At Kenyon, experiential learning isn’t an add-on.
It’s one of the clearest paths to discovering what you want your life after college to look like. Whether you’re looking to join a faculty research lab, land a summer internship, volunteer in the community or study abroad, Kenyon’s human scale works to your advantage. Many opportunities come through Kenyon connections and are supported by generous institutional funding. And mentors and advisors who know you and your work can help you stand out in even the most competitive of pools.
Visit Us in Chalmers Library
At Kenyon, you are supported by a team of dedicated advisors all housed in Chalmers Library, the academic heart of campus and hub for experiential learning, career development and advising.
Internships and Career Exploration
Know the value of your skills by applying them in new contexts. Kenyon’s Career Development Office helps you find, land and make the most of on-the-job experiences — whether a job shadow, a short professional project or a months-long internship. Many opportunities are supported by alumni and parents eager to pay it forward, and give preference or funding to Kenyon students.
High-Impact Campus Work
Students take on many meaningful roles on campus, supporting peers within and as an extension of the classroom, collaborating with faculty and staff, and building skills that translate far beyond the Hill.
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Associate Programs
Associate programs provide hands-on, professional experience at distinguished cultural organizations right on campus — The Gund, the Kenyon Review, the Center for the Study of American Democracy, among others.
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Academic Assistants
Programs like Kenyon’s distinctive language-learning model give students experience teaching the skills they’ve mastered. A remarkable opportunity as an undergraduate, Kenyon students serve as teaching and lab assistants, tutors and graders.
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Administrative Staffers
The Office of Student Work helps students identify on-campus opportunities from admissions tour guides to communications interns that emphasize professional skill-building, teamwork and mentoring.
Funded Research
Every summer, students across class years and majors collaborate with faculty through Kenyon’s signature summer research programs. Others secure spots with research partners at The Ohio State University or in other labs. Still others pursue independent projects. All benefit from close faculty mentorship and generous funding.
Dig Deep into Research
Global Learning and Study Abroad
Kenyon offers many ways to expand your worldview. Kenyon’s fully funded travel-embedded courses combine classwork with site-specific excursions that deepen learning anchored on campus. For a semester or year of immersion, you can choose from more than 250 study abroad programs across 50+ countries, along with Kenyon’s signature programs in England and Italy — visit the Center for Global Engagement to learn more.
Local Impact
Kenyon sits on the doorstep of one of the nation’s fastest growing cities in a community with deep heartland roots. Through courses, paid internships and service opportunities coordinated by the Office for Community Partnerships, you can connect with the people and organizations navigating and driving change in our community — and build both skills and a shared sense of community.
