Welcome Week 2020

We are excited that you're here! We have planned a series of virtual events and activities over the next few weeks to welcome you to (or back to) Kenyon.

Grab & Go Activity Packs

Stress Relief Kits 

• Thursday, September 3, at 9 a.m., Peirce Hall, Atrium

Design Your Own Face Mask Kit

• Monday, August 31, at 12 p.m., Peirce Hall, Atrium

LEGO Kits

• Wednesday, September 2, at 4 p.m., Peirce Hall, Atrium

Kenyon Fitness & Recreation Geocaching Challenge

August 27 - September 4

1. Create a free account on geocaching.com and download the app for your phone through the Google Play Store (Android) or the App Store (iOS). You can use the browser version if necessary, but the format is not friendly for mobile devices.
2. Register with Kenyon Fitness and Recreation to be eligible for awards. 
3. To start finding geocaches in this challenge, search the 43022 map area in the Geocaching app.
4. There are seven geocaches in this challenge, labeled KACFit 1-7. There are many other caches in the Gambier area; they do not count for this challenge, but you should check them out sometime!
5. The cache’s homepage includes a description of the cache, hints, and other useful information.
6. Click the Navigate button to find your way to the cache. It will be within 30 feet of the location marked.
7. When you find the cache:
   • Log it in your app
   • Legibly sign the log sheet inside the cache container with your geocaching username.
   • Are there goodies in the cache box? Feel free to take one.
8. Please return the cache box EXACTLY where you found it. Don’t ruin the fun for everyone else!
9. All participants completing all seven hidden caches will receive a Kenyon intramural t-shirt. Winners will be notified the week of September 7.

Food Trucks

All food trucks listed below will be FREE for students.

• Curly Fries, Burgers & Lemonade: Friday & Saturday, September 4 - 5, 9 -11 p.m., Ascension Lawn

FREE Whit's Frozen Custard

If you take your Kenyon ID to Whit's Frozen Custard Location on the following dates you will receive a FREE small scoop of custard OR a FREE mini Whitzer. Don't have a vehicle on-campus? You can take the free KAT Shuttle and be dropped off at the Wright Center next door to Whit's.

• Saturday, September 4, 1-4 p.m.
• Wednesday, September 9, 5-9 p.m.
• Friday, September 11, 5-9 p.m.

Virtual Bullet Journal Workshop

Click the date to register. The first 50 registrants will receive a FREE journal and pack of pens.

Tuesday, September 1, at 7 p.m.

T-Shirt Design Contest

Want to design a t-shirt to be tie-dyed? Submit your design to orientation@kenyon.edu by Friday, September 4, at 11:59 p.m. The winner will have their shirt printed AND receive a mystery candy box from Almost Famous Sweets & Sodas.

Tie-Dye Tuesdays

Tuesdays starting September 8, click the date to register:

• September 8: Face coverings
• September 15: Pillowcases
• September 22: Winning t-shirt from the contest (see above)
• September 29: Reverse tie-dye

CHoose your Own Adventure: "A fantastical Journey"

Saturday, September 12, 12 - 3 p.m. Hear ye, hear ye! Let it be known that on the 12th of September the Brown Family Environmental Center, the Philander Chase Conservancy, and the Kokosing Nature Preserve will host a "Choose Your Own Adventure" event that plays out across our lands! During your adventure, you will locate several waypoints at your leisure, with an estimated duration of 2 hours. 

Kenyon students will check-in behind Lewis Hall from 12 - 1 p.m. (No car needed)

At the check-in table, you will receive all the information you need to proceed. You can work alone or in friend groups; social distancing is expected; a face covering is required in the event that you run into other adventurers.

Long Dogs Art Collective Presents "Wall of Wonders"

Saturday, September 12, 12 - 2 p.m. Do you like art? Do you like dogs? Do you like art and dogs? We do too! Come on down to the west quad construction wall (next to Rosse Hall) to spray paint on our collaborative art wall and meet the Long Dog crew! We are all about collaborative art! Facial coverings and social distancing required. Meet at the West Quad Construction Wall

Grab & GO DIY Safer Sex Kits with Unity

Tuesday, September 15, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Decorate and customize your own safer sex kit with Unity! Decorate from a social distance outdoors or grab/go to decorate later! Facial coverings required. Unity House Lawn