Ask a Kenyon Student
Still have questions that our Web site and publications haven't answered? Ask a Kenyon tour guide! We welcome your questions, whether you want information (e.g., how many students take math at Kenyon?), wacky insights into student life (what's the craziest thing to do on a Saturday night in Gambier?), or just want our opinion (who's been your favorite professor and why?).
So ask away!
Amy Schlessman '13
Perkins High School
Sandusky, OH
Major: Psychology and Spanish Area Studies
Organizations: Varsity Tennis, Community Advisor, Psychology Club, Kenyon Student Athletes, Religious Life, Community Choir
Favorite quote: "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Favorite class: Introduction to American Studies with Peter Rutkoff
Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Name 3 things every Kenyon student should do or see before they graduate: 1) Try every flavor of bookstore ice cream 2) Take a run on the Gap Trail and then jump into the Kokosing River 3) Go to the top of Peirce Tower
Bronte Kastenberg '14
Haddonfield Memorial High School
Haddonfield, NJ
Major: Undecided, but leaning toward Anthropology
Organizations: Hotmeals, OhioAction, Women's Rugby Club, Philander's Phling committee
Favorite quote: "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."—Nelson Mandela.
Favorite class: Cultural Anthropology with Professor Suggs
Favorite ice cream flavor: Ben & Jerry's Phish Food
Name 3 things every Kenyon student should do or see before they graduate:1) Visit the Caves to go exploring and swimming with friends on a warm day. 2) "Borrow" some trays from Peirce and go sledding down the hill to the KAC. 3) Eat at Friday Café.
Nikola Popovic '12
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Gimnazjia Obrenovac
Belgrade, Serbia
Major: Political Science
Minor: Russian Language and Literature
Organizations: Russian Club, ISAK (International Society at Kenyon), Delta Tau Delta, Greek Council, Campus Senate, Ohio Action
Favorite quote: "Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."—Abraham Lincoln
Favorite class: Junior Honors in Political Science; Power, States and Markets; Neuroscience of Film, Space, and Play
Favorite ice cream flavor: Strawberry cheesecake
Name 3 things every Kenyon student should do or see before they graduate: Take a class with David Rowe or Pamela Camera-Rowe, walk on Middle Path on a foggy summer morning, go for a swim in the Kenyon Athletic Center.
Nosiku Siyumbwa '13
Li Po Chun United World College
Lusaka, Zambia
Major: International Studies
Organizations: Black Student Union, International Society at Kenyon, Kenyon Global News
Favorite quote: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
Favorite class: Introduction to Post Colonial Literature with Professor Garcia and Expansion of International Society with Professor Van Holde
Favorite ice cream flavor: Strawberry Cheesecake and Cookies 'n' Cream. Mixed Together. Yum.
Name 3 things every Kenyon student should do or see before they graduate: Take Professor Garcia's English class, go to a midnight breakfast, and go with close friends to sunset point.