Members of the Class of 2021 captured Move-In Day, Orientation Week, the First-Year Sing and more through social media. Learn more about the class. [View the story "#Kenyon2021 Meets the Hill" on Storify]
A psychologist studying video games and social media, a biologist with expertise in how birds learn to fly, and a sociologist interested in how gender intersects with inequality are among the eight professors who have received tenure track appointments for the 2017-18 academic year at Kenyon. Anna V. Aydinyan, assistant professor of Russian B.A. Yerevan Free University of Humanities, M.A. University of Michigan, Ph.D. Yale University Anna Aydinyan teaches courses in Russian language, literature…
Bread bakers, Eagle Scouts, award-winning writers and virtuosos of innumerable musical instruments are among the 460 students joining the Class of 2021. The Hill’s newest residents, including 14 transfer students, were welcomed at Convocation on August 20, armed with purple paper fans to stay cool in front of Samuel Mather Hall. “You were wise to choose Kenyon, and the company you keep here will honor, affirm and push your talents and virtues,” Dean of Admissions Diane Anci said in her presentation…
New Kenyon students and parents always hope for sunny weather during Orientation Week, but on Monday, Aug. 21, Gambier will temporarily go dim. That’s because the moon will block 85 percent of the village’s sunlight during Monday’s solar eclipse, the first coast-to-coast eclipse seen in the U.S. since 1918. From 1-4 p.m., ISO-rated sun-safe paper glasses will be available on Middle Path between Olin Library and Ransom Hall. Student volunteers, part of Kenyon’s Arecibo Remote Command Center (ARCC)…
First-year move-in is right around the corner, and it’s time for members of Kenyon’s Class of 2021 to begin packing for their inaugural year of college. It can be stressful trying to cram one’s entire life into a few suitcases to bring to school. But with two years on the Hill under my belt, I’m here to tell you that less is more when it comes to packing. So just what should come to Gambier and what should stay at home? Bring: 1. Posters. A dorm room in the first-year quad or in Mather and McBride…
Like many Americans, I have been appalled by the images of hatred and bigotry broadcast from Charlottesville, Virginia, this weekend, and my heart breaks at the loss of another life from what appears to have been an act of domestic terrorism. The fact that these events took place on and around the campus of one of the most distinguished universities in the country adds to my sense of horror and disgust. Communities are not built from shared geography alone, nor by traditional songs and ceremony…
Just a few weeks before Kenyon’s Class of 2021 arrives in Gambier for Orientation, Kenyon’s new dean of students, Robin Hart Ruthenbeck, settled into her Gund Commons office. Hart Ruthenbeck comes to Kenyon from Macalester College and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a doctorate of education from the University of Minnesota. We sat down with Hart Ruthenbeck to talk about her introduction to the Kenyon community. You come to Kenyon with prior experience…
Elizabeth “Libby” Thompson Morrison, a longtime member of the Kenyon community, died on Tuesday, August 8, 2017. She was 63 and a resident of Howard, Ohio. An employee of the College’s food services for 33 years, Libby offered good humor and warmth to generations of Kenyon students and her fellow employees. Fred Linger, manager of business services at the College, recalled, “Libby was one of the first staff members a guest would encounter in the servery. Often on the move, she would make direct…
Editor’s note: Liam Horsman ’17, an English major from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, returned to Gambier the summer after his graduation to serve as a resident advisor (RA) for the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop. He shared his experience in a blog post written for the Review, titled “‘Innumerable Kenyons’: A Resident Advisor for Young Writers Reflects on Time Passing.” Up by the observatory the other night, we heard an owl. Dusk had fallen, and we were beginning to gather the students to return…
Hundreds of prospective families have driven up the Hill for campus visits this summer, a sure sign that recruitment for the Class of 2022 is in full swing. The most essential work that happens at Kenyon is teaching and learning; that is the very heart of our mission. But beyond that, the most critical operation for the College is the effort to recruit, admit and enroll a class of students. Kenyon depends on tuition to finance 80 percent of its operations, and because of this the financial future…