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New Star Rising

Alumni News From Alumni Bulletin - 6 years ago

Note: This exclusive profile of Allison Janney was originally published in the Spring 1998 issue of the Kenyon Alumni Bulletin, shortly before Janney was cast in her breakout role as C.J. Cregg on “The West Wing.” At the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday, Janney won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role in the 2017 film “I, Tonya.” There are actors, and there are stars. Allison B. Janney ’82 is an actor, and that’s just fine by her. With a Tony nomination for her leading role in the Broadway…

Green Gardens

by Dora Segall ’20

Science & Technology From The Collegian - 6 years ago

Snow and ice coated all of Kenyon’s campus on the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 11, but the greenhouse was as warm and bright as ever when I met Meaghan Haling ’19 to look around. She had been caring for the plants for a while before I arrived. “When it was coming down in here earlier with the rain, it sounded great in here,” she said. Haling is one of two students employed under Assistant Professor of Biology Chris Bickford to care for the space’s current collection. The job involves watering, repotting…

Top Producer

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

Kenyon has again been recognized as a top producer of winners of the J. William Fulbright Fellowship among liberal arts institutions. Among U.S. baccalaureate institutions, the College tied for 10th in the number of Fulbright winners it produced for 2017-18, according to a report published on Feb. 18 in the Chronicle of Higher Education. It is the 13th time Kenyon has appeared on the list. “This honor demonstrates Kenyon’s commitment to helping our students thrive in a globalized world,” said Thomas…

Switchboard Stories

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

Last March, when Scott Mabry ’90 was looking for a summer intern to help out in the northern Virginia offices of Volkswagen Group of America, he wasn’t sure where to turn. Then, he learned about Switchboard. Kenyon’s Switchboard online community began in April 2015 as a way to connect alumni, parents, staff, faculty and students. Mabry, a German major at Kenyon and the current senior manager of business planning and optimization for the carmaker’s vehicle logistics section, was able to tap into…

Communal Motion

By Carolyn Ten Eyck ’18

Student Life From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

Kenyon College is designed to be a walking campus. As a student, you hear this statement over and over again. Living sans other forms of transportation has its drawbacks — I know never to wear white sneakers on warm winter days, for fear of Middle Path mud — but on the whole, I’m grateful for the fact that, most days, I never need to see the inside of a car or bus. Everything I need is in the village, within walking distance. The through line of the path encourages community, a sense of togetherness…

Leading Ladies

Athletics From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

Powered by a strong first-year force, the Kenyon College Ladies won four events on Feb. 17, pulling away from defending champion Denison University and going on to claim the 2018 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship. Kenyon first-year students had a role in three event wins Saturday and nine event wins throughout the four-day championship meet at Denison’s Trumbull Aquatics Center. They helped the Ladies tally 1,953 team points and claim an unprecedented…

Lessons From a Legend

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

Click here to watch the Kenyon Unique lecture live on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. After an illustrious 39 years at Kenyon, Royal W. F. Rhodes, the Donald L. Rogan Professor of Religious Studies, is preparing to say his farewells to the Hill. Last semester, he finished his 38th and final iteration of the legendary course “Social Justice: The Ancient and Modern Traditions” alongside Professor of Sociology George E. McCarthy. Rhodes’ final “Meanings of Death” course, a perennial student favorite…

Hitting a High Note

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

Mallets? Check. Sheet music? Check. Breakfast? Not quite yet. First, Leah Dunbar ’20 has practicing to do. Each morning, Dunbar, a music major from Hillsborough, New Hampshire, rises early to squeeze in every minute of playing she can on Kenyon’s marimba before she heads to class. The marimba, a large wooden keyboard instrument with warm, rich tones, is Dunbar’s preferred percussion instrument, and in her two years so far at Kenyon, Dunbar has deployed it in a variety of settings — with Kenyon…

Musical Journey

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

Innovative music and video spectacle will merge in an extraordinary free concert Friday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. in Rosse Hall. The chamber group Fifth House Ensemble will perform the Grammy-nominated soundtrack for the video game “Journey,” while an actual game unfolds on a large screen overhead and the musicians respond to the gamers’ decisions in real time. The 13-piece chamber ensemble, under the direction of Austin Wintory, will play Wintory’s original soundtrack for “Journey,” a PlayStation game…

Celebrating Identity

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 6 years ago

This month, renowned and rising black artists from across the country are making their way to the Hill to lead Kenyon in honoring Black History Month 2018. The celebration, organized by the Black Student Union (BSU) and funded in part by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, will feature a series of events including poetry readings, empathy practicums and dance workshops. This year’s celebration is held in honor of Allen B. Ballard Jr. ’52 and the late Stanley L. Jackson ’52, Kenyon’s…

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