendous success.

As the College says goodbye to an unprecedented 11 retiring faculty, we called on some of their brightest students to share their memories, tributes, and an extra box of tissues

As its second century dawned, Occidental welcomed a bold new president, adopted a mission Of Excellence and Equity, and brought a diversity of voices to the classroom. How did the changes...