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Reinstalling Hope

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Outside the main blue-and-white building of the Shree Baghbhairab Higher Secondary School on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, there is a dirt courtyard used as a soccer field. After a week of tutoring students, Manjul Bhusal Sharma ’16 and Maher Latif ’17 were holding a soccer training session there recently when one of the students addressed Latif with “dai,” the Nepali word for “brother.” “The first day you told us you are not our teachers, but our friends,” Bhusal Sharma recalled him saying…

Kenyon and Unions in Accord

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Kenyon and two unions representing workers in the Maintenance Department have agreed on new contracts that provide wage increases and labor stability for three years. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 2794 (IAM), representing 57 custodians, grounds keepers, and rovers, and the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America Local 712 (UE), representing 24 trades workers and helpers, this week approved contracts that deliver raises to most of their members…

Reproducing Research

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

The news media in 2008 warmed to a research study that found that warm temperatures led to interpersonal warmth. Not so fast. In science, a single study’s findings, even the newsworthy, are considered just that: a single study’s findings. Repeating the study, a process called replication, is a rule of the research enterprise. The journal Social Psychology recently invited researchers to submit study-replication proposals for a special issue dedicated to this fundamental exercise. Katherine Corker…

Summer Activities

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

If it takes a village to raise a child, then Gambier is raising a lot of children – and adults – this summer. The docket of summer programming is jam-packed with everything from martial arts camps to faith groups to barbershop quartets. “It’s a different pace and a different vibe in the summer, but I think it works well,” said Barbara Kakiris, manager of sales and marketing for summer programs. “Everyone basically works together as a team to make Kenyon a great place to be over the summer.” The…

Top Honors

Athletics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Andrew Chevalier, a recent Kenyon graduate and 12-time All-American swimmer, was named the recipient of the 2014 Don Hunsinger Award, the North Coast Athletic Conference's (NCAC) top honor for male student-athletes. Each year, the NCAC recognizes one senior male student-athlete who distinguished himself throughout his collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence, service, and leadership. The award honors the contributions of Don Hunsinger, who served Oberlin College…

Research and Development

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Each summer, the science laboratories at Kenyon are open to talented students who have competed to participate in the Summer Science Scholars Program. Through this program, which offers a fellowship award of $3,500 plus free housing and funds for materials, Scholars enjoy extraordinary opportunities to pursue original research. Working closely with faculty members, these students spend their summers learning a range of laboratory and field research techniques and honing their writing skills. This…

Best of the Best

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Kenyon collected top honors for its Alumni Bulletin and College website in this year’s Circle of Excellence awards competition from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The Alumni Bulletin won the Robert F. Sibley Award, the highest award for excellence among alumni magazines, for the third time in six years—a feat unprecedented since Harvard Magazine won four between 1971 and 1975. The Bulletin bested six gold-medal winners in a pool of 144 entries to receive the 2014 prize…

Remembering 33

Athletics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

"We like to be the most exciting team on the pool deck," said Coach Jess Book '01 about the Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams, which won first and second place, respectively, at this year's NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. The national title for the Lords was their second in a row and their NCAA-record 33rd in the past 35 seasons. The runner-up spot for the Ladies was also their second in a row, coming up just shy of adding to the program’s stockpile of 23 national titles…

Student Affairs Leadership

Student Life From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Kenyon is creating a new position of vice president for student affairs with responsibility for leadership and administrative oversight of the Division of Student Affairs. Dean of Students Henry “Hank” Toutain will continue in his role as dean with greater freedom to focus on specific student and family issues, conflict resolution, and problem solving. Toutain prefers to remain as dean, endorsing and embracing the change at the top of a diverse division that guides student life outside the classroom…

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