Through a series of leadership trainings and social events, a new cohort of Obama Scholars at Occidental develops skills and cohesion that will propel them through the College’s Obama Scholars Program...
Meet the eight sophomores and juniors selected for Occidental's premier leadership training program
Eight Occidental sophomores and juniors, including four first-generation college students, ha...
Occidental College has announced its new cohort of Barack Obama Scholars, the prestigious leadership training program that has been re-imagined to make it available to more students based on their...
When after several years of corporate law practice Valerie Jarrett realized she had no passion for her work, she took a leap of faith and went to work for Harold Washington, Chicago’s first Black mayo...
Join Occidental College President Harry J. Elam, Jr. on Thursday, February 11 at 4pm PST for a conversation with Valerie Jarrett to discuss her time with the Obama Administration, her own commitment t...
The prestigious fellowship will allow Noa—a double major in Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture and Critical Theory & Social Justice—to study the history of human rights with a grou...
The top threat to American national security is American politics, former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told an Occidental audience April 18 as part of the College’s Barack Obam...
As Occidental welcomes its first Obama Scholars to campus, program administrators and three seasoned seniors forge a sense of community built upon the ideals of the initiative’s namesake....
American politics may be “ugly, small and unimaginative,” but the only way to change the country’s direction is to win elections, former Obama campaign manager and White House senior advisor David Plo...
Occidental established the Barack Obama Scholars Program September 2018 to honor President Barack Obama’s work and inspire young leaders to engage themselves in pressing social issues.
Obama attended...
As its staunchest advocates will attest, the Barack Obama Scholars Program expands the legacy of the nation’s 44th president, builds the bench for public service and civic engagement, and broadens acc...
Occidental launches the Barack Obama Scholars Program to honor the president’s legacy, empowering future generations of students dedicated to the public good.
Occidental Magazine | Fall 2017
“My years...
Occidental College today announced the launch of its Barack Obama Scholars Program to empower exceptional students committed to the public good as it honors and perpetuates the principles President Ba...
Prior to 2008, Occidental was best known in many circles as an academic “hidden gem” (and as a popular film location). But the nation’s 44th president put Oxy on the map—just as the College awakened O...
Sara El-Amine ’07 joined the Obama campaign at ground zero as a bilingual volunteer in Iowa. Having organized thousands of volunteers as a Washington insider, she’s prepared to be a revolutionary on t...
Obama Scholar Noa Richard '22 received a Humanity in Action fellowship in Summer 2020 and has been finishing her follow-up podcast project. Humanity in Action recently wrote an article about it.
Occidental recently announced the launch of the Barack Obama Scholars Program, which aims to provide four-year scholarships for top students “committed to the public good,” according to a college news...
Occidental College in Los Angeles, where a young Barack Obama studied for two years, said Wednesday it will offer scholarships in honor of the former president.
Occidental College, where a young Barack Obama discovered his passion for politics and social issues, has announced a new scholarship program in honor of the former president “to empower exceptional s...
Occidental College in Los Angeles, where a young Barack Obama studied for two years, said Wednesday it will offer scholarships in honor of the former president.
Occidental College today announced the launch of its Barack Obama Scholars Program, saying the full scholarships to be offered will “empower exceptional students committed to the public good” consiste...
It has long been one of the lesser-known facts about the life of Barack Obama. For all the talk about the former president and his Ivy alma maters — Columbia University and Yale Law School — he actual...
