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Leap Day Lessons

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

For Kenyon students, leap day means an extra day of soaking in the beauty of the Hill and the wisdom of faculty members. For three students and 12 alumni, it is a chance to celebrate the actual day of their birth. And for Professor of Mathematics Bob Milnikel, Feb. 29 marks his 7th Leap Day Recital, when he and other musicians across campus dust off their instruments for a special quadrennial concert. But what significance does this day have for the liberal arts? Kenyon faculty members share some…

Voice of Support

Athletics From Kenyon in the News - 8 years ago

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from an online article by Sarah Lloyd ’17 published in Swimming World Magazine about Professor of Humanities Tim Shutt, who has announced every home meet for the Kenyon swimming and diving teams since 1986. Lloyd writes about the connection swimmers have with Shutt, who is “easily recognizable on Kenyon’s campus because of his trademark suspenders, flannel shirts and Indiana Jones-esque hat.” The full article is available here. Tim Shutt goes above and…

Fulbright Force

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

For a dozen years straight, Kenyon has been recognized as a top producer of winners of the J. William Fulbright Fellowship. Among national baccalaureate institutions, the College tied for 11th in the number of Fulbright winners it produced for 2015-16, according to a report published Feb. 22 in the Chronicle of Higher Education. “This honor demonstrates Kenyon’s commitment to helping our students thrive in a globalized world,” said Thomas Hawks, associate professor of English, who directs Kenyon…

Newly Launched Group Blasts Off

By Grant Miner ’19

Student Life From The Collegian - 8 years ago

Amid snow and bitter cold, a group of students stood last Friday facing a little rocket on a metal platform in front of Peirce. In the middle, wearing a purple and gold “Launch Control Officer” hat, was Professor of Physics Ben Schumacher. Beside him stood Jack Zellweger ’17, wearing a similar hat that read “Launch Safety Officer.” After a five-second countdown, Schumacher pressed the button on his controller, sending an electric charge through a wire, through the platform and into a plug that ignited…

Toying with Gender

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Sarah Murnen, the Samuel B. Cummings Jr. Professor of Psychology, has examined photos, toys and clothes for years seeking evidence of gender stereotyping: hands in powerful fists for male superheroes, low-cut tops marketed to young girls or a demure head tilt on princess dolls. Murnen, a sought-after authority on gender issues in the national media, shared the negative and often unhealthy implications of these stereotypes to a packed house in the latest Kenyon Unique lecture Feb. 27. The lecture…

The Art of Lending

Student Life From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

The Gund Gallery is taking residence hall decor to the next level with its newest project, an art-lending program that allows students to hang gallery pieces in their rooms for a semester. Gund Gallery Director Natalie Marsh said the idea for the project, which launched in February, came from Kenyon alumni who noticed similar programs at a handful of other schools, including Oberlin College. The program, open only to Kenyon students and supported by the Office of Residential Life, features a collection…

Field Studies

Athletics From Alumni Bulletin - 8 years ago

Maddie Breschi ’16 exits the field hockey program with College career records for goals (52), assists (27) and points (131). She’s an All-American and the winner of multiple conference player of the year awards. Her presence on McBride Field helped accelerate a rebuilding process in which the Ladies went from a losing record her first year to capturing conference crowns in both her junior and senior seasons. How have you made yourself stand out on the team? The players and coaches that I have…

Forming Identities

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Beverly Tatum, an innovative leader in higher education, will lead a discussion on the formation of racial identity at 11:10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the Community Foundation Theater in the Gund Gallery. Tatum, the president emerita at Spelman College, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in understanding how race functions in education. Associate Provost Ivonne García, also associate professor of English, last year formed a reading group with other Kenyon faculty and staff to discuss Tatum…

Artistic Instinct

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Natalie Wardlaw ’16 is one of six finalists in an art competition among students from institutions in the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio (AICUO). Wardlaw, a studio art major from Providence, Rhode Island, and Max Beatty ’16, a studio art major from Baltimore, were chosen by the Department of Studio Art to enter this year’s AICUO Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts (EVAs). A panel of Ohio visual arts community leaders is reviewing Wardlaw’s portfolio of sculpture…

Open Minds

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Potential campus controversies — over issues that may range from hate speech to the creation of safe spaces – will be addressed Sunday, Feb. 21, in a daylong Council for Diversity and Social Justice 2016 Symposium in the Community Foundation Theater in the Gund Gallery. The event, which climaxes with a panel discussion moderated by President Sean Decatur, is intended to address a variety of issues that have been the subjects of student activism on the nation’s campuses. “Kenyon is trying to get…

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