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… 2020), winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and, Take Me Back , included in the New Generation African Poets … at Occidental College. Vanessa Angélica Villarreal was born in the Rio Grande Valley to formerly undocumented … Press, Akrilica Series 2017), recipient of a 2019 Whiting Award , a Kate Tufts Discovery Award nomination, and winner …
… at Occidental—whether in class, at an event on campus, or walking across the Quad—I am continually reminded of the … and adaptability needed to lead lives of purpose and make a meaningful impact in the world. I see this manifest in the … to intern at three iconic L.A. venues: the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and The Ford. As Jamila Chambers, …
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… If it worked at Swarthmore, Oxy trustee Gil Kemp P’04 reasoned, it could work in Eagle Rock. A longtime board member at his alma mater and chair of its recently … “Oxy showed me that the path to one’s goals need not be linear or conventional,” he says. “I learned how to think, to …
… and got involved as a first-year. “I started dancing when I was 5, so I came to Oxy looking for more opportunities to dance,” says the … from San Jose. “The welcoming environment of Dance Pro was the first place I felt at home on the Oxy campus.” …
… Five years ago, Tor Myhren was president and worldwide chief creative officer of Grey, … He and his wife, Tomoko, had their first daughter there. He was definitely not looking for a job. “But then Apple called.” After meeting with Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook in 2015, Myhren had a …
… Shanna Devine says she found her academic home at Occidental when she discovered the Critical Theory & Social Justice (CTSJ) major, which was established midway through her college career by Professor Elmer Griffin . …
… course had never taken an art history course before. It was as exciting for me to introduce an entirely new discipline to them as it was … and something more like “readiness” or “willingness.” Nearly 40 years later, this remains the quality for which …
… Adamson ’84 sat in on a lecture by second-year faculty member Robby Moore. It was Adamson’s first time in a college classroom, and Moore “made a big impression on me,” he says. “I wanted to go to a liberal arts college and be able to work … These are boom times for economics—Oxy’s biggest major for the last 19 years. …
… a guitarplucker. Branca is, in fact, the dean of entertainment attorneys, a man who essentially redefined the job much in the same way that his biggest client, Michael Jackson, redrew the … by, and starring Dylan, which was released in 1978 with a nearly four-hour running time. ("It's about the essence of …