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Kenyon Mourns Professor Emeritus Donald L. Rogan

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

The Rev. Donald Lynn Rogan, professor emeritus of religious studies and former chaplain at Kenyon, died on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, at the Ohio Eastern Star Home in Mount Vernon, where he was under the care of Hospice of Knox County. A noted educator at the college and seminary levels, he was 85 and a longtime resident of Gambier. “I am honored that I had the chance to get to know Don over the past two years,” President Sean Decatur said. “His wisdom, warmth and generous spirit made my life, and…

Embracing Neurodiversity

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Kenyon is holding a three-day celebration to explore the emerging idea of neurodiversity to describe the varied ways that people think and learn. Neurodiversity activist Jonathan Mooney brings the term to life and will explore what it means for the future of education in the keynote address titled "The Gift: LD/ADHD Reframed” from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Rosse Hall. He is co-author of Learning Outside the Lines…

Applying Values to Our Values

By Sean Decatur

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

Data may be objectively measured, but to tell a story using data — to extract meaning from a data set about a larger set of questions — requires judgment that is inevitably subjective. The answers one arrives at depend very much on the questions one asks, as well as the context of the line of questioning. This is illustrated by the humble baseball card, that traditional compendium of statistics on player performance. The emphasis placed on different baseball statistics has changed over time, and…

High Honors

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

President Sean Decatur and Provost Joseph Klesner recently awarded two prestigious professorships. English Professor Jesse Matz has been appointed to the William P. Rice Professorship in English and Literature. David Leibowitz, associate professor of political science, was awarded the Harry M. Clor Professorship in Political Science. The Rice chair was established in 2011 by William P. Rice ’66. It honors a promising scholar whose work in publications, research or teaching exemplifies excellence…

The State of Police

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Washington Post criminal justice blogger Radley Balko filled an auditorium on campus to overflowing recently with the sights and sounds of police raids when making his case that American police squads have become too similar to military troops. With about 150 people packing the Community Foundation Theater in Gund Gallery, Balko showed videos of raids during his talk Tuesday, Sept. 8, which had the same title as his 2013 book: Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Force…

Kenyon Mourns Helen Forman P'73

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Helen Forman, longtime College bookstore employee and daughter and mother of Kenyon pioneers, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, at her home in Gambier.  She was ninety-three. Born on January 17, 1922, Helen Elizabeth Ransom was the first child and only daughter of Robb Reavill Ransom and John Crowe Ransom.  When her father, a renowned poet and professor at Vanderbilt University, accepted a position at Kenyon as a faculty member and as founding editor of a new literary magazine, Helen came to Gambier…

Political Prisoner

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

After spending more than 18 months in prison in Venezuela, Leopoldo López ’93 H’07 was convicted of inciting violence as the leader of anti-government protests and sentenced to another 13 years. His arrest and imprisonment have been widely criticized by international observers including Amnesty International, President Barack Obama, the New York Times and Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, Desmond Tutu. Members of the Kenyon community spoke out strongly against his imprisonment and…

Exchanging Cultures

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Catalina Odio ’18 and Taylor Scult ’15 spent the summer of 2015 at a school in Accra, Ghana, working with staff to paint the exterior bright colors, teaching creative writing and helping in the nursery room. The trip was funded by a Davis Foundation Projects for Peace grant, and they recorded their experience at the school, Lila’s Child Care Foundation (LCCF), in a blog.  The summer, which Odio called transformative, was supposed to have gone differently on the other side of the continent. The…

Interfaith Dialogue

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

The Rev. Rachel C. Kessler ’04, associate priest at Grace Church on-the-Hill in Toronto, has been appointed chaplain at Kenyon and priest-in-charge of Harcourt Parish Episcopal Church in Gambier. President Sean Decatur and the Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth Jr., Episcopal bishop of Ohio and a member of the Kenyon College Board of Trustees, announced the selection of Kessler for the new joint position after an international search. She starts Nov. 1. “Reverend Kessler is a great fit for Kenyon and…

Haunted Laundromat

by Yasmin Nesbat '18

Student Life From The Thrill - 9 years ago

One of our very own, Adama Berndt ’17, has released his first rap album. While he’s no stranger to performing, rap – or any music for that matter - hadn’t become his outlet until he turned 16. A jokester by nature and association (a member of the beloved stand-up group Two-Drink Minimum), Adama started rapping on a whim during his final weeks of his senior year in high school. It was there, in his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana, is where he met a few mutual friends with access to a recording studio…

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