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… In what ways did a liberal arts education help shape your career … As a senior in high school, I had no strong sense of what I wanted to major in let alone what career I wanted to pursue … Having to declare a major during the application process seemed premature to me and it really intimidated me. However, a …
… In remarks following the Dec. 5 announcement of the death of Mandela, President Barack Obama '83 … inspired his own first foray into political action. When he was a sophomore at Occidental, the future president gave a … I ever did that involved an issue or a policy or politics, was a protest against apartheid. I studied his words and his …
… Majors: Economics, DWA “I always knew that I wanted to embark on a career that aligned with my interests and would challenge me, and the liberal arts education that Occidental offered …
… 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 …
… (1961-62) and interned at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (summer 1966). Prior to joining the Occidental faculty in 1971, he was assistant professor of mathematics at Louisiana State … for three years. He retired from Oxy in 2006 after nearly 35 years at the College. Tom was a member of the …
… more than 200 TV shows, in addition to his work in film, commercials, and theater, actor Loren Lester ’83 gets … Larry David fans might remember Lester from “The Black Swan” episode from season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm . Then … is where my life is.” Last spring, Lester made his Broadway debut in the revised and reimagined Cabaret at the Kit …
… As a first-generation college student, what are some of the challenges you faced that some of your peers … how college works made my transition even more difficult. I was unaware of the available resources and opportunities, and I …
… 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 …
… Oxy seniors and faculty lined up along Bird Road for the Commencement procession up to Hillside Theater, Professor of Kinesiology Stuart Rugg was in his element. “I kept teasing my students that it took … gave emeriti faculty the equivalent of a diploma—which was kind of cool.” Thirty-four minutes into the ceremony, …