• No. 3 ‘What the hell is water?’ took on profound meaning here

    Considered one of the greatest graduation speeches of all time, the address that David Foster Wallace delivered at Kenyon in 2005 has been reviewed, rewatched and republished widely since the author’s death in 2008.

  • No. 4The only path we had to choose was our own

    “What I value most from my time at Kenyon is the free-dom to explore my interests and curiosity. In a world where success is often defined in a narrow way,  Kenyon gave me the space  to find what truly spoke  to me and pursue it with  creativity and freedom.”  — SARAH WASSERMAN ’03

  • No. 5 We All Make Our Mark Here

    Every year on Founders’ Day, new students participate in a rite of passage that started in 1841: signing the matriculation book. The “book” is actually three leather-bound volumes that are housed in the vault in the Greenslade Special Collections and Archives in Chalmers Library. To date, almost 24,000 students have signed what Tom Stamp ’73 H’22, retired College historian and keeper of Kenyoniana, deems the “Kenyon family bibles.”

  • No. 6 ‘This will do’

    The tone of Bishop Philander Chase’s famous utterance is lost to time. Was he excited? Nonplussed? Sleepy? We’ll never know, but his immortal understatement nevertheless serves as a knowing wink for those who know that Kenyon is anything but just adequate.

  • No. Test
    The BFEC pine grove has grown beyond its utilitarian roots
    Originally conceived as a “land lab” by Professor Ray Heithaus in the ’90s, the BFEC pine forest has grown into a sprawling sanctuary worthy of a visit during any season. While autumn highlights the splendor of the older yellowed needles soon to be shed, some consider the grove in the wintertime — and its frosty, blue-green calm — particularly magical to get lost in. Peaceful and serene, the grove no doubt holds the wisdom of the ages.