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Kenyon College
Motto: Magnanimiter Crucem Sustine
Established: 1824
Type: liberal arts college
Endowment: $193 million[1] (6/30/07)
President: S. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Liberal arts colleges in the United States are institutions of Higher education in the United States. A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Georgia Nugent
Staff: 182
Undergraduates: 1,640
Postgraduates: 0
Location: Gambier, OH, USA
Campus: Rural, 1,000 acres (4 km²) including a 380 acre (1. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Gambier is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1871 at the 2000 census. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time 5 km²) nature preserve
Athletics: 22 varsity teams, 52 national championships (28 Men's Swimming, 21 Women's Swimming, 3 Women's Tennis)
Colors: Purple and White
Mascot: Lords (men's teams) and Ladies (women's teams)
Website: www.kenyon.edu

Kenyon College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Liberal arts colleges in the United States are institutions of Higher education in the United States. Gambier is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1871 at the 2000 census. Philander Chase ( December 14, 1775 - September 20, 1852) was an Episcopal Church Bishop, educator and pioneer of The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Bexley Hall is a Seminary in Bexley Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. It is the oldest private institution of higher education in Ohio. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The campus is noted for its Collegiate Gothic architecture and rustic setting. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began Old Kenyon Hall, built in 1827, is believed to be the oldest Gothic revival building in the Americas, though it has burnt twice and been rebuilt. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began The 2005 Princeton Review and Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005 awarded the college top academic ratings. The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company In addition, in 2006 Newsweek selected Kenyon College as one of twenty-five "New Ivies" on the basis of admissions statistics as well as interviews with administrators, students, faculty and alumni. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Kenyon College is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Founding of the College

After becoming the first Bishop of Ohio in 1819, Philander Chase found a severe lack of trained clergy on the Ohio frontier. He planned to create a seminary to rectify this problem, but could find little support. Undeterred, he sailed to England and solicited donations from Lord Kenyon, Lord Gambier, and the writer and philanthropist Hannah More, and the College was incorporated in December, 1824. Admiral of the Fleet John James Gambier 1st Baron Gambier (born 13 October 1756 New Providence, Bahamas &ndash 19 April Hannah More ( February 2, 1745 – September 7, 1833) was an English religious writer and philanthropist Dissatisfied with the original location of the College in Worthington, Chase purchased eight thousand acres (32 km²) of land in Knox County (with the Mount Vernon lawyer Henry Curtis), and reached what he would name Gambier Hill on July 24, 1825. Worthington is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. Knox County is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. Mount Vernon is a city in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 14375 at the 2000 census. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common There is a legend that Bishop Chase exclaimed, "Well, this will do" upon reaching the crest of the hill. [2][3]

Academics

Kenyon's English department first gained recognition with the arrival of the poet and critic John Crowe Ransom in 1937 as Professor of Poetry and first editor of The Kenyon Review, a literary journal. John Crowe Ransom ( April 30, 1888, Pulaski Tennessee - July 3, 1974, Gambier Ohio) was an American Poet The Kenyon Review is a literary journal based in Gambier Ohio, USA, home of Kenyon College.

Aside from English, other majors Kenyon offers are: Art (Studio), Art History, Dance and Drama, Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Classics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Physics, Psychology, Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology, American Studies, International Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies.

One can obtain a minor in most of these departments. Kenyon does offer concentrations, which are interdisciplinary minors. They are: African and African-American Studies, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Integrated Program in Humane Studies, Law and Society, Neuroscience, Public Policy, and Scientific Computing. Kenyon also offers opportunities for synoptic majors based on a process of academic approval by the College administration.

Athletics

Kenyon's sports teams, which compete in the North Coast Athletic Conference, are referred to as the Lords and Ladies, and their colors are purple, white, and black with gold often added as an accent. Member schools The league currently has 10 full members See also Five Colleges of Ohio The college's men's swimming team is considered the best in NCAA Division III, for winning, from 1980 through 2008, an NCAA record 29 consecutive national championships. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The women's swimming team is also considered among the best, winning 21 titles of its own (not consecutively) since 1984. Swim Coach Jim Steen has coached the most conference titles in any sport in NCAA history. James ("Jim" Steen has been the head coach of the Lords and Ladies swim teams at Kenyon College since 1976 The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations

In 2006, Kenyon opened the $70 million Kenyon Athletic Center (KAC), a 263,000 square foot (24,434 m²) building that houses an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a basketball court, squash courts, weight room, and other facilities.

Traditions

As Ohio's first private college, Kenyon takes pride in some traditions held more than 180 years. All students in each entering class are expected to take the Matriculation Oath and sign a Matriculation Book that dates back at least a century.

Another renowned tradition is the "Freshman Sing. " Each year, entering freshmen gather on the steps of Rosse Hall to sing Kenyon songs before they are officially part of the Kenyon community. On the day before Commencement, seniors gather on the steps of Rosse Hall to sing Kenyon songs again.

Whenever a new president begins a term at the college, candles are lit in every window of Old Kenyon, as a sign of welcome. Kenyon has had fourteen presidents, and currently has its first female president, S. Georgia Nugent.

Philander Chase was the founder and first president of Bexley Hall and Kenyon College, and later became Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
Philander Chase was the founder and first president of Bexley Hall and Kenyon College, and later became Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church

Student organizations

Media

Non-Varsity Sports

Arts

People

College presidents

  1. Philander Chase (1825-1831)
  2. Charles Pettit McIlvaine (1832-1840)
  3. David Bates Douglass (1840-1844)
  4. Samuel Fuller (acting, 1844-1845)
  5. Sherlock A. Philander Chase ( December 14, 1775 - September 20, 1852) was an Episcopal Church Bishop, educator and pioneer of Charles Pettit McIlvaine (1799 - 1873 was an Episcopalian Bishop, Author, educator and twice Chaplain of the United States Senate. Bronson (1845-1850)
  6. Thomas M. Smith (1850-1854)
  7. Lorin Andrews (1854-1861)
  8. Benjamin L. Lang (acting, 1861-1863)
  9. Charles Short (1863-1867)
  10. James Kent Stone (1867-1868)
  11. Eli Todd Tappan (1868-1875)
  12. Edward C. Eli Todd Tappan (1824-1888 was an American educator mathematician author lawyer and newspaper editor who served as president of Kenyon College, among other Benson (acting, 1875-1876)
  13. William B. Bodine (1876-1891)
  14. Theodore Sterling (1891-1896)
  15. William Foster Peirce (1896-1937)
  16. Gordon Keith Chalmers (1937-1956)
  17. Frank E. Gordon Keith Chalmers (born in Waukesha Wisconsin on 7 February 1904 - died on 8 May 1956 in Hyannis Massachusetts) was a scholar of seventeenth century English Bailey (acting, 1956-1957)
  18. F. Edward Lund (1957-1968)
  19. William G. Caples (1968-1975)
  20. Philip H. Jordan Jr. (1975-1995)
  21. Reed S. Browning (acting, 1989)
  22. Robert A. Oden Jr. (1995-2002)
  23. Ronald A. Robert A Oden Jr (pronounced "oh-dean" is the current president of Carleton College. Sharp (acting, 2002-2003)
  24. S. Georgia Nugent (2003-present)

Notable faculty members, past and present

Visiting Faculty

Notable alumni

Main article: Notable Kenyon Alumni

Trivia

Kenyon College is the largest landowner in Gambier, Ohio, a town of about 600 year-round residents. John Crowe Ransom ( April 30, 1888, Pulaski Tennessee - July 3, 1974, Gambier Ohio) was an American Poet Charles Ray Ritcheson (born 1926-02-26 in Maysville Oklahoma) is an American Diplomat, university administrator, and Scholar Richard Georg Salomon (born 22 April 1884 in Berlin Germany - died Mount Vernon Ohio in February 1966 was an historian of eastern European W Denham Sutcliffe (born in Bristol Pennsylvania in 1913 - died in Gambier Ohio on 29 February 1964 was an American author editor and professor of English who John Orley Allen Tate ( November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979) was an American Poet, essayist and social commentator and John Kinsella (born 1963 is an Australian poet novelist critic essayist and editor Claire Messud (born 1966 is an American Novelist. Background Born in Toulon, France (like her sister Messud grew up in the Barry Unsworth (born 8 August 1930) is a British novelist who is known for Novels with historical themes James Wood (born 1965 in Durham) is an English literary critic and Novelist. This is a list of some of Kenyon College 's notable alumni, organized by their fields of endeavor Caleb Carr (born August 2, 1955) is an American novelist and military historian Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (born January 6, 1931, New York New York) is an American Author whose critically acclaimed and award winning fiction Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4 1822 January 17 1893 was an American politician, lawyer, military leader and the nineteenth Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an Emmy Award -winning American actress, best known for playing C Robert Lowell (March 1 1917&ndashSeptember 12 1977 born Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV, was an American Poet whose works confessional in nature Paul Leonard Newman (January 26 1925 &ndash September 26 2008 was an Academy Award Sven Olof Joachim Palme ( ( 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician William B "Bill" Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) an American Cartoonist, is the author of the Comic strip Calvin and Hobbes Graham Gund is the president of Gund Partnership a leading American "situationist" architecture firm based in Cambridge Massachusetts and founded by Mr Barry P Goode (born April 11, 1948) is a judge in California and a former federal judicial nominee to the U Gambier is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1871 at the 2000 census.

Kenyon President Chalmers was a friend of Robert Frost. Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet.

Kenyon College was one of a number of liberal arts colleges to drop from the US News and World Report college rankings in June of 2007. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Kenyon College President Georgia S. Nugent likened the Report's self-evaluation materials as similar to a customer satisfaction survey from "a Howard Johnson's restaurant. Howard Johnson's is a chain of restaurants and Hotels, located primarily throughout the United States and Canada. " [4]

The current tuition cost of Kenyon College is $38,140. 00 per year. Room and Board is $6,250. 00 per year.

The Kenyon Athletic Center was built for $70,000,000. 00. [5] The funding of that building included donations and gifts from numerous alumni, faculty, and other supporters of Kenyon College.

The city of Kenyon, MN was named in honor of Kenyon College. Kenyon is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, along the North Fork of the Zumbro River. [6]

References

  1. ^ Endowment grows to $193 million - News
  2. ^ Well, this will do! explained
  3. ^ A Biography of Philander Chase
  4. ^ http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/118241538436950.xml&coll=2
  5. ^ 70 million... and counting - News
  6. ^ City of Kenyon - Welcome to the City of Kenyon...A Great Place to Grow - History

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