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Acceptance Letters: A blog about parents, college and letting go

New admissions blog

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

Remember the days of college applications and campus tours? Relive the experience that brought your child to college in “Acceptance Letters,” a new blog where Kenyon parents—current and prospective—share their experiences and provide insight on the college search and letting go.  Acceptance Letters debuts with posts from author and New York Times contributor Katie Hafner, photographer Terry Gruber, magazine editor Elizabeth Weinstein, and dean of admissions Jennifer Delahunty.  

Poetry without Borders

Arts & Culture From Kenyon in the News - 11 years ago

Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, poet and professor of Spanish, achieves international acclaim while writing and teaching at Kenyon. His book, desde un granero rojo (“from a red barn”) recently received the Alfons el Magnànim International Poetry Prize in Valencia, Spain, an award that carries with it a cash prize as well as the publication of his book by the prestigious publishing house, Hiperión. In addition, the Shanghai Writers’ Association awarded him an artist residency in Shanghai, where he has been…

Guten tag, Germany

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

Elizabeth Matteri ’15 goes by “Lizzy,” but her nickname could just as easily be “Double” – as in double major and double study abroad. But she was singularly focused when she applied for the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD or German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship, which she was awarded last spring. She’ll spend next semester studying at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich through the Junior Year in Munich program. “The best way to learn a language is by living it and…

Extreme Learning

Students like Jacob Williams '14 transform global explorations into rich research opportunities.

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

Sure, Jacob Williams ’14 loved seeing the sites such as volcanoes and enjoying activities like waterfall-repelling while on his semester abroad in Costa Rica last fall. But ask him what he took away from those three months, and he’ll point to his medical school applications. “My study abroad program is what ties it all together,” said the mathematics major from Solon, Ohio. About half of all Kenyon juniors study abroad, said Kim Smith, program coordinator in the Center for Global Engagement, which…

Good Works

Football captain David Brackett ’14 earns a spot on the national Good Works Team for his community service.

Athletics From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

It’s a Friday afternoon when David Brackett ’14 leaves “Public Policy” in Ascension Hall to head to his last class of the week—a second-grade class at nearby Wiggin Street Elementary. The Lords offensive lineman makes himself at home in the brightly colored room, grabbing a child-sized chair and a book—the students like “Arthur”—to read to a small group of attentive eight-year-olds. Brackett then makes his way to the whiteboard, where he works with a few other students on spelling. “I help the teacher…

Unlocking the Secrets of the Rain Forest

Summer study documents species diversity in Peruvian Amazon

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

When biology professor Kathryn Edwards says “remote,” she means remote – as in six hours by boat to the nearest city. But within the isolation of the Peruvian Amazon floodplain is believed to be the largest diversity of organisms on Earth, an area ripe for research. So Edwards gathered three Kenyon students to study species diversity and water quality this past summer. Every day for three weeks, Walker Hudobenko ’14, Helen Rogers ’15 and Noah Winters ’15 rose at 5:30 a.m. to mark trees and gather…

Reading Outreach

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

A community-wide reading program, featuring the Carl Phillips poetry book Double Shadow, sets the stage for the 2013 Kenyon Review Literary Festival on Nov. 8-9 at Kenyon. As part of the Knox Reads! program developed by the Kenyon Review and supported by state and local community and cultural organizations, about 200 copies of Double Shadow will be distributed for free starting on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 9 a.m., at the Mount Vernon Farmers Market in downtown Mount Vernon. Later that day, copies of…

Maximizing David Foster Wallace

Biographer D.T. Max will discuss Wallace and the novelist’s Kenyon connection on Oct. 1.

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

Ever since his 2005 Commencement speech “This is Water,” author David Foster Wallace has been linked with Kenyon. That connection grows stronger when Wallace biographer D.T. Max visits the campus. Max, who wrote the 2012 bestseller Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace, will share his thoughts in a free and public lecture called “This Was Water: A Reading and Discussion with D.T. Max” on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Rosse Hall, 105 College Dr. Max is hosted by the…

Roll Call

Goat farm owner Laura Duncan '17 contributes to the diversity and talent of Kenyon's newest class

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

It’s doubtful that any Kenyon student knows more about goats than Laura Duncan ’17. Goats are her specialty—particularly pygmy goats, a miniature domestic breed usually kept as a pet. Duncan began breeding and raising goats in the sixth grade, primarily for sale to 4-H Club members. She is the owner and operator of Lucky U goat farm on her parents’ property in Fremont, Ohio. “The money is just kind of a bonus,” she said.  “I like the goats and can become very attached to them.” She has 10 goats…

New Day for Van Gogh’s “Sunset”

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History Austin Porter calls new painting discovery a big deal

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 11 years ago

News about the discovery of a long-lost Van Gogh painting—the first major composition by the artist to be authenticated in 85 years—set the art world abuzz Monday with talk of the work’s value, ownership and, most notably, its impact on the tortured Dutch painter’s legacy. How significant is this revelation? It is “a very big deal,” said Austin Porter, visiting assistant professor of art history at Kenyon. “This sort of thing doesn’t happen very often. It’s more common for someone to find a drawing…

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