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… Common Questions President's Letter - Moving Forward - November 23, 2015 President's Letter - Following through with action on our commitments - Nov. 20, 2015 Response to Community Demands & Moving … We look forward to direct and meaningful engagement in the near term. To accomplish this, we propose to invite a …
… says. "My students say, 'How can that be?' I didn't see any meaning to grades. I was ditching class, and I was pretty much on the road to … schools. Around the country, 80,000 students take part in nearly 1,000 Upward Bound programs each year. Participants …
… and spirit at the core of the Oxy experience. Alumni Seal Awards are given annually in six categories. The 2026 Alumni … recovery and rebuilding efforts. She was instrumental in securing emergency grants for displaced … Murray ’01 Young Alumna of the Year: Ian L. Mariani ’14 For nearly a decade, Ian Mariani ’14 has served on the front …
… Shanda Ness was 23 years old and fresh out of grad school when Dakota … start a softball program at the NAIA-affiliated school. “I was the same age as some of my players,” says Ness, who grew up …
… for your article “A Generation of Greats” (Spring). It took me on a trip down memory lane. When I started at Oxy in the fall of 1978, I had no idea what I wanted to study. But as a freshman in the Collegium, I soon … path required a lot of science and math courses, along the way I managed to fit in two or three terrific philosophy …
… A little bit about me: outside of the classroom, I have served as an Academics … the student government’s Diversity and Equity Board , and I was recently been elected by the entire student body as … much from the professional staff at the HCC that I knew I wanted to work there, share my knowledge with others, and …
… new academic year, President Harry J. Elam, Jr. shared some unexpected news with the Occidental community: “I was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a … aftermath of his announcement, “The community’s response was wonderful,” he says. “The compassion and empathy I’ve …
… later, sitting in the living room of Shearer’s mother’s home in Brentwood, my 24 classmates and I listened as Clinton, … luminaries to campus, including former Secretary of State Warren Christopher; Admiral William Fallon, former head of … each other since they met at a pub in Oxford when Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar in 1969. Shearer served as a senior …
… for questions from his students. After deftly clarifying some of the finer points of Buddhist philosophy, he hesitates … atmosphere in which students feel free to ask anything they want. But there is an urgency behind it that reveals an … of religion—having an academic interest in the traditional way that people find meaning in their lives—there is a deep …
… Mikayla met her first academic adviser by chance as a first-year … which they discussed together. “I felt so honored that I was able to engage in that work with him, and also to see … but should keep pondering.” Oxy’s Black Studies major was a big draw for Mikayla. She loves the program’s …