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Leap Day Lessons

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Feb. 29, 2016, and has been updated.  For Kenyon students, leap day means an extra day of soaking in the beauty of the Hill and the wisdom of faculty members. For 14 alumni and two current students, it is a chance to celebrate the actual day of their birth. And for Professor of Mathematics Bob Milnikel, Feb. 29 marks his 8th Leap Day Recital, when he and other musicians across campus dust off their instruments for a special quadrennial concert…

Mission Accomplished

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

In a unanimous vote at its meeting on Feb. 24, the Kenyon College faculty approved a new statement of mission and values for the College. The vote was the final step in a process that extended over two semesters, producing a statement that Student Council and Campus Senate endorsed and the faculty and Board of Trustees approved.  “The many voices of our Kenyon community echo in our new mission statement,” said Provost Joseph Klesner, who chaired the committee that steered the process. “The generous…

Rocket Science is Not That Hard

By Ethan Bradley ’20

Student Life From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

Rocket science is not that hard, or at least at Kenyon it isn’t. Of course, I’m talking about Professor Benjamin Schumacher’s Physics 101 class, built for non-physics majors but taken by all who wish to launch rockets on the rugby field for credit. The class structure is as follows: we learn how rockets have developed from pioneering backyard scientists to modern companies like SpaceX. Along the way, we incorporate the equations and forces that are the basis for the physics behind everything from…

Connected to Community

Student Life From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

How can a declining neighborhood be turned around before it’s too late? And how does a neighborhood’s history influence its future? Lucas Kreuzer ’20, a German and political science major from Merion Station, Pennsylvania, tackled these questions as an intern with the Knox County Land Bank, a public-private partnership working to revitalize troubled properties in the communities that surround Kenyon. Using the knowledge he gained through an independent research project on the industrial history…

Bowman Appointed Provost

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

Jeffrey A. Bowman, professor of history and associate provost at Kenyon, will succeed Joseph L. Klesner as the College’s next provost, effective July 1. Since joining the Kenyon faculty in 1997, Bowman has taken on progressive positions of leadership within the faculty and administration: resident director of the Kenyon-Exeter program, chair of the history department, co-chair of Campus Senate, chair of the Tenure and Promotion Committee, chair of the faculty and most recently associate provost. …

Fulbright Recognition

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

Kenyon is among 19 institutions in the country to be a top producer of both Fulbright U.S. students and Fulbright U.S. scholars in the 2019–20 academic year. The College also is one of the top baccalaureate institutions that produce the most student winners of the fellowship, marking the 15th time Kenyon has appeared on the top-producing student list, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Last year, five Kenyon students were selected as Fulbright winners, going on to teach English or conduct…

Endowed Excellence

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

The holder of Kenyon’s newest endowed professorship, Dorothy and Thomas Jegla Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Ruth Heindel, joined the College just last month — but endowed professorships have played a crucial role in the academic life of the College since the 1864 establishment of the Charles P. McIlvaine Professorship in English. Endowed professorships signal the strength of an institution and its people; because endowed funds provide a guaranteed source of annual support, they enable…

50 Years of Kenyon Women: Melody Travers ’12

Kenyon Women From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The 29th alumna in our series is Melody Travers ’12, who majored in sociology at Kenyon, won a Fulbright fellowship, earned a master’s…

‘A Place to Pause’

Student Life From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

Kenyon students and employees can enjoy a new oasis in the heart of campus thanks to a collaboration among the Cox Health and Counseling Center, the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life and Student Accessibility and Support Services. The Center for Wellness and Meditation, located on Gaskin Avenue underneath the Gambier Deli, provides an opportunity for students and employees to rest and recharge during the day. Opened Friday, Jan. 31, the space features four rooms: a main area with a couch and…

‘Unafraid’ on the Stage

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 4 years ago

Kenyon students will present Sarah Treem’s “When We Were Young and Unafraid” on Thursday, Jan. 30, Friday, Jan. 31, and Saturday, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m. in the Bolton Theater.  Set in 1972, the play tells the story of Agnes, a single mother of a teenage daughter, who owns and operates a boarding house on an island in the Pacific Northwest. The house also functions as an underground refuge for victims of domestic violence, whose experiences remind audience members of an era when women especially struggled…

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