Meet the Interns

These students are living their dreams and claiming their places in the workforce.

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The Cost of Kenyon

What will it take to boost socioeconomic diversity at Kenyon? And why does it matter?

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Eighty Years On

As the Kenyon Review celebrates a milestone birthday, the Bulletin explores how the storied journal became a leading voice in an ever-changing literary landscape.

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Also In This Edition

Sunset over Knox County. Photo credit: Bob Handelman

Students express themselves through beloved possessions including water bottles and laptops. Photo credit: Jodi Miller

By abstracting the process of Chinese papercuts, Caroline Chang '19 explores grief through a repetitive, meticulous art installation.

General Kenyon

Extolling Excellence

James McGavran and Karen Hicks are the latest recipients of the Trustee Teaching Excellence Award.

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Alumni News

A Life in Many Acts

Stephen Wachtel ’59 P’87 has worn many hats — scientist, painter and jazz musician among them.

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Kenyon in Quotes

"Our lives change the world; our votes let us live them."
— Justin Martin '19, on the Disability Rights Ohio blog, encouraging people with disabilities to vote.

Kenyon in Quotes

"Don't stop thinking critically. Don't stop questioning the data, questioning authority — and questioning yourself."
— Writer and statistician Nate Silver, speaking to graduating seniors at Commencement.

Readers React

In the previous Alumni Bulletin we asked readers to share their thoughts, stories and questions regarding diversity, equity and inclusion at Kenyon. To everyone who took the time to respond to the call for letters: Thank you. The (many) notes we received were candid, thoughtful, thought-provoking and moving. Some were deeply personal while others were critical. Exploring these issues, and others, in an honest and meaningful way is central to the mission of this magazine. And we can’t do it without you.

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Painting Party

Kenyon students, faculty and staff came together for a community art project on Sept . 29 to transform a 575-foot-long, 12-foot-high construction barrier into a public canvas that will evolve during the two year construction of the Kenyon Commons library.

A Load of Bologna

Although the namesake lunch meat was nowhere to be found, Kenyon's traditional Bologna Loaf lunches — which date back to 1987 and take their name from a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip — drew students and faculty alike to the Science Quad on Wednesday afternoons this summer. Serving as both a delicious free lunch and a chance to socialize and take a break from research, the fortnightly event regularly attracts more than 150 attendees. Kenyon provides a main course, and research groups take turns bringing desserts from strawberry shortcake to dairy-free almond-amaretto cupcakes with chocolate frosting.

Class Notes

Recent Class Notes
’19

Jenna M. Korns and her husband, Brandon, welcomed a son, Flynn Jasper Korns, on Sept. 25. “While I’m still getting used to saying that I have a son, we are over the moon and soaking in all of the newborn snuggles!”

’99

Courtney K. Bambrick teaches first-year writ-ing and public speaking at Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls campus in Philadelphia. “Having a single full-time position after adjuncting for well over a decade has allowed me to prioritize my own writing and publishing, in addition to serving as poetry editor with Philadelphia Stories. After nine years, I am fairly acclimated to Delco. I hope to catch up with neighbors Krista M. Apple, Patricia M. McCartney and Meredith J. Methlie ’00 eventually!”

’02

Nora E. Colburn, Hilliard, Ohio, welcomed second son Ethan Michael Colburn to the world in February 2023 “with so much love and gratitude,” she writes. “So wonderful to have visits from aunties Kate Murray Diersen, Julie B. Silverman, Abigail W. Williams and Mary K. Hill to help welcome him to the Class of 2045.”

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