Increase Our Value to the Oberlin Experience

We will advance the educational development of Oberlin College students to prepare them for life at and after Oberlin, while building a network for alumni in the arts.

Goal 2, Objective A: Advance Academic Study and Enhance Life Skills for OC Students

Tactic 1: Support the Public Humanities and Arts Administration & Leadership integrative concentrations.
Tactic 2: Further empower faculty to integrate the museum’s collection into teaching and research.
Tactic 3: Expand our work promoting student career-readiness, civic discourse skills, and sense of belonging.

Goal 2, Objective B: Increase Experiential Learning Opportunities for Students with the Museum Through Campus and Community Partnerships

Tactic 1: Deepen engagement with targeted community partners for sustainable benefit to the community and on-going opportunities for OC students.
Tactic 2: Broaden the reach of the Weltzheimer-Johnson House and continue its restoration.

Goal 2, Objective C: Strengthen Alumni Connections

Tactic 1: Collaborate with the OC Alumni Office to host alumni events at reunions, online, and in major cities.
Tactic 2: Engage alumni in online presentations or roundtable discussions relevant to Allen's gallery revitalization and to careers in the arts.

Goal 2, Five-Year Measures of Success

A greater number of OC students across all disciplines and class years benefit from the Allen through classes, course-work, research, internships, Gallery Guide and other positions, career-development, co-curricular discussions, and programs. OC students are better prepared for life after Oberlin.

By graduation, every OC student has experienced the Allen.

Programs that benefit youth education and development are enriched and sustained through long-term partnerships between the Allen and community partners.

A greater number of alumni reconnect with OC through experiences with the Allen.