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… We live in a world where the opposite extremes of critique have been reduced to “awesome” and “sad,” … oldest friends, fiction editor and writer Alexandra McNear ’84. “He’s incredibly articulate and intelligent and … and thoughtful. I never met anyone who could talk the way he can. I don’t really know anyone else quite like …
… In what ways did a liberal arts education help shape your career … The primary reason that I chose a liberal arts education was to receive a well-rounded educational experience. You’re … Literature & Culture (CSLC) double major. Economics allowed me an understanding of legislative policies and laid the …
… teaching career, only once did a first-year, first-semester student show up in his office with a research proposal that they wanted to begin immediately. As a religion major at Oxy, … that runs from the El Cerrito and Richmond flats up to near Wildcat Canyon Regional Park in the hills above. “After …
… in 1980, the friends gathered at Oxy's Lucille Y. Gilman Memorial Fountain to carpool to their destination. With arms crossed over his buttoned-down Hawaiian shirt, Barry Obama '83 stood against the fountain's … at the College from Punahou School in Honolulu to be near his girlfriend. "I had graduated without mishap, was …
… Why do you want to be a Physician Assistant? I always loved that medicine was a perfect mix between science and helping …
… Deglise Moore Simone Maher Past Majors Jade Crichlow Hometown: Denver, CO Majors: UEP, economics What was your motivation to major in UEP? I chose to major in UEP … be cultivated through the determination to think beyond linear expectations and make space for the change I want to …
… As part of their involvement in the Barack Obama Scholars Program (OSP), eight … think of career paths—understanding that there are multiple ways to work in the public good. ” —Raja Bella Hicks … immigration law and environmental justice,” Mixon says. “We want the students to see different kinds of leadership that …
… Program: IES Buenos Aires - Advanced Spanish Immersion As a kid, I always wanted to see the world. I would watch movies and read books … be able to live and study in a foreign country for the same price as a semester in Eagle Rock was one of the deciding factors in my college decision. …
… As a freshman, I was slightly intimidated by the super cool dancers on campus, so it makes sense why it took me so long to get as involved in the dance community as I am … and movement at Occidental, and take up space in my own way. My favorite way to do that is with PULSE, a club that …
… to Occidental College. My desire to be re-accepted came from a deep regret of not choosing the school the first … hours on campus, I convinced myself that the university was similar enough to what I had found at Oxy, and that with … help me grow made it more difficult to make connections and wasn't as tight-knit as the one I actually wanted. My …