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Quest for Knowledge

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

If there is one class that epitomizes Kenyon, it may well be PSCI 101Y, otherwise known as “Quest For Justice.” “We get good press,” said Tim Spiekerman, chair of the Department of Political Science, about the course that has been taught here for almost 50 years. “It’s the model we like to advertise: Asking serious questions in the company of students without the agenda of what the answers to the questions are.” The course — one of the few yearlong classes — explores the relationship between the…

Stepping Toward Peace

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Dara Frank ’11 seeks peace in the Middle East, one step at a time. Frank is co-director of Detour: Tiyul-Rihla, an organization that brings Israelis and Palestinians together through historically themed walking tours (Tiyul-Rihlameans “trip” in Hebrew and Arabic). On Thursday, March 26, Frank and another Tiyul-Rihla leader, Ahmed Helou, will speak via livestream at 11:10 a.m. in Olin Auditorium. The group takes participants to Muslim, Christian and Jewish sites, such as the West Bank cities of Jericho…

Reigning Lords

Athletics From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

For the third straight season and the 34th time in the past 36 seasons, the Kenyon Lords swimming and diving team stood atop the podium and clutched the NCAA Championship trophy. Saturday night, the Lords closed out the four-day national meet with a total of 468 points, 85 points ahead of long-time rival and runner-up Denison University. Unlike last season, in which Kenyon won by seven points, this year's result was carved out well before the final few events. Throughout the course of the meet, the…

Admission Accomplished

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

With a record 7,077 applications received, up 6.8 percent from last year, and 1,689 offers extended, Kenyon’s Class of 2019 is taking shape. “This year's applicant pool made history with increases in nearly every area,” Darryl Uy, interim dean of admissions and financial aid, said. Following an unprecedented 63 percent surge in applications in 2014, this year’s continued growth lowers Kenyon’s acceptance rate to 23.8 percent. “We were able to build upon the momentum and buzz from last year,” he…

The 'Unbundling' of Higher Education

By Sean Decatur

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

A number of analysts and critics of higher education are anticipating the “unbundling” of higher education. Just as the rise of the MP3 and streaming audio services resulted in the unbundling of albums as consumers downloaded, enjoyed and mashed up singles into their own playlists, some futurists are pointing to the rise of online resources and competency-based education as leading to the inevitable unbundling of colleges into individual courses and experiences that students will combine into self-tailored…

Sense of Place

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

An $800,000 "Sense of Place" grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help Kenyon establish a community engagement center in Mount Vernon. The center will formalize teaching practices in experiential learning and field research, strengthen educational outreach, and promote civic engagement across campus.  Experiential learning — including service learning and community-based research — actively ties classroom curriculum to work in the community and has long been viewed as a high-impact method…

Picking Partners

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

New Kenyon research suggests college students who prefer casual hookups to committed relationships judge the bodies of possible partners more harshly, seeking someone thin with a big chest. And here’s a twist: Women seem to think more like men in a hookup culture, more readily objectifying potential partners, said lead researcher Sarah Murnen, the Samuel B. Cummings Jr. Professor of Psychology. The study, researched and run by Kenyon students with Murnen, was published in the peer-reviewed journal…

Ready for Gallery

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

As a final step in the move toward graduation, senior studio art majors display their work at Gund Gallery. “To be able to show your work and to be able to put it in a real gallery space is really exciting,” said Amber Kraus ’15 of New York City. The senior exhibits take place in two sessions, one beginning Thursday, March 18, and the other Wednesday, April 1. Kraus, whose work will be shown in the first session, has been pondering her senior project for months, trying to tie together studio art…

Literature of Science

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

The National Endowment for Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professorship has been awarded to Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky, professor of English and associate editor of the Kenyon Review, for a three-year term beginning in July of this year. Lobanov-Rostovsky’s proposal envisions an interdisciplinary approach to writing, highlighting science writing as a model for writing programs across the curriculum. “Some of my most exciting students have been interested in both English and sciences. They straddle…

Civil Rights Protection

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 9 years ago

Andrea Goldblum joins Kenyon April 8 as civil rights coordinator, taking on oversight of federal and state laws that protect the rights of College students and employees. Goldblum of Worthington, Ohio, is the manager for regulatory compliance at Margolis Healy, an education consulting firm based in Burlington, Vermont, that specializes in safety and regulatory compliance. “Andrea Goldblum fills a vital role at Kenyon, and I’m confident that her experience, insight and dedication to fairness and…

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