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Best Seats in the House

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

The leaves are not the only part of Middle Path changing this fall. The College is installing new wooden benches with a cleaner, straight-lined look and lighter finish than those removed during the path’s restoration. Assembled by Kenyon carpenters, three benches made of untreated black locust wood from sustainable sources and a local supplier have been added to south campus. The Maintenance Division wanted to give people the chance to share feedback before a total of 20 benches are installed by…

Safe in Paris

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Two Kenyon students studying abroad in Paris are safe after attacks in the city Nov. 13 that killed more than 120 people, according to Marne Ausec, director of the Center for Global Engagement. In addition, two other students known to be traveling in Paris this weekend also have been accounted for, as have two students in other parts of France. College representatives directly contacted students studying in Paris by email. Study abroad program providers were contacted for all other 73 students studying…

Catalog of Possibility

by Brooke Mason Cheney '17

That's So Kenyon From The Thrill - 9 years ago

Registration is coming! Along with the rush I get considering which classes to take, I am struck with a sense of regret for what could have been. With a dwindling amount of time left at Kenyon, and only 12 more possible classes left in my college career, I can’t help but ruminate on the classes I wish I had taken. But, it’s never too late! We all have at least one semester left, full of possibility. So, here’s a curated searchable schedule: a consideration of the could-haves and could-bes. Here…

Powering Up

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

When the shiny black solar panels were hoisted and secured to the barn at the Kenyon Farm at the end of October, it was a major step toward solar power at the College — the first of many. “We’ve been looking at solar power for the last five or six years,” said Mark Kohlman, chief business officer. “This was the right type of project for Kenyon.”  Jerry Kelly ’96, a consultant with Third Sun Solar in Athens, Ohio, approached Kohlman at the end of last semester. He proposed converting the Kenyon…

Back to Back

Athletics From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

In the wildest match to date this season, the Kenyon College Lords (17-1-0) gave up a 2-0 lead in the final 61 seconds to archrival Ohio Wesleyan University before converting a penalty kick with 2.3 seconds left to win their second consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Final on Nov. 7 at Mavec Field.   The victory was Kenyon's first against OWU at home since 1997.   Kenyon's final goal came off the foot of Jeremiah Barnes ’16, who had converted another penalty kick two games earlier…

Taking Initiative

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Vice President for Student Affairs Meredith Harper Bonham ’92 said one challenge of her new job is taking time to learn about the Kenyon of today before planning new initiatives. The commitment to learning that she internalized as a Kenyon student helps her stay focused on gathering as much information as possible about the College’s needs in this early stage of her job, she said. Bonham talked with Office of Communications intern Elana Spivack ’17 about her first months working at Kenyon, coming…

Ringing in the Weekend

by Claire Oxford '18

Student Life From The Collegian - 9 years ago

Every Friday afternoon, the Church of the Holy Spirit’s bells toll a medley of tunes, from the nostalgic “Kokosing Farewell” to the Harry Potter theme song “Hedwig’s Theme.” Students strolling down Middle Path — listening to the bells, happy to be done with classes — may not pause to consider who’s behind the bells: the student organization aptly named “the Pealers,” after the verb “to peal,” or ring bells. “I’m very pleased that is a legacy that has carried on,” Robert Blythe ’82, the founder of…

Campus Contributors

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

James “Jamie” Currie ’16 is a biology lab leader, instructing fellow students how to use equipment. Qossay Alsattari ’16 is active in a long list of student organizations and shares his extensive knowledge of the Middle East. Both have been named this semester’s winners of Franklin Miller Awards for outstanding work as scholars and student leaders. Each semester, two students nominated by professors earn the award for significant academic contributions to Kenyon. Currie, a film and biology double…

Microbial Treasures

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

When Joan Slonczewski, the Robert A. Oden Jr. Professor of Biology, visited Antarctica to study microbes in frozen-over lakes, she gathered clumps of plant-based material littering the surface to test for live bacteria, hoping to find some used for antibiotics. Now, through a competitive program, the Joint Genome Institute at the Department of Energy has accepted her samples for genetic mapping that will help identify organisms in the mats of material, which floated from the lake bottom and survived…

Beginning Again

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Editor’s note: The following is a transcript of an address that Associate Professor of English Sarah J. Heidt ’97 gave at the 2015 Founders’ Day Convocation. Video of the address is available here. Read more about Founders’ Day traditions here. “Beginning Again, All Over Again” Welcome, again, to Founders’ Day, this annual ceremony, often held on the most beautiful day of the entire autumn, at which first-year students discover that they haven’t officially become Kenyon students yet. What were…

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