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Occidental Magazine

Occidental magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2024-25 academic year, the magazine will publish two print and digital issues (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025) and two digital-only issues (Summer 2024 and Winter 2025).

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Campaign
As The Â鶹ƵµÀCampaign For Good sprints to a successful conclusion, the Board of Trustees endorses an integrated strategic plan for 2030
Author Isabel Wilkerson and President Elam
President Elam
President Elam examines the history—and future—of immersive learning at Oxy
Jack Griffith '64
Profiles
Jack Griffith ’64 is still flying high after decades of medical discoveries—and retirement’s not in his DNA
Zak Stoltz '10 with his dog, Boba, at his home in Mount Washington.
Profiles
Everything Everywhere All at Once became the indie film sensation of 2022—and Zak Stoltz '10 assembled the small visual effects team to make bagel magic
Coach Dale Widolff and moderator Jeff Goldstein '86.
Athletics
With six decades of Tigers in attendance, Coach Dale Widolff returns to campus for a celebration of Oxy's storied football program
Architect's rendering of the Norris Hall of Chemistry interior
Campaign
As the campaign winds toward its successful conclusion in June, plans for a long-awaited renovation of Norris Hall of Chemistry come into focus. Also: Previewing Day For Oxy
Occidental's eight new tenure-track faculty joined the College in fall 2022.
Academics
From art and art history and Black studies to music, politics, and psychology, Â鶹ƵµÀwelcomes eight new voices to the classroom
Dennis Patrick '73. author of Santa Ynez: A Novel.
Arts
Dennis Patrick '73 returns to the family cattle ranch in Santa Ynez with his first novel—one of six new additions to the Occidental bookshelf
Attendees at a Hometown Tiger Mixer in Washington, D.C. 
Alumni Engagement
A growing calendar of regional events brings generations of Tigers together
Actress, author, and voiceover artist Reba Buhr '10
Student Life
Reba Buhr ’10’s Â鶹ƵµÀexperience was interrupted by the collapse of her mental health. Here’s how she worked through it
L.A. City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez '96
Profiles
As Monica Rodriguez ’96 begins a second term on the Los Angeles City Council, she’s using her voice to bring change to her lifelong home
Ella Rubin ’24, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Ava Wampold '24.
Student Life
With all eyes on the 2022 midterm election, eight Â鶹ƵµÀstudents canvassed, coordinated, and cold-called their way through the political process in six battleground states
President Elam talks to students at Moonlight Breakfast on the Quad in December 2022.
President Elam
After a fall full of activity—including postseason tournaments, pancakes on the Quad, and in-person alumni gatherings—Â鶹ƵµÀsprings forward into 2023
Jim Conlin '74 at home in his garage in Rochester, N.Y., in an undated photo.
Campaign
Jim Conlin '74 was not an ostentatious fellow—but his legacy gift to Occidental will improve the fortunes of generations of future students
Los Amigos pitcher Freddy Hernandez
Alumni Engagement
For 26 seasons, Oxy’s Summer Staff Softball League has served up friendly competition (and the occasional cold beverage) for employees and alumni

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Summer 2024
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