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Gina Makris: Oberlin misses community
Six or seven years after doing more than 50 oral history interviews, ohoberlin is being repurposed to serve as a public journal for my Spring 2021 internship toward my Public Administration degree at Lorain County Community College. Thanks to the … Continue reading
Kathy Burns, Oberlin Community Services
Six or seven years after doing 50+ oral history interviews, ohoberlin is being repurposed to serve as a public journal for my Spring 2021 internship toward my Public Administration degree at Lorain County Community College. Thanks to the Oberlin Recreation … Continue reading
Interning with the Oberlin Recreation Department
Starting this week I am an intern with the Oberlin Recreation Department for the equivalent of one day each week as I work toward my associate’s degree in Public Administration. I intend a few brief podcasts on the way.
Oh Oberlin: Jason Williams
Editor’s note: This corrects the inadvertent omission by technical difficulty of two minutes of my interview with Jason. I’ve known about Jason Williams since before his time on the Oberlin City School board of education. To be transparent about it, … Continue reading
Oh Oberlin: Sam Muro
I knew Sam Muro as a kid growing up in Oberlin as the younger brother of a classmate. Even in small towns, don’t always know everyone well even if you know people. What I knew is that he was a … Continue reading
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Oh Oberlin: Christian Colbert
Christian Colbert was just the person I was hoping to talk to while kicking off the next round of “Oh, Oberlin.” Born and raised here, he left, built a career, and then six weeks ago left where that career had … Continue reading
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Oh Oberlin: Lester Allen revisited
Revisiting an an episode from a couple years ago, I thought I would prime for this week’s first new interview by republishing a great conversation I had with Lester Allen. Allen, until just a few weeks ago, was my mail … Continue reading
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Oh Oberlin podcast outlet connection
Expect the first new episode some time next week. In the meantime, pardon the construction.
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Time for the next round
Good morning. Follow the link to the more detailed information, but I am actively trying plan my next round of Oberlin interviews. I have initial funding to reactivate my storage plan with WordPress and hope to get new stories up … Continue reading
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