Campus News

Relay for Life

Student Life From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

The Kenyon community goes toe-to-toe with cancer this weekend during the seventh annual Relay for Life event at the Toan Indoor Track in the Kenyon Athletic Center. Relay for Life kicks off at 7 p.m. on Saturday and continues until 10 a.m. on Sunday. The cancer-survivor lap around the track follows opening ceremonies. A luminaria ceremony at 9:30 p.m. serves as a remembrance of those who have lost their lives to the disease. “Relay is important for the Kenyon community because it brings the entire…

A Fair Shake

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

The tug-of-political-war over economic inequality in the United States will play out on April 9-11 when some of the nation’s top economists, thought leaders, and policy makers gather at Kenyon for a conference on "The Politics of Economic Inequality." The free, biennial conference hosted by the Kenyon Center for the Study of American Democracy (CSAD) promises insight and analysis on the vexing issue of economic inequality as seen from across the political spectrum. Conference participants include…

Delahunty Looks West

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

Jennifer Delahunty, dean of admissions and financial aid since 2003, is poised to pioneer regional representation for Kenyon on the West Coast. Responding to the pull of demographics, Delahunty will become associate dean of admissions and will serve prospective students and their families in northern California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Southwestern states. Kenyon joins a trend among colleges by placing an admissions official as a regional representative in the key, population-growth…

Everything You Need to Know About the CSAD Conference

Society & Politics From The Thrill - 10 years ago

As you may have heard, this week marks the beginning of the Center for the Study of American Democracy’s (CSAD) biennial conference. Starting this Wednesday, politicos and economic experts alike will descend on Gambier to discuss “The Politics of Economic Inequality.” So how can you best take advantage of this influx of power and prestige coming to the Hill? Who to See Although all of the CSAD speakers and panelists are famous in their own right, three of the most famous participants are Douglas…

Peculiar Best-Seller

Alumni News From The Collegian - 10 years ago

Best-selling author Ransom Riggs '01 visited campus Tuesday, April 1, to talk about his life, work and time as a student at Kenyon. Hollow City, the sequel to best-seller Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, was released in January of this year. Riggs expects the final installment in the trilogy to come out in the summer of 2015. The Collegian sat down with Riggs for a chat. Kenyon Collegian: When and how did you know you wanted to write? Ransom Riggs: I was writing from the time I was…

Good Earth, Good Health

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

A celebration of the good Earth and good health blooms on April 6 when the Earth Day Festival returns to the Kenyon Athletic Center (KAC) with its companion event – the Earth Day Challenge Half Marathon and Four-Mile Run. The free festival kicks off a new county-wide health initiative and features more than 80 exhibitors, organizations, and vendors, with children’s activities, food, and music from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The festival is preceded by the half marathon (13.1 miles) and 4-mile run that starts…

Part Two

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

A second group of ten senior studio art majors shared their exhibitions this week in the Gund Gallery with a reception on April 3. The exhibit will remain in the gallery until Saturday, April 12. “Each spring in the Gund Gallery, with much pride and excitement, the senior art majors unveil the fruits of their year long labors in the studio,” Associate Professor of Art Read Baldwin ’84 said. “And with equal pride, excitement and anticipation, the Kenyon community, alongside family and friends, congregate…

Kenyon from the Air

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

This weekend, alumnus Brendan Keefe '90 took to the skies of Gambier and Mount Vernon with an RC helicopter. He was kind enough to share the following videos with The Thrill. The results are breathtaking. Set to the Chamber Singers singing “Kokosing Farewell,” this shot of South Campus goes from the church bells to Bushnell and everywhere in between. Sort of makes you remember why you stopped and held your breath the first time you set foot on campus.

First Carnegie Fellow

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 10 years ago

A love of Japan and a desire to keep learning led Anna Bammerlin ’14 to apply for the Carnegie Peace Junior Fellow in Asian studies. Hard work – and a little help from professors, administrators and friends – helped the Medina, Ohio, native become the first Kenyon student to land the coveted award. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Each year…

Nights of Enchantment