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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Occidental Announces Five-Year $950,000 Mellon Grant to Fund Faculty Diversification
Occidental College’s ongoing effort to diversify its faculty has received a major boost from a five-year, $950,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will fund a total...
OXY ARTS Announces Encoding Futures, a Two-Part Exhibition at Occidental and Citywide
OXY ARTS, Occidental College's public art space rooted in social justice and community organizing, is pleased to announce Encoding Futures , a two-part exhibition and public...
New York Stories: 20 Years After 9/11
Twenty years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, we look back on September 11 through the lens of seven Occidental alumni who were witness to the events. This is a reprint...
First-Year and Transfer Students Arrive on Campus
On Monday, August 23, Occidental College welcomed the Class of 2025 as first-year and transfer students moved into their residence halls in an atmosphere of anticipation and...
A Welcome, and Long Anticipated, Return to Campus this Summer
Students are bringing campus back to life this summer through a variety of programs that are returning the Oxy experience to an in-person experience.
California Community Foundation Grant Funds In-Person Upward Bound Program
A $68,000 California Community Foundation (CCF) grant is making it possible for Occidental College’s Upward Bound program to continue to provide safe, in-person college-prep...
Oxy Community Book Program Continues with Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee, New York Times bestselling author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together , will join President Elam on August 2 at 2 p.m. for...
Sherman Fairchild Grant to Support Underrepresented Students in the Sciences
A three-year, $247,500 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation will fund Occidental’s latest effort to increase the number of academically talented underrepresented and first...
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