Topic: history — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Features

A thorough look at Kenyon’s historic and forbidden towers

From a vista south of the Brown Family Environmental (BFEC), the spire of Old Kenyon Residence Hall rises just above the trees that… Read More

by Cameron Austin
November 8, 2018
Section: Features

Barn Tour celebrates Knox County’s architectural heritage

In 2016, Karin and Kenneth Kirk hired a crew of Amish builders to construct a new barn in place of the original, a dilapidated… Read More

by Elizabeth Stanley
September 13, 2018
Section: Features

Famed Johnny Appleseed planted roots in Mount Vernon

Like Kenyon, Mount Vernon has had its share of famous (and sometimes infamous) characters. John Chapman, most famously known as Johnny Appleseed,… Read More

by Dante Kanter
September 6, 2018
Section: Features

“Monks, Mongols, Manchus” caps off Ruth Dunnell’s career

Before Associate Professor of History Nurten Kilic-Schubel, the director of the Asian and Middle Eastern studies program, had heard of Kenyon College, she… Read More

by Dante Kanter
May 3, 2018
Section: Features

Kenyon linked to creation of Advanced Placement program

Around 1951, Kenyon President Gordon Keith Chalmers proposed several initiatives to shorten the timeline for obtaining a bachelor’s degree. One would have called… Read More

by Cameron Austin
March 1, 2018
Section: Arts

New archival exhibition dismantles indigenous stereotypes

Chief Wahoo may be the most vivid example of the disconnect between stereotypical representations of Native Americans and their lived experience. Wahoo is… Read More

by Dan Nolan
January 25, 2018
Section: News

A look at “Being a Barbarian”

Professor Shao-yun Yang of Denison University studies what it means to be a barbarian. On Nov. 2, the Asian and… Read More

by Harris White
November 9, 2017
Section: Features

Shedding light on an old Kenyon

“Hello and welcome to The Pinnacle, a podcast about the history of Kenyon College made for the Kenyon community.” So begins… Read More

by Lauren Eller
September 8, 2016