Kenyon College

The Kenyon College Bookstore is excited to host local author and Kenyon alumna Jamie Lyn Smith as our first book event author this spring. On Tuesday, April 12, at 4:30 p.m. Jamie Lyn will discuss her short story collection, "Township," in conversation with the Kenyon Review’s Elizabeth Dark.

Coronel’s investigative work in the Philippines has brought accountability to authoritarian regimes.

A two-year, $33,000 grant to Kenyon College’s Internship Program from the Knox County Foundation will fund student internships at nonprofit organizations.

Kenyon College’s Philander Chase Conservancy recently achieved a national honor for its work preserving thousands of acres of land in Central Ohio.

Gambier Village Council approved a use and area variance for Kenyon College to place temporary modular dormitories on the land the College owns at 121/123 Meadow Lane at their Feb. 7 meeting.

Returning to action for the first time since the fall, the Kenyon College men’s and women’s tennis teams were prefect and both squads dominated the DePauw University Tigers, 9-0, during play Sunday, Feb. 6, in the Jasper Tennis Center. The Ladies, ranked first in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) preseason poll, started the romp with the doubles team of Eleni Dakos and Anna Winslow winning 8-1.

Every journey to Kenyon, characterized by the approach to Gambier Hill through unspoiled rural and agricultural landscapes, owes its signature natural beauty in no small part to Lisa Schott, who since 2010 has served as managing director of the College’s land trust, the Philander Chase Conservancy (PCC). On June 30, 2022, Schott will step down from that position after a nearly 40-year career with Kenyon.

The Philander Chase Conservancy is celebrating two decades of land conservation, and Managing Director Lisa Schott said this is just the beginning for the organization.

Coming off a pair of dual wins against Case Western Reserve University and Ohio Northern University, the Kenyon College men’s swimming and diving team traveled to Athens, Ohio to take on Division I Miami (OH) University. The Lords suffered their first dual loss of the season, falling to the RedHawks 183-117, and the Ladies lost their first dual meet of the year, 182.5-117.5. The Lords posted seven individual wins against Miami (OH) highlighted by Israel Zavaleta breaking his own school records in the one- and three-meter diving.

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This year, four Kenyon College students from Ohio have been awarded Austin E. Knowlton Memorial Scholarships: first-year Kyle Kelley, sophomore Phillip Diamond, junior Jack Provenza and senior James Clark.

Kenyon College formally dedicates the new Gordon Keith Chalmers Library at a ceremony scheduled for Friday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m.

Kenyon College has been named to WalletHub’s list of best Ohio colleges, ranking 12th in the Midwest and 83rd overall.

On Saturday, Oct. 16, Beekeeper Sarah from My Bee Supply will present a demo on beekeeping in the Outdoor Annex of the Public Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County from 10-10:30 a.m. Cider and snacks will be provided, according to a press release.

Kenyon College seeks applicants for the position of Classroom Technology Specialist.

Kenyon College announced today it has partnered with the Schuler Education Foundation on a $25 million matching grant to increase access to highly selective liberal arts colleges for exceptional students with limited financial resources and those who are ineligible for government aid.

A 14-member search committee has selected Celestino Limas as Kenyon College’s next vice president of student affairs, according to a press release from the college.

The Kenyon College women’s field hockey team is hoping pedigree comes to stand for something this season. After a run of consistency matched by few other programs across the country, the Ladies enter this season with a new coach and just 16 players who have played at the collegiate before.Still, confidence remains extremely high for a program that hasn’t suffered a losing season in nearly a decade and a team that still has several key holdovers from a 2019 squad that went 15-4 and claimed a share of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season title.Brozena kicks off her tenure at Kenyon after serving as coach at Cedar Crest College last season.

To a man, members of the Kenyon College cross country team would be among the first to tell you it’s taken longer for the program to arrive at this point in its development than any of them ever imagined or even care to think about.Fresh off the entire 2019 season being wiped out by the lingering impact COVID-19, the Lords are set to kick off the upcoming season with 12 returning members from a 2019 seemingly well on its way to making its mark.Leading the pack of returning letter-winners are seniors Jeremy Baier, Daniel Lane, Will Spohn and Ben Stillions.

Ian Reardon is returning to the Steen Aquatics Center as an assistant coach of the Kenyon College Lords and ladies swimming and diving teams.