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Author Rosalind Wiseman, the speaker at Occidental College's 2025 Commencement ceremony
Bestselling Author Rosalind Wiseman to Speak at 2025 Commencement
Bestselling author Rosalind Wiseman will be the featured speaker at Occidental College’s 143rd Commencement ceremony on May 18.
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Deirdre Cooper Owens Named 2025 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
Cooper Owens, a historian, teacher, and reproductive justice advocate, is an associate professor of history and Africana studies at the University of Connecticut.
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Artist Tavares Strachan to Launch 2024-25 Oxy Live! Season
Occidental College will launch the 2024-25 season of its Oxy Live! speaker series with a conversation featuring visual artist Tavares Strachan on Tuesday, September 24, at 7 p.m...
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Occidental Announces 2024-25 Oxy Live! Season
Award-winning, internationally renowned artists and writers will headline the 2024-25 Oxy Live! Speaker Series.
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MAC Cinematheque Announces 2024-25 Season
The long-running Media Arts & Culture (MAC) event series is curated this year by Adrienne Adams ’17, incoming visiting instructor for MAC.
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The Vanishing Half Selected for Occidental’s Community Book Program
Occidental College has selected Brit Bennett’s novel The Vanishing Half for its 2024-25 Community Book Program.
Lindy West '04 delivers 2024 Commencement address at Occidental College
Lindy West ’04 Addresses Class of 2024 at Commencement
A sense of hope and possibility is necessary for the creation of a brighter future, author and cultural critic Lindy West ’04 told the Class of 2024 at Occidental College’s 142nd...
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Occidental College Presents UN Week 2024
Organized by faculty and students from the Department of Diplomacy & World Affairs, the annual program takes place March 25–29 this year and features a dynamic series of events...
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