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 AMAM'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 AMAM 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 AMAM.
• Programs that benefit youth education and development are enriched and sustained through long-term partnerships between the AMAM and community partners.
• A greater number of alumni reconnect with OC through experiences with the AMAM.