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Alumni News From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

For many people, their senior thesis gets packed away after graduation, never to be looked at again. For others, it becomes a launching pad for their life’s work. Miguel Alvarez-Flatow ’14 is in the process of turning the screenplay he wrote for his senior honors project into a feature-length film. Alvarez-Flatow, who was a double major in film and Spanish literature, has secured most of the funding for the film. He will start casting and preproduction in Los Angeles in August with filming scheduled…

The Power of Potential

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Three Kenyon alumnae have received National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, competitive federal awards that offer recipients financial freedom and flexibility as they pursue their advanced degrees. The 2014 recipients include Christine Ostrowski ’11, a math and economics major; Elizabeth Bailey ’12, a chemistry and studio art major; and Kendra Lechtenberg ’13, a neuroscience major. Ostrowski and Bailey are pursuing doctoral degrees from Princeton University, Ostrowski in…

Teen Classic

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

There’s a beautiful moment toward the end of director Josh Boone’s adaptation of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars when I realized that the movie exists on its own as a wonderful piece of art, completely separate from the book. (Spoilers are ahead, but c’mon, how many of you haven’t read the book?) Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is driving away from Augustus’ funeral and the camera is placed right next to her, in the passenger seat, allowing the director to hold on her in an extended…

Ten Things You Might Not Know About John Green

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Before John Green ’00 was a best-selling author, superstar vlogger and passionate “nerdfighter,” he was a student at Kenyon, where he double-majored in English and religious studies. While his 2.5 million Twitter followers and 2.1 million YouTube subscribers can closely follow the rapidly rising career of the young-adult-writing sensation, here are ten things his fans might not know about Green’s time at Kenyon. 1. When he arrived to Kenyon, Green showed up with only one book: Allen Ginsberg’s Howl…

Fulbright Leadership

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Among its peers, Kenyon has long been a top-producer in the number of the fellowships awarded by the J. William Fulbright U.S. Student Program, and this year is no different. Kenyon boasts seven recipients of the coveted fellowship, which gives the six members of the 2014 class and an alumna grants to teach English or conduct research abroad. Each of this year’s fellows will follow the program’s teaching route. The fellowships are highly competitive and often help propel young scholars into meaningful…

Extraordinary Performances

Athletics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Senior Sierra DeLeon and junior Wade Heerboth closed out Kenyon’s 2013-14 athletics schedule with extraordinary performances at NCAA Division III Championship events. DeLeon, a sprint and hurdle specialist, earned two All-America finishes at the women’s track and field championship, while Heerboth won his first two matches of the men’s tennis singles championship and gained All-America status before bowing out in the quarterfinal round.     DeLeon did her work not too far from campus, as the track…

Sneak Preview

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Best-selling author and Internet celebrity John Green ’00, who just has been dubbed "The Teen Whisperer" by The New Yorker, paused for an interview with Assistant Professor of Film Jon Sherman as he anticipates the June 6 film premiere of The Fault in Our Stars, based on his novel of the same name. Sherman: I keep reading comments from Kenyon students on social media about how excited they are to see the movie because the book is so “Kenyon.” Do you agree? Green: I don't know. I think Kenyon is…

Summer Scholars

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

First there was science. Then there was, well, everything. Undergraduate research has been a part of Kenyon going back at least until the early 1980s, when the Summer Science Scholars program was born. Now the College is instituting a new program in the humanities and social sciences, with the goal of extending research opportunities next summer to the fine arts — and beyond. “I think it’s time to kind of step back and do a larger umbrella for undergraduate research, like many other institutions…

Homecoming on the Hill

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

From Adams to Zukowski, more than 860 alumni from 43 states returned to the Hill on May 23-25 to celebrate Reunion Weekend. This year’s event hosted classes ending in years four and nine, from 1964 to 2009, and featured a meet-and-greet with Grammy-nominated children’s music performer Zak Morgan ’94, a “Wild Wonders” evening presented by the Columbus Zoo, and an all-reunion concert by 1980s covers band Part-Time Lovers with Justin Roberts ’92, Liam Davis ’90, and Gerald Dowd. The reunion also marked…

Going Places

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

The black gowns and mortarboards are now packed away. So where can the world expect to find Kenyon’s most recent graduates? Just about everywhere, from financial firms to nonprofit organizations to other classrooms, both as teachers and students.   Molly Goolman ’14, a history and biology double major, used her coursework and her extra-curricular activities to land a job teaching history at Saint James School in Hagerstown, Md. She’ll also coach field hockey and softball, two sports she played while…

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