Kenyon College

Ransom Hall, Gambier, OH 43022 -  View Map

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• Kenyon College is a unique academic community where collaboration rather than competition is the guiding spirit. As one of the nation's finest liberal-arts colleges, Kenyon is also selective in admissions and passionate in its teaching, scholarship, and dedication to involving students in shaping their own education.
• Today the College ranks as one of the finest liberal-arts institutions in the country, attracting superior students and a superb faculty and providing them with first-rate academic, residential, and recreational facilities.
• At Kenyon, you'll choose from 25 departmental and six interdisciplinary majors. In addition to choosing a major, you may opt for a concentration from a list of 10 interdisciplinary programs or choose a departmental minor.
• Since the College's founding in 1824, Kenyon's facilities have evolved from a small collection of rough log cabins to over 50 academic, residential, and administrative buildings. Recently, the College opened a new music building, three new science facilities, and a new athletic center. A new art center is being built this year. The College has a full wired/wireless network, and buildings are designed to support Kenyon's focus on collaboration and community.
• An accredited member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Kenyon is also a member of the American Association of Colleges, the American Council on Education, the Association of Episcopal Colleges, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio, the Great Lakes Colleges Association, the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, and the Five Colleges of Ohio Consortium.
• Profile last updated: 01/24/2011.

In the News:

• Kenyon raises $240 million, tapping more alumni (The Columbus Dispatch)
  posted on July 15, 2011 at 09:39:17 am
  Kenyon College officials announced yesterday that the private liberal arts school in Knox County raised more than $240 million in a six-year capital campaign.
• It's a family affair at Kenyon College (Mount Vernon News)
  posted on June 10, 2011 at 03:22:57 pm
  GAMBIER -- Family ties often run deep, even at Kenyon College. At least it appears that way. While quality standards and good work ethics can sometimes run in the family, it seems Kenyon College has capitalized on that ideal.
• Radnor returns to Kenyon, Knox County to film movie (Mount Vernon News)
  posted on June 8, 2011 at 03:07:16 pm
  GAMBIER -- Kenyon College and the city of Mount Vernon will be featured in a new feature film being produced by an independent filmography company, BCDF Pictures.
• F.C. Student Graduates from Kenyon College (Falls Church News-Press)
  posted on May 31, 2011 at 07:00:33 pm
  Margaret Rodgers, daughter of Richard and Anne Rodgers of Falls Church, graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio on May 21. She majored in English and minored in art history. Rodgers played for four years on the Kenyon Ladies softball team. She is a 2007 graduate of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda.
• Image Gallery: Kenyon College grads receive final lesson (Mount Vernon News)
  posted on May 23, 2011 at 03:53:50 pm
  GAMBIER -- Kenyon College graduates received a reminder of how important their liberal arts education is, as well as a lesson in love, during graduation ceremonies Saturday on Samuel Mather Lawn.

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