HAWKS CONTINUE ROAD TRIP AT MISSOURI STATE TOURNAMENT Nov 20, 2009
UMES slated to take on Missouri State, Eastern Michigan and The Citadel in the Hispanic College Fund Challenge. Neal Pitt and his teammates take part in the Hispanic College Fund Challenge this weekend. (Umeshawks.com)
College basketball tips off around the state Nov 13, 2009
Coming off the first 20-win season and first postseason bid in school history, The Citadel opens against Kenyon College, a Division III school from Gambier, Ohio. The Bulldogs welcome back a solid backcourt in junior guards Cameron Wells and Zach Urbanus, but must replace the scoring of center Demetrius Nelson and the rebounding and energy of forward John Brown. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Loyola Downs Johns Hopkins at Thomas Murphy Invitational Nov 9, 2009
Kevin Morlock won the 1650 Free Saturday (Hopkinssports.com)
Lyman Draper White Oct 25, 2009
He attended Kenyon College in Gambier,Ohio, for one year, leaving to join the U.S. Navy towards the end of World War II.Lyman served on ships commanded by the renowned Admiral Byrd, among others, and twice made the difficult crossing into Antarctica, earning the Order of the Penguin honor. Helong treasured the personal and professional opportunities and extensive travel his naval service afforded to him. (The Herald-Palladium)
Great Colleges for Dance Oct 17, 2009
Kenyon College is located in Ohio and provides students a liberal arts base. Dance majors will access programming within the Department of Dance and Drama. (Suite101.com)
Life without Miss Manners Oct 3, 2009
In his speech to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College, the late writer David Foster Wallace illustrated the perspective we develop when culture panders to egocentrism. "Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe," Wallace said, and thus we can't help but lose sight of social contracts passed down for centuries. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
2009-10 Carolina Swimming & Diving Preview Sep 30, 2009
The Tar Heels will go head-to-head with Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Clemson, Virginia, Duke and NC State in ACC dual meets as well as facing East Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Kenyon College from outside the league. All in all, the Tar Heels will go into dual meet competition 11 times overall in 2009-10. (Tarheelblue.com)
Louisville Cross Country Sweeps Titles at UW-Parkside Midwest Open Sep 20, 2009
Kenyon College 380 points 15 ... Kenyon College 340 points 13. (Uoflsports.com)
Somerville woman promoted to associate director of ONeill and Associates Sep 16, 2009
She graduated magna cum laude and phi beta kappa from Kenyon College, where she received a bachelor s degree in English, and later earned a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Emerson College. Loading commenting interface. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Swimming & Diving Unveils 2009-10 Schedule Sep 9, 2009
UIC then will close out the month the weekend of Nov. 20-22 with half of the squad venturing down to the University of Chicago Invitational in Hyde Park while the others trek back to Evanston for the TYR Invitational, with the host Wildcats, Division III powerhouse Kenyon College as well as Big Ten power Michigan and Michigan State set to compete. Western Illinois will visit the Windy City in the final meet of 2009 on Dec. 19, and the squad's competition schedule will remain dormant until their... (Uicflames.com)
Carlson breaks in at Kenyon Aug 21, 2009
Elana Carlson makes a jump shot while playing for Kenyon College ... Just ask 2007 Lincoln-Sudbury graduate Elana Carlson, who will soon begin her junior year at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio ... Carlson first heard about Kenyon College when 2004 L-S graduate Eva George went there and played basketball for the Ladies. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Local universities make Forbes ranking Aug 8, 2009
The highest-ranking Ohio college was Kenyon College at No. 22. Wabash College was the highest Indiana school at No. 32, and Berea College was the highest-ranking Kentucky school at No. 84. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Award for Norfolk Outreach Jul 24, 2009
Using a grant, Ms. Hanley's godson and some of his fellow students from Kenyon College spent six weeks at the Mekele School teaching the Ethiopian students how to type with a laptop English program. The project is an opportunity for the students to learn a life skill. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Swimming & Diving Jul 16, 2009
Kate Kovenock, who spent four seasons as assistant coach for both the men's and women's swimming programs at Division III powerhouse Kenyon College, has been named assistant women's swimming coach at the University of Notre Dame, it was announced. Fans of Notre Dame athletics now have yet another way to keep up with the Fighting Irish through the development of the nation1s fastest growing on-line social network, Twitter. (Und.com)
Entrance exam: Dorm newcomers urged to play it smart Jul 10, 2009
Allison Kramer, a student at Kenyon College in Ohio, advised stocking up on vitamin C. "Unfortunately, you spend a fair amount of time at college being sick," she said. A nice throw rug and "your favorite lamp from home" can help offset a dorm room's institutional feel. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Notre Dame Second All-Time With 210 Academic All-Americans Jul 7, 2009
25 Stanford University 25 Johns Hopkins University 24 Penn State University 23 Kenyon College 23 University of Texas 22. Academic All-America Women's At-Large Selections Total Emory University 37 University of Georgia 31 Truman State University 31 University of Nebraska 30 University of Florida 30 Gustavus Adolphus College 26 University of Texas 26 Augustana College (Ill. (Und.com)
Lions Post 23rd-Best GPA in Division I Swimming Jul 7, 2009
Emory University placed seventeen swimmers on the first team while earning an additional nine honorable mentions while Kenyon College picked up fifteen selections and five honorable mentions. The Lion swimming program, which is no stranger to academic recognition after placing in the top-25 of the CSCAA list last year, recently posted its second consecutive semester as LMU s top program in terms of GPA, finishing the spring semester with a 3. (Lmulions.com)
ENCOURAGING ART: Claflin professor named S.C. Arts Commission Fellow Jun 29, 2009
Along with previous art teaching positions at Benedict College and Kenyon College in Ohio, Howard also taught art in a public school for 18 months following his graduation from S.C. State. "I teach general ed(ucation) art appreciation at Claflin, and I get to see things in a different way every semester," Howard said. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
College job comes quickly Jun 25, 2009
Greenberg's brother Mike, a rising senior at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, won the NCAA Division III national singles title last year, but Dan Greenberg said not to expect a sudden transfer. "He loves Kenyon the way I love Williams," Dan Greenberg said. (News & Observer -- Sports)
inBrief Local Jun 19, 2009
Kenyon College s Sewell Robinson scored four goals, including the game-winner, in Kenyon s 15-14 win over Sewanee University of the South March 14. Sewell, a Stonington resident who attended Brooks School, finished her freshman season with seven goals and three assists in 10 games played (four starts). (Westerly Sun, RI)
Kate Kovenock Named Assistant Women's Swimming Coach May 29, 2009
Spent previous four seasons as an assistant coach at Kenyon College ... - Kate Kovenock, who spent four seasons as assistant coach for both the men's and women's swimming programs at Division III powerhouse Kenyon College, has been named assistant women's swimming coach at the University of Notre Dame, it was announced today by head coach ... An 11-time All-American at Connecticut College, she helped Kenyon College to seven (four men's and three women's) NCAA men's and women's team championships... (Und.com)
• Community news May 29, 2009
All other programs will be held at 10 a.m. June 10, "There is magic in the air!"; June 17, "The sky is blue and so are you!"; June 24, "Can you act like a book?"; July 1, "Create with art!"; July 8, "I could have danced all night!"; July 15, "Have you ever seen a "Book Walk"?Programs are free to the public. Information: 543-6500.Free breast cancer screenings in Twin FallsOn two upcoming days women aged 18 and older have an opportunity to take advantage of a free breast cancer screening and... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
This Is Water May 27, 2009
The Kenyon College address has been distributed feverishly since September ... His Kenyon College address, as printed here, is reformatted at one sentence a page - almost like a commonplace book or a desk calendar. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Editorial: Congratulations, graduates; make your lessons count May 23, 2009
We begin with an excerpt from the late author David Foster Wallace s speech to the graduating class at Kenyon College in 2005. Our own present culture has harnessed (fear and contempt and frustration and craving and the worship of self) in ways that have yielded extraordinary wealth and comfort and personal freedom. (Georgetown Record, MA)
THE CASE FOR GREED May 20, 2009
Everyone except David Harrington, a Kenyon College economist. Writing in Regulation quarterly, he argues that deregulated markets punish greed. (New York Post -- Opinions)
STELLAR SPEECHES: Top 10 favorites May 13, 2009
David Foster Wallace, novelist, Kenyon College, 2005. There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says "Morning, boys. How's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes "What the hell is water?". (USA Today)
DoMedia hires chairman as Langdale exits May 7, 2009
Bell has a bachelor s in history and Spanish from Kenyon College, a master s in international economics from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania s Wharton School of Business. He steps in after DoMedia in February tapped Andrew Mansinne, a marketing veteran, as CEO.. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Coming out, part one (2) May 5, 2009
After graduation, Rob attended Kenyon College for two years, where he was on the football team and active in his fraternity. At Kenyon, Rob finally began to slowly come out, but a small college in a small town like Gambier, Ohio, was not the ideal place for a gay college student in the 1980s. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
The price and worth of a degree May 5, 2009
In a remarkable address to Kenyon College graduates in 2005, the late novelist David Foster Wallace rejected such bromides. So let s talk about the single most pervasive cliche in the commencement speech genre, which is that a liberal arts education is not so much about filling you up with knowledge as it is about, quote, teaching you how to think. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
PG North: Sewickley Academy boys' lacrosse utilizes tough schedule to get ready Apr 16, 2009
" The midfield is led by seniors Boo Yurik and Curry Dewhirst, both playing with the team for the first time since their freshmen seasons. "They have done a fabulous job," Hastings said. The other prominent midfielders are juniors who lettered last season -- David Bonomo, Connor Behun and Trey Carbeau. The defense is led by a solid group of experienced players led by senior Rob Wennemer, a Kenyon College (Ohio) recruit. The other key defenders include junior Stephen Gill and sophomore Jack... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
News Briefs | Apr. 13 Apr 13, 2009
Campbell is an alumna of Kenyon College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature with honors in 1981, and a 1984 alumna of the Washington University School of Law. In 1998, she was a Danforth Foundation Fellow for State and Local Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
VCU Hires New Coach Apr 2, 2009
Smart played his college basketball at Kenyon College and graduated Magna cum laude in 1999 with a degree in history. Originally hailing from Madison, WI, Smart married the former Maya Payne on May 20, 2006. (WTVR.com, VA)
Smart move? VCU hires Florida assistant Apr 1, 2009
Smart played college basketball at Kenyon College in Ohio and graduated magna cum laude in 1999 with a degree in history. A four-year starter and three-year captain, he holds the Kenyon assist record for a season (184) and a career (542). (Florida Sports -- Rivals.com)
VCU picks Florida assistant to replace Grant Apr 1, 2009
During his playing career, Smart was a point guard and captain at Kenyon College in Ohio for three years and graduated in 1999 as the school's career assists leader with 542. Information from The Associated Press and ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz was used in this report. (ESPN -- College Basketball)
• LOCAL ROUNDUP: Machala helps Kenyon to 30th straight NCAA title Mar 25, 2009
Twin Falls High graduate Michael Machala helped his Kenyon College Lords claim their 30th straight NCAA Division III swimming and diving championship this past week. Machala, a senior co-captain for Kenyon who is majoring in chemical physics, took ninth in the 100-yard butterfly, 11th in the 200 individual medley and 30th in the 100 freestyle. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Palms down: Tigers handle Midshipmen Mar 23, 2009
Kenyon College won the men's title for the 30th straight time while the Kenyon women won their 23rd consecutive championship. NEW JERSEY WEATHER Newark, NJ. (NJ.com -- Times)
Former M.V. Marlin ready to compete in D-IIInationals Mar 18, 2009
Courtesy Kenyon CollegeTwin Falls High School graduate Michael Machala, a senior co-captain on the Kenyon (Ohio) College swim team, will compete in multiple events at the NCAA Division III swimming championship this week in Minneapolis, Minn ... A senior at Ohio's Kenyon College, Machala is co-captain of the men's swimming team, which is aiming for its 30th consecutive NCAA Division III championship this week in Minneapolis, Minn ... The former Magic Valley Marlin and Twin Falls swim team member... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Hear the blessed sound of silence Mar 9, 2009
The article also quotes from a 2005 commencement speech Mr. Wallace gave at Kenyon College: True freedom, he said, "means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.". And it's so much harder to choose what to pay attention to when certain things demand attention by beeping and pinging at us every 15 seconds. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
17th-ranked Red Devils roll past Red Hawks 22-8 Mar 5, 2009
The Red Devils head south next week to face Kenyon College in Orlando, Florida on Wednesday. Opening face-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Gerald E. Myers, 85; wrote of dance and philosophy Mar 2, 2009
He taught philosophy at Smith College, Williams College, Kenyon College, and Long Island University before becoming a professor of philosophy at Queens College in 1967. He also taught in the philosophy program of the Graduate Center of City University of New York. (Boston Globe)
Gibbons aims for 4th straight title Mar 1, 2009
Goldstein will attend Kenyon College in Ohio next year. PIERCE HOOVER, NORTHERN DURHAM. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Distinct strokes Feb 27, 2009
This is a guy, after all, who studies, and actually enjoys, the classic languages -- Latin and Greek -- and is thinking about studying Arabic or Russian while swimming for national powerhouse Kenyon College next school year. More likely though, it's simply the grin that makes Stewart-Bates such a likable character on a University School boys swim team poised to win its first state championship this weekend in Canton at the C.T. Branin Natatorium. (Cleveland.com -- Sports)
Men's Swimming Feb 26, 2009
Wayne State Warriors, Official Athletic Site. The women, meanwhile, placed second behind Grand Valley State. (Wsuathletics.com)
Let's Talk Oscars Feb 24, 2009
And I have already made plans to spend next January in Los Angeles, where I will be campaigning personally for Penlope (for both and ) with the passion of a Kenyon College junior canvassing Ohio for Obama. Join me, won't you. (Slate)
PG South: Peters looking to make a splash at WPIAL swim meet (Today) Feb 19, 2009
"Sam is going to Kenyon College," Becki said. "They have one of the best [Division III] swimming programs in the country. "He will be swimming the 100 and 200 freestyle and two relays again this year. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
