Wilder Student Union

Wilder Hall is the home of WOBC (Oberlin's campus radio station), the Mutlicultural Resource Center (MRC), the Dionysus Disco (Oberlin's on-campus night club/music venue), Decafé (a deli market dining option), and so much more. Many students groups convene here and it's the center of Oberlin College – geographically and socially.

Media Gallery

A picture of the radio station interface
A well lit lobby of Oberlin's Student Union, Wilder, with a large fireplace and lots of tables and chairs for studying and eating.
Students walk through Wilder Bowl.
An upright bass player hits notes in the red lighting of Oberlin's nightclub venue, the Sco
A smiling student shows her rabbit, wearing an Oberlin baseball cap.
President Ambar and Oberlin's mascot, Yeobie the white squirrel, dance to music.
A Black student in a brightly colored dress poses at the end of the runway at Oberlin's annual Black history month fashion show.
Wilder porch on a sunny day
Students sit in the Rathskeller and play chess.
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🗺️ Multicultural Resource Center

The Multicultural Resource Center provides programs and services that affirm and promote equity for students of color, LGBTQ+ students, and first-generation college students. We are committed to working with campus and community partners to create a climate where all students belong and have equitable opportunities and outcomes.

Identity-Based Communities & Events at Oberlin

The Multicultural Resource Center is one of the many organizations on campus that helps to organize and support students from diverse backgrounds and cultures in finding their home at Oberlin. The annual Colors of Rhythm Showcase provides a forum for students of color to express themselves through a variety of artistic mediums, and serves as a constructive way to bring attention to topics that the curriculum and academic departments don’t cover. The Asian Night Market is organized by student groups across campus and is a night full of student performances, art, and food. Since 1999, students have been organizing the Indigenous Women’s Series, a week of workshops and guest speakers dedicated to increasing the institutional awareness and support of indigenous issues in the curriculum and among the campus community. Some other annual events include the Black History Month Fashion Show and Drag Ball.

These events are put on by various identity and affinity based student groups and organizations like:
– ABUSUA Black Student Union
– Asian American Alliance (AAA)
– As I Am (bi-annual literary magazine)
– Black Student Athlete Guild (BSAG)
– Chinese Students Association (CSA)
– Oberlin Conservatory Black Musicians Guild (BMG)
– Oberlin Muslim Students Association (MSA)
...among many other student groups!

🌇 Student Clubs & Organizations

There are over 180 student groups and organizations at Oberlin, and it's so easy to get involved or to start your own.

Get Involved!

Some bigger themes of student groups on campus are: intramural and club sports (more info in the next stop about health and wellness!), student-run publications, and student organizing & activism. Here are just some of the student organizations and groups at Oberlin:

— Oberlin Capoeira Angola (OCA)
— Oberlin Quidditch League (The Obliviators)
— ViBE Dance Company (VIBE)
— Pottery Co-op
— The Obertones a cappella group (one of many a cappella groups on campus)
— Oberlin Steel Pan Drum Ensemble (OSTEEL)
— Students for Energy Justice (SEJ)
— Student Senate
— Film Co-op
— Model United Nations
— Oberlin Students in Solidarity with Guatemala

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