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Food for Thought

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Professor of Sociology Howard Sacks P’08 discussed why people should connect with their community and understand the sources of their food in the latest Kenyon Unique lecture. Sacks, who founded the Kenyon Rural Life Center, explored how those ideas are important to a liberal arts education in his speech, “Food for Thought: Farming, Community and Place,” Thursday, April 23, in the Community Foundation Theater in Gund Gallery. The Kenyon Unique lecture series features distinguished faculty members…

Shaping Up

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

The annual community Earth Day Festival is back with a variety of new activities: a life-sized Operation game, healthy cooking demonstrations, potted seeds to take home and a baby cow to pet.  The free festival and accompanying Earth Day Challenge Half Marathon and Four Mile are expected to draw at least 2,500 people on Sunday, April 19, at the Kenyon Athletic Center.  The festival, in its ninth year, also features free blood pressure screenings, live music and more than 90 exhibitors, including…

Grounded in Community

Student Life From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

In a month of sustainability activities, the students who run the Kenyon Farm invite the community to help plant several hundred pounds of potatoes and to try guiding an old-fashioned plow pulled by draft horses.  At the spring planting day Saturday, April 18, from noon to 4 p.m., local resident Karen Gruner will lead the plow demonstration with her team of horses to show how farmers used to till their fields.  “She plows a field for us and children and adults are welcome to take hold of the plow…

Uniting Religions

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

What does it feel like to have two former U.S. presidents, two former U.S. secretaries of state and South African social rights leader Desmond Tutu offer rave reviews for your most recent book? Ask Bishop William Swing ’58 H’80 about A Bishop’s Quest: Founding a United Religions. The former Episcopal bishop of California returns to his alma mater for a book signing Wednesday, April 15, at 4 p.m. at the Kenyon Bookstore, hosted in part by his Gambier publisher, XOXOXpress. He also will discuss “ISIS…

Art on the Rise

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Architect Graham Gund ’63 H’81 and his wife, Ann, have made a gift to the Kenyon College Gund Gallery of 80 modern and contemporary artworks, including prominent sculptures already displayed on campus. At a multimillion dollar value, the artworks are by masters including Pablo Picasso, Frank Stella, Kiki Smith, Paul Manship, Dale Chihuly and Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Gund Gallery’s recently launched permanent collection is fortified by this extraordinary gift. Donated works include nearly…

'Fair and Balanced'

Athletics From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

In the world of professional football, few figures are more influential than DeMaurice Smith P’17, executive director of the National Football League Players Association. From helping negotiate the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) among players and owners to securing better futures for professional football players, Smith has been at the forefront of major circumstances in the legal realm of the sport. He spoke about his time at the NFL as well as his career as an attorney Monday, April…

A Model in Math

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Robin Dunn ’16 earned a top award for college mathematics and science: the Goldwater Scholarship that encourages highly qualified students to seek jobs in those fields. “She is one of the very best students I have had the pleasure to work with in my 25 years at Kenyon College,” Brad Hartlaub, associate provost and professor of math and statistics, wrote in Dunn’s scholarship recommendation letter. The mathematics major from Dublin, Ohio, was one of 260 college students chosen from about 1,200 applicants…

Creating a Canopy

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

An accelerated timetable means new trees should be in the ground along the restored, northern section of Middle Path in time for May 15-16 Commencement events. Environmental Management, Inc., (EMI) will plant 50 trees — a mix of six oak species — along the restored portion of the path, from Brooklyn Street to Bexley Hall, beginning on May 4, Chief Business Officer Mark Kohlman said. If weather delays completion of the tree planting before Commencement, EMI will clean and clear the area of construction…

Musical Spring

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Fans of Warner Brothers cartoons will hear some familiar tunes Sunday at Kenyon’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble concert, the first of three ensemble performances in April. The other concerts will feature the Chinese Music Ensemble and the Percussion Ensemble. The wind ensemble concert, directed by Professor of Music Dane Heuchemer, will feature works by two composers of the 20th century: Arnold Schoenberg's Theme and Variations for Band and William Grant Still's Folk Suite for Band. The percussion section…

Relay Day

Student Life From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

For 12 hours Saturday, April 11, the Kenyon community will take up the fight against cancer by learning Irish dancing and participating in a Project Runway-style event, among many other activities at Relay for Life. The annual fundraising event for the American Cancer Society honors cancer survivors and victims, and brings the campus together to raise money to find a cure. Relay for Life takes place from noon to midnight in the Kenyon Athletic Center on the Toan Indoor Track. The Relay Committee…

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