Academic calendar
Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 21, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Semester 2026Relevant now
- Winter Term 2027
- Spring Semester 2027
- Fall Semester 2027
- Winter Term 2028
- Spring Semester 2028
Campus language
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Showing 16 of 16 terms
A
- ASOC
- Associated Students of Oberlin College, the student government body.
- Azzie's
- Azariah's Café, a coffee shop located within the Mudd Center library.
D
- DeCafé
- The Decafé, a popular grab-and-go dining spot located in Wilder Hall.
E
- ExCo
- Experimental College, a program where students, faculty, and community members teach their own courses.
H
- Harky
- Harkness House, a student-run cooperative residence.
K
- Keep
- Keep Cottage, a housing and dining cooperative.
O
- Obie
- A nickname for an Oberlin College student or alumnus.
- Old B
- Old Barrows, a residence hall often distinguished from the newer Barrows Hall.
- OSCA
- Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, the largest student-run cooperative in the country.
S
- SIC
- Sexual Information Center, a student-run resource for sexual health and education.
- Stevie
- Stevenson Dining Hall, the primary all-you-care-to-eat dining facility on campus.
T
- Tank
- Tank Hall, a cooperative residence known for its community atmosphere.
- Tappan
- Tappan Square, the central green space and park at the heart of the campus.
- The Rat
- The Rathskeller, a dining venue located in the basement of Wilder Hall.
W
- Winter Term
- The four-week period in January dedicated to intensive individual or group projects.
- WOBC
- Oberlin's community and student-run radio station.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- decafe
- DeCafe
- heritage_kosher_allergen_free
- Heritage (Kosher/Allergen-free)
- Mudd
- Mudd Center, the main campus library and academic hub.
- ObieID
- The unique digital identity used to log into campus computers, email, and online services.
- OCMR
- Oberlin College Mail Room; refers to the specific mailbox number assigned to every student.
- Presto
- The online search catalog for the Oberlin College Libraries.
- rathskeller
- Rathskeller
- stevenson_hall
- Stevenson Hall
- The Con
- The Oberlin Conservatory of Music buildings and facilities.
- The Sco
- Dionysus Disco, a student-run club and performance venue located in Wilder Hall.
- The Shopping Shuttle
- A weekend bus service that transports students to local shopping centers like Walmart.
- umami
- Umami
- Wilder
- Wilder Hall, the student union building housing many student services and offices.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 21, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 16 approved campus terms and 13 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.