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Oberlin College
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Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1833 by Presbyterian ministers, and is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, making it the only top-ranked liberal arts college (#20 according to US News & World Report[2]) with a top-ranked conservatory. The school is noteworthy for its early admission of African-Americans (1834)[3] and women (1833)[4] into the academy. A study found that more 1999-2003 Oberlin College alumni receive doctorates than do alumni from any other liberal arts college in the country.[5]
Oberlin College is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and The Five Colleges of Ohio consortium, including Ohio Wesleyan University, Denison University, Kenyon College, and The College of Wooster.
Oberlin Colleges motto is Learning and Labor. While its school colors are often casually referred to as crimson and gold, they are actually cardinal red and mikado yellow. Those colors were formally designated for the college by a faculty committee in 1889 and were drawn from the family coat of arms of John Frederick Oberlin[6]. They remain in the official registry of school colors maintained by the American Council on Education. |
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