A thick blanket of powdery white snow marked the beginning of spring semester at Kenyon. Students were eager to capture the beauty of a Gambier winter and share their shots on Instagram. //
As a first-year student at Kenyon, Liam Brodigan ’19 was eager to explore — and serve — his new community. The American studies major from Amherst, Massachusetts, has always been passionate about community service, and he moved to Gambier hoping to continue volunteering in his new home. “Where I’m from in Massachusetts is so different from Knox County, Ohio,” he said. “I remember thinking, ‘I’ve got to get involved in this community. I’ve got to find myself here’.” That’s when he came across a…
As we honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., we also welcome back our students from winter break. The transition from one semester to the next also reminds us of the broad and deep global reach of the Kenyon community: Students from 47 states and 46 countries are returning to Gambier for the start of the new semester, and 111 students are preparing to embark on off-campus study adventures around the world. This diversity of experiences lends power and purpose to our educational mission and…
Watch the video of the address by the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry. Kenyon’s annual “Day of Dialogue” celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy featured as keynote speaker an advocate in issues of social justice, racial reconciliation, immigration and marriage equality. The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, the presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church, delivered a energetic livestreamed address on Monday, Jan. 15, in Rosse Hall. Curry was installed as the first African American head of…
The story of how Amy Shirer ’18 landed a post-graduation job at a Fortune 500 company started with making the right connection. When she arrived at Kenyon, Shirer began exploring possible careers the way many first-years do: scanning lists of alumni and parents willing to host Kenyon students for job shadows. The English major spotted the name of Eileen Lehmann ’86, who was then director of internal communications at Cardinal Health, a healthcare services and products company in Shirer’s hometown…
Richard “Dick” Hoppe, a former member of the Kenyon psychology faculty and an affiliated scholar in biology at the College, died on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. He was 76 and a resident of Mount Vernon’s Country Court Nursing Home. A native of Minnesota, born on May 19, 1941, Hoppe served in the U.S. Navy as a Polaris autopilot technician from August 1960 to August 1964. He then entered the University of Minnesota, where he received a B.A. in anthropology and psychology in 1968 before going on to…
In this year’s swirl of controversy over Confederate monuments and civil rights, Professor of History Glenn McNair has a way to influence that debate far beyond his classes on the Hill. McNair is the first African American editor of the Georgia Historical Quarterly, and the journal’s most recent issue got noticed for its lead essay about Merton Coulter, who edited that journal for 50 years. Coulter “was a romanticizer of the Old South, the Confederacy and Reconstruction who contributed to the South…
Why should students study "despicable" views? Joan Slonczewski, Robert A. Oden, Jr. Professor of Biology Last spring, the media reported widely that Charles Murray, author of the controversial book “The Bell Curve,” was shouted down by students at an elite Northeastern college. The students objected to Murray’s alleged “message of hatred.” Meanwhile, largely unnoticed, students at colleges across the country routinely read assignments from authors such as Hitler or the Marquis de Sade. Such readings…
From announcing a transformational $75 million gift to celebrating the release of a new novel by John Green ’00, Kenyon enjoyed a memorable 2017. Here are the top-10 most read articles published on Kenyon.edu in the past year. 10. Highest Honors, Apr. 11, 2017 At Kenyon’s annual Honors Day ceremony, faculty, staff, students and community members were recognized for their contributions to life on the Hill. Honorees for 2017 included Professor of Spanish Clara Román-Odio and Assistant Professor of…
Chris Tedjeske has worked various maintenance jobs at Kenyon since 1997. He now does utility work for the boiler room, located at the facility up the road from the Kenyon Athletic Center. But recently, Tedjeske, a resident of Apple Valley, Ohio, has made a remarkable accomplishment in a beloved hobby: becoming an international Jiu-Jitsu champion. “I’m fascinated with the learning of it. … It’s constant learning, and it’s never going to end,” Tedjeske said of his passion for the Japanese martial…