Happy 192nd birthday, Oberlin College! Campus has changed quite a bit in nearly two centuries of Oberlin, so we thought it would be fun to look back at images of campus from 1838 through the present. Oberlin’s first term began on December 3, 1833, which is why we celebrate our founding on this date. See our stories for the documentation! 29 men and 15 women began classes at what was then the Oberlin Collegiate Institute.