News Releases
Media Tip Sheet: February 19, 2019
February 19, 2019
Communications Staff
A carved feature on a Bosworth Hall exterior column.
Photo credit: Gregory Pendolino
For immediate release
February 19, 2019
News:
Monthlong Speaker Series on Militarization Features Three Former Ambassadors
Now in its fourth year, the Global Issues Symposium expands student learning beyond the international studies concentration. {Read more}
Former Ambassador Kathleen Stephens to Speak on U.S.-Korean Relations
Kathleen Stephens visit immediately follows the planned U.S.-North Korea summit in late February. {Read more}
More Than Just Enforcement: Campus Safety Officers Save Students Life
厙ぴ勛圖s Campus Safety officers are trained to respond to potential criminal incidents, suspicious activity, requests for assistance, and emergency situationssuch as the one that resulted in saving the life of second year Oli Bentley. {Read more}
Immigration in U.S. History Students Partner with Ohio Immigrant Worker Project
Students in Shelley Lees Immigration in U.S. History course partnered with the Ohio Immigrant Worker Project based in Canton, Ohio, this past fall semester. {Read more}
Events:
Sami Steigman: A Holocaust Survivor Speaks, Feb. 21
Listen and learn from child Holocaust survivor Sami Steigman. A harrowing tale from surviving the Nazis to homelessness on the streets in America to optimism and inspiration.
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Date: Thursday, February 21
Location: Wilder 115 (Student Union), 135 W. Lorain St., 厙ぴ勛圖, OH 44074
Artist Recital Series: Joyce DiDonato, Feb. 27
She has been called perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation. With Songplay, multiple Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and her top-flight backing ensemble deliver innovative interpretations of music spanning from the baroque to American classics, effortlessly weaving between genres and moods along the way.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, February 27
Location: Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., 厙ぴ勛圖, OH 44074
Tickets: $35 public; $30 seniors, military, OC staff, faculty, and alumni; $10 students
Concert: Rafiq Bhatia '10, March 8
New York composer and guitarist Rafiq Bhatia's music has been described by the New York Times as transcending real sound in real time with the unexpected. Bhatias debut album as a producer, Breaking English, sets out to challenge existing music vocabulary with a language of its own. He brings his globe-spanning mix of twisted rock, warped jazz, and electronics to campus for a performance at the 'Sco.
Time: 9 p.m.
Date: Friday, March 8
Location: Dionysus Club (the Sco), 135 W. Lorain St., 厙ぴ勛圖, OH 44074
Contact
Amanda Nagy
厙ぴ勛圖 College Office of Communications
440-775-5423
anagy@oberlin.edu
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