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Appraising a Career

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

Job-shadowing a Kenyon alumnus gave two students passionate about the art world an insider’s look at the midtown Manhattan basement where paintings, ceramics and collectibles are stored for Christie’s, the famous British auction house. As Brady Furlich ’19 and Kristin Toms ’20 browsed ancient Chinese pottery and early American chairs during their spring break, they were amazed the depth of knowledge demonstrated by their guide, John Hays ’82. His enthusiasm was not limited to American furniture…

Honoring Excellence

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

The annual Honors Day recognition of student, faculty and alumni achievement included the announcement of Trustee Teaching Excellence Award recipients Karen Hicks, associate professor of biology, and James McGavran ’02, assistant professor of Russian. The awards, given at the celebration April 10, recognize a senior and junior faculty member for “exemplary teaching informed by creative scholarship.” Hicks was honored as a tenured faculty member who has been at Kenyon for at least 10 years, and McGavran…

On the Ball

Athletics From Alumni Bulletin - 6 years ago

Julian Kobena Morgan ’18 needed time to recover from a bruised ego before the former basketball star realized there was more to intercollegiate sports than playing the games. After injury cut short a promising college career before it got started at Kenyon, Kobena Morgan directed his attention to the administrative side of collegiate sports. In January, he became the first Kenyon student to attend the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) annual convention, held in Indianapolis. Kobena…

Why I Maintain Hope

By Sean Decatur

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. I have shared many times that Dr. King is one of my all-time heroes: His photos have prominent spaces on the walls of my office, his speeches and sermons inspire many of my own writings, and I deeply value moments of quiet reflection while listening to his words (as I did last night, watching yet again “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” on the 50th anniversary of that prescient address). The assassination sent shockwaves…

My First Visit to Kenyon

By Emma Sniegowski

Student Life From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

“Look at the map again. It should be somewhere around here.” The summer before my senior year of high school, my mom and I took a Midwest road trip to visit colleges. Though I’d seen schools I liked, I hadn’t seen a school I loved, and I began to worry the picture-perfect college that had sent me postcards featuring owls over Old Kenyon and idyllic images of Middle Path might not really exist. It would make sense if we couldn’t find it. It had to be an illusion. “There’s the sign!” OK, never…

Learning in Motion

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

For his community-engaged learning project last fall, Ryder Sammons ’19 taught kindergarteners “The Brain Dance” to reinforce connectivity patterns in their brains and wake up the rest of the body for dance lessons. “It was, in all honesty, the best part of my week,” said Sammons, a biology major from New York City who is pursuing minors in classics and dance. Sammons will share his experience with members of the campus community during the third annual Celebration of High-Impact Practices on…

Carrying Kenyon Into Adulthood

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

As parents help their teenagers sift through college acceptances — fingers crossed there’s more than one — probably the last thing on their minds is what their children’s circumstances will look like several years after college. But long-term success, however one chooses to define it, is really what it’s all about. If Kenyon, where both my daughters attended, is in the mix, the questions probably include whether your kid can find happiness in rural Gambier, Ohio. But the real test of an education…

A Ringing Success

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

Kenyon’s Bell-A-Thon was a ringing success on Tuesday, March 27, with more than 1,000 alumni, parents and friends chiming in with gifts for the Kenyon Fund and Kenyon Parents Fund. With the help of a dollar-for-dollar match from the Board of Trustees, a total of $687,044 was raised to support academics, athletics, scholarships and student life at Kenyon. Special guests from all areas of campus climbed the stairs to the Church of the Holy Spirit’s bell tower to ring the bells in honor of each gift…

Beyond Borders

Kenyon in the World From Alumni Bulletin - 6 years ago

Eric Thornton ’18 spent the summer before his junior year in Morocco. The international studies major had received a prestigious Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State to study Arabic there. But in addition to his linguistics education, Thornton found himself in the midst of a real-life civics lesson — one that made him think deeply for the first time about immigration policy and who has the right to call a country home.“In Tangier, where I lived, you could see Spain across…

Work of ‘Hart’

Athletics From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

In her national championship debut, Crile Hart ’21 helped propel the Ladies to a runner-up finish in the 2018 NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship, held at Indiana University Natatorium. The Lords closed the men’s competition in third place. Women’s Swimming Hart, who won four event titles at the meet, was named NCAA Division III Women’s Swimmer of the Year, making her the 10th in program history to earn the top honor and the first to do so since Elizabeth Galloway in 2004…

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