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After a whirlwind week of Orientation — including a rush to move into residence hall rooms, the traditional Opening Convocation, the ritual welcome of First-Year Sing, the first day of classes, and a farm-to-fork community feast along Middle Path — the 488 students of Kenyon’s Class of 2023, plus 10 transfer students, have become fully immersed in life on the Hill. The majority of new students arrived in Gambier on Saturday, Aug. 24, although many arrived earlier for pre-Orientation programs focusing…
To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The ninth alumna in our series is Geraldine “Geri” Coleman Tucker ’74. A psychology major at Kenyon, Tucker also served as the first female…
The following 10 faculty members will assume tenure track positions at Kenyon during the 2019-20 academic year, although Ruth Heindel will not begin teaching until the spring semester begins in January 2020. Brad Hostetler and Diego del Río Arrillaga have previously taught at Kenyon in non-tenure track positions. Diego del Río Arrillaga, assistant professor of Spanish 2017 — Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University2014 — Master of Philosophy from Yale University2014 — Master of Arts from Yale…
To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The eighth alumna in our series is Aileen Hefferren ’88 H’12, chief executive of Prep for Prep, an organization that develops ethical…
Michael Sweazey joined Kenyon as director of the Office of Campus Safety on July 1. He replaces Bob Hooper, who will retire Sept. 1 after leading Campus Safety since 2007. Before coming to Kenyon, Sweazey was the director of the Office of International Safety and Security at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. Prior to entering the world of higher education, he spent 26 years with the U.S. Secret Service. We sat down with Sweazey to discuss his career experience and goals for his new…
To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The seventh alumna in our series is Kristin Meister ’00, director and litigation counsel at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank…
A new major sculpture by acclaimed American artist Richard Serra will join Kenyon’s permanent collection, the result of a gift from Graham Gund ’63 H’81 and his wife, Ann. The sculpture will be a focal point for the new West Quad, which, once complete, will include a new library, admissions building, interdisciplinary academic building and underground parking. Currently untitled, the sculpture will feature 5 plates of weathering steel, each 60 feet tall, 3 inches thick and weighing 60 tons apiece…
To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The sixth alumna in our series is Lydia Winkler ’13, an American studies major and accomplished tennis player at Kenyon who went on to…
To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The fifth alumna in our series is Jan Guifarro ’73, who recently retired as the vice president of corporate communications at the Colgate-Palmolive…