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McCormack to Lead CDO

Student Life From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Holly McCormack, dean of field work term and career development at Bennington College, joins Kenyon as the dean of the Career Development Office (CDO) on Aug. 14. As dean of the CDO, McCormack will be responsible for preparing students for post-graduate success, helping them integrate high-impact experiences with academic work for meaningful career outcomes. She will oversee career preparation initiatives and cultivate Kenyon’s deep network of alumni, parents and employers to enhance career opportunities…

Kenyon Review Editors' Picks

Arts & Culture From The Kenyon Review - 7 years ago

What are you reading this summer? Each year, the Kenyon Review staff, editors and advisory board share what books they recommend — or are looking forward to reading themselves — as summer comes to Gambier. Here are some suggestions for your summer list. David Lynn '76, Editor To my mind, Michael Chabon has for years purveyed tales full of wit and astonishment. Yet they have ultimately seemed gossamer, lacking a satisfying or illuminating substance. His latest, however, “Moonglow,” is a magnificent…

Aquatic All-Americans

Athletics From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Four Kenyon swimmers were named to the 2016-17 NCAA Division III Academic All-America At-Large teams, as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Arthur Conover ’17, Trevor Manz ’17 and Julia Wilson ’18 were first-team selections, while Ellie Crawford ’17 earned a position on the second team. Those four brought Kenyon’s overall total to 99 Academic All-America honorees since 1970 — a tally that ranks top-20 among all NCAA Division III institutions and…

Breaking Down Barriers

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Toneisha Stubbs '18, a neuroscience major from Cleveland, focuses her Kenyon research on object-recognition memory in mice. A KEEP scholar, she served as a teaching assistant in the program's data analysis course. Kenyon has been selected as one of 24 schools nationwide to participate in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence initiative, aimed at helping colleges and universities recruit and advance students in the natural sciences. The HHMI initiative focuses on helping…

Natural Leader

By India Amos '17

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

From the time she arrived on the Hill, Erin Keleske ’18 has been seeing green. Keleske, from Racine, Wisconsin, originally intended to be an English major at Kenyon, but that plan quickly changed once she got intimately involved in environmental sustainability and recycling efforts across campus. Now a biology and environmental studies double major, Keleske recently was recognized for her dedication to the Kenyon community with a Charles J. Ping Student Service Award.   Keleske became the first…

Joining Forces on Climate Change

By Sean Decatur

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Climate change is perhaps the most complex and pressing problem facing humanity. The possible long-term consequences are catastrophic, whether considering the economic impact of rising tides and eroding shorelines, the political instability produced by extended drought, the tragic loss of life due to direct environmental change or its effects on our lived lives (mass migration, war, food shortages), or the ethical/moral implications of our failures to steward the planet’s resources. The advocates…

Hart Ruthenbeck Named Dean

Student Life From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Robin Hart Ruthenbeck, assistant dean of students at Macalester College, joins Kenyon as dean of students Aug. 1, 2017. Hart Ruthenbeck has served as assistant dean since 2014 at Macalester, a highly selective, residential liberal arts college in St. Paul, Minnesota, with an enrollment of approximately 2,100 undergraduate students. As assistant dean, Hart Ruthenbeck coordinated services for students with disabilities and implemented programming to support first-generation students. “The committee…

Kenyon Mourns Amy Blumenthal

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

She was a devoted teacher, a talented writer and an astute editor. She loved Renaissance literature, travel and dancing. In conversation, she sparkled with warmth and wit. Most of all, Amy Blumenthal is remembered at Kenyon for her sensitive, sympathetic heart: her gift for connecting with people. Blumenthal died on Saturday, May 27, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, with her husband, Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky, and their daughter, Sophie, by her side. She was 61 and had been suffering…

Decades of Democracy

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 7 years ago

Note: Live video of “The Presidency and the Media” is available on the Kenyon Facebook page. Professor of Political Science John Elliott H’17, whose 47-year career at Kenyon is one of the longest in the College’s history, began teaching during the Nixon administration. Nine presidents later, he is retiring during the Trump administration, and Kenyon is celebrating his career with a panel discussion titled “The Presidency and the Media.” A panel of three alumni who have worked in politics and journalism…

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