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… to actively pursue the public good. Beginning the summer before junior year, the program provides a comprehensive … students of all backgrounds who seek to create lasting, meaningful change. OSP provides a set of curated experiences … over the course of two years to help propel students toward leadership and impact for the public good. The program …
… By Paul Robert Walker '75 Generations of Oxy students have strolled beneath … over the last 75 years have been aware that this sublime yet functional beauty was designed by one of the foremost … and that the planting and developing of this campus is very near my heart." With the threat of World War II looming by …
… Why did you choose to apply for this award? I chose to apply for this award for many reasons. One of them, of course, was the … I didn't get to study abroad due to COVID and major requirements, so I was eager to find a way to still get to learn in … Carol Palumbo '23 was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to …
… Sunshine and show business have always fueled the Los Angeles mystique. But the city’s … hazardous legacy is felt more than a century later in some of the region’s more vulnerable neighborhoods. Even now, … that asthma is more common among residents living near South L.A. oil wells than in the rest of the county. In …
… Instagram has proven to be a great medium for depicting the vibrancy of campus life at … ( instagram.com/occidentalcollege ). The only requirement was that they promote the hashtag on their own Instagram … '14, a student in his Streets class, at a taco truck near York Boulevard with his bike. 4. Alex LaRosa '15, …
… It was luck of the room draw that brought first-years Sunny … 20 current-year scholarship gifts of $25,000 per year for members of the Class of 2029. “Without real financial … as a “scholarship kid”—they see their contribution as a way to help students step into a world that can be …
… on the right. Following my dreams to Montreal I left the American school system in ninth grade to move to Montreal by … being accepted into the National Circus School. I have always been passionate about the environment, but after moving … Montreal for circus school, my fascination intensified. I was exposed to a completely new kind of urbanity compared to …
… It’s a small world: By her own reckoning, every job that Mel Malmberg ’79 has ever gotten was because of an Oxy connection. “Maybe that’s common—maybe … had rented “this giant, horrible house outside Yosemite” near the home of Maggie Irvine Elliott, longtime …
… Even before he arrived at Occidental, Ben Bauermeister ’82 knew the name Brigida Knauer—“Brig” for short. … before my freshman year,” he recalls. At the time, Knauer was associate dean of students at Oxy, and “my mom had basically warned Brig to keep an eye on me, which she did.” Several …
… These students will come to campus from 39 states and 25 countries; 14% are … 47% identify as domestic students of color. Additionally, nearly 14% will be the first in their family to attend … Occidental in recent history. With this in mind and in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action …