Learning at Kenyon provides students an opportunity to attend an interactive faculty panel which will focus on learning, both inside and outside of the classroom, as well as the chance to attend a model class with a Kenyon faculty member. Parents and guardians will attend an interactive student panel while the student attends a model class.

Program Schedule

Welcome and Virtual Faculty Panel (45 minutes)

Our admissions office welcomes all guests to this virtual event. Faculty members will reflect on teaching and learning at Kenyon through an interactive discussion. 

Classroom Session and Current Student Panel (45 minutes)

Prospective students will join breakout rooms to attend the model class for which they pre-registered; parents/guardians will attend an interactive panel with current Kenyon students to discuss life inside and outside of the classroom. 

Class Descriptions

Lemons, Plums and Why It’s So Hard to Buy a Used Car with Professor of Economics Jay Corrigan

When markets work, they're a great way for buyers and sellers to make trades that leave everyone better off. But markets can fail. In this lecture, you'll learn how information asymmetry — when one of us knows something important the other doesn't — can crash the market for used cars ... and college graduates.

Fetching or Far-Fetching: How to Add More Surprise to Your Creative Writing with Assistant Professor of English Andy Grace

Explore how unexpected word choices can make all the difference in your creative writing projects. We will look at examples and use them as models for our own brief in-class writing exercise. No previous experience needed!

Duke Ellington: His Paths to Six Decades of Success and Innovation with Professor of Music Dane Heuchemer

Duke Ellington is regarded as one of the most influential figures in jazz. Ellington was active, from the 1920s until his death in 1974, as a bandleader, composer, arranger, and pianist, and he performed and recorded throughout his long career, developing and adjusting his style along the way. His leadership style and the approach he used in managing his ensemble, however, are often overlooked. He maintained an affirmative working environment that resulted in a highly creative atmosphere and engendered considerable loyalty among his musicians — and helped make Ellington one of America's most important artists.  

A Visual Introduction to Topology with Professor of Mathematics Judy Holdener

Some of the most creative and interesting aspects of mathematics aren't apparent until college-level coursework. Sometimes described as "rubber sheet geometry," topology is the study of the properties of a geometric object or shape that are preserved under stretching, bending, or twisting. Initially studied by mathematicians for the sake of mathematics, topology is now used to understand such things as the evolution of disease, the structure of a neural network, and the space-time structure of the universe.

Say Cheese: The Chemistry of Milk to Mozzarella with Associate Professor of Chemistry Kerry Rouhier

Chemistry is the study of transformations at the molecular level and in this class we will take a look at the transformation of milk to cheese by a physiological catalyst (an enzyme called chymosin). We will peer into the molecules that undergo that chemical change and we will look at the forces that drive that reaction.

Register for Jan. 8