Scripting Change

How far has Kenyon come in welcoming a diverse, inclusive community — and what hard work lies ahead?

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Speaking Up

Students, alumni and faculty address questions they have been wrestling with as issues of inclusion ignite debate on campuses everywhere, including Kenyon.

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Curtain Call

Ted Walch, teacher to the stars, directs his final play … for now.

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Also In This Edition

Jump for Joy! Grammy-nominated musician Zak Morgan ’94 entertains children at a 2018 Reunion Weekend family concert.

Gund Gallery visitors admire “Bos taurus,” by Addison Wagner ’18, at the annual senior student art exhibition in May.

Student Life

Comic Relief

Stand-up comic Delaney Barker ‘20 mines the college experience for laughs.

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Student Life

A New Edition

With renovations complete, the Kenyon Bookstore embraces its role as a community hub.

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Kenyon in Quotes

“Participation in politics gives students clarity and enables them to understand their strengths.” — Diane Anci, vice president of enrollment management and dean of admissions, on the role activism can play in college admissions decisions, in the Atlantic.

Alumni News

Readers React

Readers share their thoughts, stories and questions about diversity, equity and inclusion at Kenyon.

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Snapshots of Life on the Hill

Family Ties

Every year at Commencement, Kenyon alumni are invited to take part in the hooding ceremonies of their graduating children. Pictured here, Myles H. Alderman Jr. ’82 P’14, ’18, participates in the hooding of his son, Brooks H. Alderman ’18, on May 19. The younger Alderman graduated from Kenyon with a degree in political science.

Quad Pods

Four temporary modular units were installed on campus in the spring. Starting in the fall, the units will house library services and provide study space during construction of the new library. Three modular units on Ransom Lawn, totaling about 14,000 square feet of space, will host the library’s core services, including circulation, research and reference, Helpline, special collections and archives, public printers, periodicals, new books, computer workstations and study spaces. A
3,000-square-foot modular building between Watson and Norton halls will provide seating for more than 100 students.

Bells of Success

Kenyon’s third annual Bell-A-Thon raised $687,044 in donations with the help of 1,075 donors and a one-to-one trustee match. Live streamed from the belltower of the Church of the Holy Spirit, the event featured performances from student groups such as the Kokosingers and ballroom dance team, and conversations with professors like P.F. Kluge ’64 and Perry Lentz ’64.

Class Notes

Recent Class Notes
’88

Paul A. Baier declares, “Life in Boston has been good. I’ve been enjoying staying in touch with the Kenyon basketball team from our years. Also working with generative AI, things like ChatGPT, for business, and would welcome connecting with other AI enthusiasts.”

’59

Robert B. Palmer, New York City, reflects, “On my first visit to Kenyon in early April 1955, robins and crocuses were on the lawn of the Alumni House (now the Kenyon Inn). I may have still been 16 when, in the renowned Charles Coffin’s class on Milton, I was addressed for the first time as ‘Mr. Palmer.’ Thus began my life-long love affair with Kenyon in quaint Gambier.” Bob fondly recalled many professors, including Frank Rouda and Charles (Mike) Bundy ’52. “Classics Professor Bill McCulloh remains a Gambier neighbor of my still good friend, Alan Wainwright, and I met Micah Myers, also in classics, for lunch in NYC this last year. Another Kenyon highlight for me was the graduation of my daughter, Michele Palmer Fracasso ’81. She was first on campus in the spring of ’60 at two months old, when we lived in Mount Vernon for my final semester. She enjoyed Kenyon as much as I did, but in a more restrained manner — less time in Dean Edwards’ office than me.”

’94

Katherine Farnham updates, “I am a senior architectural historian at AECOM, where I’m part of a team designing ADA improvements to Amtrak stations nationwide. Outside of work, but very similar to work, I’m vice-chair of my township’s historical commission. I am also president of the Skycastle French Hounds basset pack and spend a lot of time training and hunting around Chester County, Pennsylvania, with our 16 Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen hounds — a rare-in-the-U.S. dog breed that won the 2023 Westminster Kennel Club dog show. My son Ned is a senior in high school, and my husband and I are almost empty-nesters. My daughter Helen is a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh, which has given me multiple opportunities to see Amy Katz Leaman and her family.”

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