Kenyon College

Following 6,914 submitted ballots, Kenyon announced its new moniker will be the Owls. The name Owls is inspired by the Kokosing River, a beloved feature of its campus. Kokosing loosely translates to “River of Little Owls” — a tribute to the many species of owls living in our area.

Orchid Tierney, assistant professor of English at Kenyon College, is one of two Knox County residents to be awarded a $5,000 grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

Kenyon College professor Wendy MacLeod was one of two Knox County residents to receive a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

The Class of 2022 will graduate during the College’s 194th Commencement; the Class of 2020 will return for a belated 192nd Commencement.

The Knox County Symphony will present its final concert of the season on Sunday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Rosse Hall Auditorium on the campus of Kenyon College. The main portion of the concert is a performance of the Requiem in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, featuring the 90-voice Kenyon Community Choir and four student soloists. In addition, the Knox County Symphony will open the concert with “Nimrod” from the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar, followed by the third movement from Symphony No. 4 in E Minor by Johannes Brahms.

Kenyon College's Leopoldo López Freedom and Democracy award, created to honor a 1993 graduate of the school, has been bestowed on "Nicaraguans exiled or imprisoned by the ruling regime for their efforts to establish greater democracy in that country," the college announced.

The Kenyon College baseball team ran their winning streak to a program-best 12 games with a doubleheader sweep of Wabash College on Sunday. The Lords took game one 5-1 behind Alex Gow’s second complete game of the season. In game two, Kenyon erased an early 2-0 deficit to win 10-4.

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.