Oberlin College & Conservatory is a four-year, highly selective liberal arts college that combines a top-ranked college of arts and sciences with a world-renowned conservatory of music and is located just 35 miles southwest of Cleveland, Ohio. Oberlin is among the most distinguished of America’s liberal arts colleges. As an institution, it is deeply committed to academic and artistic excellence, social justice, and the use of knowledge to improve the human condition. Founded in 1833 by religious educators, Oberlin has always aspired to change the world for the better. It was the very first college in America to adopt a policy to admit African American students (1835) and the first to grant bachelor’s degrees to women (1841) in a co-educational program. At the turn of the twentieth century, W.E.B. DuBois calculated that Oberlin had educated one-third of all African American graduates of predominantly white colleges and universities. By admitting African Americans and women to the College in those early years, Oberlin exerted directional influence on the intellectual and humanistic values of American higher education. Today, that influence continues – whether by championing green innovation and sustainability, serving as a college model for the ongoing economic revival of rust belt cities, embracing undocumented students, or gaining a reputation for its progressive attitude toward sexuality and gender expression. Oberlin’s historic commitment to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion remains a current focus.