Congratulations to the 2016 Oberlin Shansi Fellows
Let’s fast forward to June 2016—Five Oberlin graduates will leave Ohio to embark on two-year Shansi Fellowships to China, Indonesia, and Japan. The newly selected Shansi Fellows who will teach and work at Shansi’s partner institutions are Henry Aberle, Louise Edwards, Eli Fisher, Annelise Giseburt, and Julia Skrovan.
Oberlin Shansi Announces Four In-Asia Grant Awards
This Winter Term, three First-Year students and one Second-Year student will travel thousands of miles across the world to bring their creative and dynamic projects to life in Asia. Shansi congratulates the four In-Asia Grant recipients: Bikalpa Baniya, Olivia Evans, Marcus Hill, and Priyanka Sen — hardworking, enthusiastic, and committed students with a diverse range of interests.
Introducing the Fall 2015 Visiting Scholars
Welcome back to Oberlin! Shansi starts off the new school semester with two Visiting Scholars, Ms. Padmaja Sankararaj, from Lady Doak in Madurai, India and Mr. Abdillah Imron Nasution from Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Visiting a Vineyard in an Unexpected Place
“Congratulations! Each member of the winning team gets a Qingdao beer!” That’s how my doctoral class ended in late April 2015. Each spring semester, a different group of students chooses a topic for the week, organizes a discussion based on a reading, and creates a game to help the class. This week’s topic was wine and cocktails.