Topic: knox county — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Features

Neighbors mend what’s broken at Knox County’s Repair Café

On Saturday, the basement of Saint Paul’s Methodist Church Hall in Mount Vernon was packed with lamps, CD players and even antiques. All were broken… Read More

by Ella Simpson
February 23, 2023
Section: Features

Students reflect on volunteering at Knox County Head Start

Walk ten minutes east from the center of Kenyon’s campus, and you’ll find that undergrads aren’t the only kids in town. The Gambier Child Care… Read More

by Theresa Carr
February 2, 2023
Section: News

Giving Hope Charity serves local Knox County students

The Giving Hope Charity (GHC), a Mount Vernon-based nonprofit that serves Knox County children, helped to make the holiday season a little brighter for… Read More

by Hannah Dourgarian
January 19, 2023
Section: News

Shawn Kelly Holiday Party delivers cheer to local families

On Dec. 2, Kenyon student volunteers transformed Gund Commons into a winter wonderland — complete with multicolored holiday tinsel, an inflatable Santa that stretched from… Read More

by Liz DeProspo
December 8, 2022
Section: News

KSAAC hosts regional Special Olympics basketball event

This past Thursday, the Kenyon Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (KSAAC) helped host the Knox County Special Olympics (KCSO) basketball regionals, a competition between members of… Read More

by Hannah Dourgarian
December 8, 2022
Section: News

BFEC hosts annual Fall Harvest Festival for community

The Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) hosted its annual Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday. The event was open to the public for the first time… Read More

by Hannah Dourgarian
October 20, 2022
Section: Features

Students from Knox County reflect on views of Kenyon

Will Bunch’s book After the Ivory Tower Falls, which explores how American Colleges have inflamed economic and political differences,… Read More

by Zane Stenerson
September 15, 2022
Section: News

KPH stops contact tracing

Knox Public Health (KPH) announced this week that they will no longer investigate individual cases of COVID-19 or conduct contact tracing. Read More

by Hannah Dourgarian
February 3, 2022
Section: News

Council debates mask mandate

On Aug. 16, the Gambier Village Council passed an emergency ordinance mandating masks in public Village buildings. Despite 4-1 support from the Council’s… Read More

by Amanda Pyne
September 2, 2021
Section: News

College ends quiet period early

On Monday, the College sent a news bulletin lifting the extended quiet period — nearly a week before it was scheduled to end… Read More

by Linnea Mumma
February 25, 2021