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From academics to real-world impact, explore stories from our community that highlight the people and experiences making ��«Ӱҵ a place of opportunity, discovery, and success.

Professor Margi Rusmore

Faculty Geology

Structural geologist Margi Rusmore was recently named the inaugural Gibby Professor of Science at Occidental. She blends a passion for teaching and research with a love for the outdoors and an abiding curiosity about how our planet works.

Alumna Lande Ajose

Lande Ajose ’87

Alumni Diplomacy & World Affairs

Armed with a briefcase full of challenges facing the nation’s largest higher education system, Lande Ajose brings new energy to Sacramento.

Jacques Lesure '19

Student Education

Designing his own interdisciplinary major, Resistive Education in Theory, Research and Policy, Jacques Lesure is passionate about ensuring positive life outcomes for youth through equitable education systems.

Manjun Hao '19

Student Diplomacy & World Affairs Urban & Environmental Policy

A Diplomacy & World Affairs major from China, Manjun Hao is motivated to support and celebrate international identities on campus.

Anna Palmer '19

Student Sociology Critical Theory & Social Justice

Anna Palmer has devoted her college career to mentorship, supporting social justice and her research on Afro-Carribbean motherhood.

Rahsaan Middleton '19

Rahsaan Middleton

Student Biology

Rahsaan Middleton has worked to build community on campus through his involvement with the Muslim Student Association.

Besher Ashouri

Besher Ashouri ’18

Alumni Cognitive Science

A cognitive science major at ��«Ӱҵ, Besher Ashouri is a now a student at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Alumna Sara Packer

Sara Packer ’18

Alumni Mathematics

A mathematics major with a sociology minor, Sara Packer is fascinated by customer buying behavior in her work as an Inventory Planning Analyst for Banana Republic.

Alumna Vivian Vuong

Vivian Vuong ’18

Alumni Diplomacy & World Affairs

Vivian Vuong majored in Diplomacy & World Affairs with an economics minor, which helped lead her to her current job as a Tax Trainee in the Business Process Solutions division at Deloitte Vietnam.

Carson Malbrough

Carson Malbrough ’18

Alumni Politics

A passionate politics major, Carson Malbrough fuses personal ethics, his ��«Ӱҵ education and experience with political organizing in his role as a political leadership fellow with DigiDems.

Alumnus Tor Myhren

Tor Myhren ’94

Apple vice president of marketing communications Tor Myhren thinks he has “the best job in the world.”

Alumnus Ken Lowney

Ken Lowney ’87

Alumni Philosophy

Ken Lowney is president of Oakland-based Lowney Architecture. His approach is rooted in his belief that architecture is more than simply buildings, and—if thoughtfully and responsibly done—it can positively contribute to society and advance a community.