Dean’s Award Winners 2025
Each year, the Dean of Students recognizes graduating seniors who, through their involvement on- and off-campus, embody Oxy’s four pillars of Equity, Excellence, Community and...
Eight stacked headshots of Occidental College graduating seniors

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Belgium for Bauer
President Barack Obama ’83 has named Denise Campbell Bauer '86 as ambassador to Belgium. The Senate confirmed her nomination August 1.
Talking Water, Power
Charles Fishman, author of the bestselling The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, will kick off a year-long, campuswide focus on the relationship between...
Beyond the Comfort Zone
It’s difficult to imagine an upside to experiencing illness in one of the world’s least developed countries, but for Collrane Frivold ’15, suffering from food poisoning in...
Summer Sleuths
Seeking to uncover the secrets of everything from electrochemical cartilage reshaping to postcolonial public health to Aimee Semple McPherson, 112 Occidental students spent 10...
Little League, Big Results
A love of the game inspires a kinesiolog y major to study the effect of bilateral bunt training on baseball bunting skills and bimanual motor coordination.
Noah's Jurassic Ark
Occidental Children’s Theater returns for its 18th summer to delight audiences of all ages with its adventurous adaptations of traditional folktales.
RAW Talent
RAW Records, a student-run record label, gives burgeoning music-industry professionals hands-on experience.
Teaching It Forward
Eight members of Occidental’s Class of 2013 have joined the Teach For America corps and will be entering classrooms from Hawaii to Louisiana this fall.
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