Tag: CSP
A look at the first-year writing portfolio
First-year students submitted their writing portfolios March 14, in order to fulfill the first half of Occidental’s two-stage writing requirement. While the writing requirement has...
New Student Engagement Assistants help bring community to first years
Occidental introduced a new opportunity for student employment this spring, hiring 32 students into Student Engagement Assistant (SEA) positions, according to Director of Disability...
Oxy Arts transitions In Plain Sight exhibition and internships to remote...
Oxy Arts and In Plain Sight — a coalition of 80 artists — opened the "WE LIVE! Memories of Resistance" art exhibition Sept. 14,...
New first-stage writing requirements give students new agency
This year, the Occidental College writing department and core program rolled out new first-stage writing requirements for first year and transfer students. According to...
Cultural appropriation controversy envelops final CSP lecture
The Core Program brought Jasper Wong, the founder of POW! WOW! — a non-profit organization of contemporary artists — to Occidental College Nov. 5. Wong was...
A fairer registration system will make students’ courses count
It’s registration season here at Oxy, and needless to say, stress levels are high. First years are fresh into college life, just looking to...
Core Standing Committee seeks student input for next year’s annual theme
The Core Standing Committee crowdsourced suggestions for next year's core program annual academic theme from the Occidental community Nov. 7–17. This is the first time...