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• Oberlin College, a private institution set on 500 acres of land in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1833 by two Presbyterian ministers, who also founded the town. The liberal arts college is known for the high quality of its alumni and for its top-ranked Conservatory of Music, the oldest continually operating conservatory of music in the United States. Oberlin College is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association, a group of eleven liberal arts colleges in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, and the Five Colleges of Ohio consortium, which includes Ohio Wesleyan University, Denison University, Kenyon College, and The College of Wooster.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: September 2, 1833
  2. Location: Oberlin, Ohio
  3. President: Marvin Krislov
  4. Faculty: Approximately 1,100
  5. Undergraduate Students: 2,800
  6. Mascot: Yeomen, Yeowomen
  7. Motto: Learning and Labor
  8. Nickname: Obies
  9. Acceptance rate: 34%
  10. Colors: crimson and gold
  11. First football team coached by the legendary John Heisman
  12. 9% in-state, 85% out-of-state, 6% from abroad; 55% female, 45% male
  13. Oldest continuously operating Conservatory of Music in the United States
  14. [http: //www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=oberlin%2C+ohio Current Weather]

• University History

  Presbyterian ministers, John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart, founded Oberlin College on 500 acres of land donated by its previous owner. The ministers envisioned the site as a place for a religious community and a school. They named the town and school that they founded after an Alsatian minister named [[Jean-Frédéric Oberlin]], whose work as a teacher and instructor in France had impressed them. The college became widely recognized and its standing increased because of the work of its second president, evangelist Charles Finney.

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