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To Your Health

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

The Kenyon community will gather for a reception celebrating the new Cox Health and Counseling Center at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23. The reception will be followed by a dedication of the building at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The Cambridge, Mass., firm of Graham Gund ’63 H’81 designed the center, which cost $3.3 million. Key donors to the center include Dr. James D. Cox ’60 H’97, a  former College trustee for whom the building is named; Carl Mankowitz ’66; Katherine Stautberg…

A Family Affair

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

More than 1,000 guests joined students on the Hill in October for a Family Weekend packed with sporting events, campus tours and more. President Sean Decatur greeted families on Friday evening in a special faculty reception at the Kenyon Athletic Center. On Saturday, families attended the Brown Family Environmental Center’s traditional Harvest Festival and enjoyed hayrides, pumpkin carving and apple cider. Other activities included a live-streamed town meeting with Decatur, Lords and Ladies swimming…

Fight for Freedom

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Adriana López Vermut, sister of Leopoldo López ’93 H’07, a political prisoner in Venezuela, will speak on behalf of her brother, raising international awareness of his imprisonment and the broader political implications it holds for the region. Her live-streamed talk will be held Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Rosse Hall, and she will participate in a Common Hour panel discussion Thursday, Oct. 23, at 11:10 a.m. in the Philomathesian room in Ascension Hall.   Leopoldo López is the former mayor…

Harvesting Beauty

Student Life From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Famous for its fall foliage, Kenyon takes pride in celebrating the turn of the seasons every year in a variety of ways, including Brown Family Environmental Center’s (BFEC) Harvest Festival. This year’s event, featuring apple cider, pumpkin carving and wagon rides around the 480-acre nature preserve — will take place on Oct. 18 — the Saturday of Family Weekend — from 2 to 5 p.m. Director of Programming Heather Doherty said BFEC’s mission is “to connect people with nature” and called the Harvest…

Get Your Brain Ready

That's So Kenyon From The Thrill - 10 years ago

This post, first published in The Thrill, was written by Olivia Grabar Sage ’15, Elizabeth Norman ’16 and Emma Specter ’15. Sometimes, there is just not enough room in your brain to balance all of your work; how do you even fit twenty more pages of Habermas in there with trying to understand that problem set from Economics with Calculus.* These are not classes that assign too much work — these are classes that you become so invested in that you kind of stop caring about your other work. We recommend…

World Wanderings

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Take a trip abroad without ever leaving the Hill during Global Engagement Week. Sponsored by more than 25 Kenyon organizations, the week, which runs through Oct. 19, is an on-campus exploration of the globe with events including cricket, photography exhibits and sessions on studying abroad. Qossay Alsattari ’16, an economics and international studies double major from Ramallah, Palestine, believes the program showcases how globally enriched Kenyon is. “The goal of a dedicated Global Engagement Week…

The Art of Exploration

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Eight students in Italy this semester with Professor of Art Marcella Hackbardt are finding their fair share of adventure in the Kenyon-Rome program. They’ve tossed coins in Trevi Fountain, climbed the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, traveled the underground passageways at Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli and sung in the Colosseum. And, of course, they have explored the cuisine. The students are making a habit of buying fresh fruit, bread and cheese from the city’s open-air markets. “We are expanding our…

Career Development on the Move

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

The Career Development Office (CDO) will join the Office of the Provost in the Academic Division in 2015 in a move to enhance faculty participation in student career development. The shift from the Student Affairs Division drives the CDO in the direction being developed in the Kenyon 2020 strategic plan, better integrating curricular and co-curricular aspects of student life and helping students better prepare for life after Kenyon. “My aspiration is to build on the successes of the CDO through…

Here's the Scoop

Student Life From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Screaming for ice cream? Peirce’s dining services is answering the call. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams is now at Kenyon in a permanent installation at the Kenyon Athletic Center. A freezer in the KAC offers pints of select Jeni’s flavors as well as ice cream sandwiches. The flavors will be rotated, and a student panel will determine the initial selection, AVI Executive Chef Meagan Worth-Cappell said. “I'm excited about Jeni's coming to Kenyon,” Worth-Cappell said. “Giving the student body what they…

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