• Snapshots of a Pandemic

    We asked more than 50 Kenyon alumni what it felt like to be in their shoes in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Scientific Storytelling

    Kenyon News

    Kenyon will develop a science-writing initiative with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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  • Bicentennial logo

    Apply for a Bicentennial Special Projects Grant

    A new fund invites the creativity and participation of the wider Kenyon community to commemorate the bicentennial.

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  • Learning, Unlearning and Relearning in the Year 2020

    Notes From Ransom Hall

    President Sean Decatur welcomed the Class of 2024 and new transfer students during a virtual Opening Convocation ceremony, August 30, 2020.

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  • Kenyon 2020

    Implemented in 2015, the Kenyon 2020 plan focuses on preparing students for post-graduate success, attracting and retaining an excellent and diverse student body and building community. 

  • Our Path Forward to the Bicentennial

    The six-year public campaign concluded June 30, 2024 as the most successful in Kenyon College history, with philanthropy that transformed campus and the educational experiences of current and future students. A total of 22,886 people gave a combined $532 million to grow scholarships and fund the West Quad, south campus residence halls and more.

  • Think Slow With a Stayed Mind

    Notes From Ransom Hall

    Hearing is fast — even hearing to extract information is fast — but listening is slow. An excellent liberal arts education should prepare you to move beyond sharpening your skills to hear information in order to have a quick response and action, but rather to listen carefully (and slowly) to develop a deep understanding.

  • Reflections on Night One of Remote Learning

    Notes From Ransom Hall

    The current crisis separates us physically, but we’ve built relationships in and outside of the classroom that can and will withstand this.

  • Facing the World with ‘Divine Dissatisfaction’

    Notes From Ransom Hall

    The best way we can honor Dr. King is to choose community over chaos — to find the courage and will to overcome procrastination and stand with those who are sacrificing for justice.

  • The Power of Unintentional Community

    Notes From Ransom Hall

    As we celebrate the intentional community built at Kenyon, we should not lose sight of the power of the unintentional, casual community generated here.

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