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Areas to Support

Through The Oxy Campaign For Good, we seek to transform the Oxy experience through investments in the people, places and programs that make Occidental a leader in the liberal arts. Join us to support the next generation of Oxy students and faculty.

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A student looks intently at his laptop while studying in the Mary Norton-Clapp Library

Scholarships

Your gifts to endowed or current year scholarships provide access to an Oxy education for the most deserving students.

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Professor Kathryn Leonard works hands-on with students in a Computer Science class

Academic Excellence

By supporting faculty through endowed and current year funds, your generosity will ensure that the distinct, urban liberal arts experience will sustain generations of Oxy students.

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The Edgerton-Occidental Merit Scholarship Challenge

The Edgerton-Occidental Endowed Merit Scholarship helps to attract talented middle-class California students who otherwise could not afford a private liberal arts college.

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Cellists, violinists, and other musicians playing in the Occidental College Orchestra

Music

Our goal is to support Oxy’s Music Department and affirm Occidental College as a premiere institution for preparing students to pursue lives of artistic expression and leadership throughout the creative economy and beyond.

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Media Arts & Culture

Through your partnership we will enhance programmatic flexibility, provide state-of-the-art technical resources for our faculty and students, create essential new teaching and learning spaces, and fully leverage Oxy’s location in the international media hub that is Los Angeles.

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Professor Woody Studenmund teaches economics at Oxy

Economics

With your support of faculty and academic excellence, we can prepare the historic Department of Economics for the future.

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Occidental College students

Equity and Justice

With your commitment, Oxy can develop and maintain an educational environment in which all students, staff and faculty are welcomed and valued, where they can belong, thrive and excel.

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The newly renovated Gilman fountain

The Oxy Fund

Gifts to the Oxy Fund support all current needs of the College, including Financial Aid, Academics, Athletics and upkeeping our beautiful campus.