A day well-lived in Gambier, Ohio, starts slowly, often over coffees or locally harvested eggs at Peirce, and picks up momentum with each chime from the bell tower. From Kenyon’s central artery of Middle Path, students walk and bike to their destinations, landing in labs, seminars and studios, always stopping along the way to take notice of each other and their wide-open surroundings.
Days start in Peirce Hall, where students enter a glass-ceilinged atrium to dine on local foods (40 percent is grown nearby).
Students choose from two dining rooms: the Great Hall, surrounded by stained-glass windows, or Thomas Hall, its light-filled modern counterpart.
Middle Path is Kenyon’s main drag and beating heart. Students and faculty traverse the nearly mile-long path daily.
The size of an average Kenyon class is 15, allowing room for thoughtful discussion, like in this "Digital Humanities" course.
Professors' doors are always open for holding office hours, answering your questions or just chatting.
Courses like "Experimental Animal Behavior" take place in the Science Quad's well-equipped labs.
Floor-to-ceiling windows bring natural light into art studios for welding, painting, drawing and printmaking.
Kenyon's newest space on campus, Chalmers Library, is a destination for studying and connecting.
Every nook and cranny of Chalmers Library offers space for study sessions.
Kenyon's ample green spaces provide spots to rest, study or play.
Chalmers Library is a backdrop to walks to and from class.
Our thousand-acre campus gives cross-country runners and casual explorers space to roam.
Soccer players take to the fields behind Kenyon's top-ranked athletic facility for afternoon practice.
The lawn in front of Samuel Mather Hall invites students to pause at the end of the day.
Kenyon is one of few colleges in the U.S. where all students live on campus.
Old Kenyon, which dates from the era of Kenyon's founding, is a residence hall for upperclass students.
No skyscrapers, no strip malls, not even a stoplight hinder the wide-open views in Gambier, Ohio.
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