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Cheeky Charlie

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Thursday, Oct. 16, marks the American premiere of The Ballad of Bonnie Prince Chucky by Wendy MacLeod ’81, James Michael Playwright-in-Residence and professor of drama. The play will run in the Bolton Theater through Family Weekend on Saturday, with performances scheduled Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday at 8:30 p.m., and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The piece, co-commissioned by the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco and His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a humorous glance…

Call for Civility

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Participating in an Inside Higher Ed podcast, “Anonymous Offensive Speech,” President Sean Decatur addressed the issues that campuses face in dealing with anonymous statements made on social media platforms like Yik Yak. He joined Eric Stoller, social media strategist and blogger, and Scott Jaschik, co-editor of Inside Higher Ed, for the Oct. 10 program. Moderating was Casey Green, founding director of The Campus Computing Project. Here are excerpts of the podcast: Green: Do institutions have an…

Addressing History

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

History repeats itself Monday, Oct. 13, when Civil War scholar Allen Guelzo delivers a talk near the Civil War Soldiers Monument on the public square in Mount Vernon. The subject of Guelzo’s presentation, set to start at 11:30 a.m., is a speech given by U.S. Rep. and Civil War opponent Clement L. Vallandigham at the same spot on May 1, 1863 — an event commemorated by a historical marker. As the leader of anti-war Democrats known as the “Copperheads,” Vallandigham “was one of the most colorful characters…

Answering a Calling

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

In a lyric of “Kokosing Farewell,” one of Kenyon’s traditional songs, it is established that when alumni are far from campus, they “still shall hear a calling bell.” In the spirit of that song, Frances Sutton ’13 and Maggie Jaris ’13 founded “The Calling Bell,” an online literary magazine that showcases work created by Kenyon graduates. The intent of the Tumblr-based blog, Sutton said, is to recreate the Kenyon experience in an online setting. “Often at Kenyon I would meet students like myself,…

Biblical Times

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

A monumental version of the Bible — a reproduction of more than 1,100 pages of hand-written and hand-illuminated work — is on display at Kenyon and will be discussed in an illustrated presentation on Monday, Oct. 13., at 7 p.m. in the Kenyon Athletic Center auditorium. The Saint John’s Bible — the first of its kind commissioned by a Benedictine abbey in more than 500 years — is arranged in seven volumes, each 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Tim Ternes, the director of the Saint John’s Bible project…

Kenyon, Take One

Student Life From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Budding filmmaker Danielle Wald ’18 of Plantation, Fla., turned a service trip to Africa into a mini-documentary that was showcased at a Florida film festival. When Wald first traveled to Africa, she went to Kenya and Tanzania with her parents as a high school sophomore and fell in love with the countries’ cultures. She since has returned to Tanzania twice as part of a service program to teach English and math and to build housing for teachers in the village of Mongola Juu. “The Tanzanian government…

Career Connections

Student Life From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

A new way for students and alumni to get connected is now as simple as, well, simplicity itself. The Career Development Office recently migrated the Kenyon Career Network, a database of 5,700 alumni who offer to mentor students, onto Wisr, the one-stop site for internships, job shadows and on- and off-campus jobs. The change, which cuts costs and improves functionality, is also indicative of a larger push by the CDO to engage alumni with students and other graduates. “That’s really one of our…

Recovery at the Fed

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Will Melick, the Bruce L. Gensemer professor of economics, spoke last month in Washington, D.C., as part of Kenyon’s Learning in the Company of Friends. The program, started by former Kenyon President Robert Oden, consists of taking President Sean Decatur and faculty on the road for alumni/parent learning experiences.   Melick joined Kenyon in 1998 after spending 11 years as a research economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington. He teaches courses in microeconomics…

Daring Dance

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Fearlessly physical and poetic, the people behind “boomerang” have been referred to as the “punk Mozarts of dance.” Assistant Professor of Dance Kora Radella, Matty Davis ’12 and Adrian Galvin ’12 founded the nonprofit dance and performance company in New York City with support from playwright Will Arbery ’11. Radella is the choreographer and shares the artistic directorship with Davis, boomerang’s principal performer. “It’s our project together,” Radella said of the group’s collaborative creative…

Smolak Gets New Role

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Linda Smolak, professor emerita of psychology, has been named the interim Title IX coordinator at Kenyon. President Sean Decatur appointed Smolak, who taught at Kenyon for 30 years. She will be the contact for students, faculty and staff who are victims, witnesses or informed of acts of sexual assault, sexual harassment, or sex discrimination. Smolak fills the role of Mariam El-Shamaa, former director of equal opportunity. “We take very seriously the responsibility of protecting the Kenyon community…

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