Students, join us for croquet & cornhole at our End of the Year party on May 3, 3-5pm, at 209 Acland St. in Gambier.

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Congratulations to Maddie Barbar (Minor '27), who has been selected as Kenyon College's representative to the Athens Democracy Forum this fall: www.athensdemocracyforum.com

Praise be to Sacha Franjola (Minor '26), winner of the Law and Society Award.

Bully for Lottie Mathew (Minor '27), winner of a Robert Daniel Memorial Scholarship in English.

Kudos to Madie Malbasa (Major '28) and Anya Melchinger, who won the DIehl Prize in Greek and Latin respectively.

Congratulations the winners of the Trustee Teaching Excellence Awards, Profs. Siobhan Fennessy and @bradhostetler.bsky.social

Time for our 2026 Honors Day round up. Here are four departmental faculty vested for the event.

This term's Sight Exam season will wrap up on Wed. Apr. 15, at 4:15 in Ascension 120, with Latin Verse. Students, remember you may take the exams multiple times, with your highest score being the one of record.

Honors Day Every April, the Kenyon community gathers to honor academic achievement, community service, and leadership, with the awarding of department and college-wide prizes. It's a day to celebrate the hard…

Tomorrow is our favorite solemnity in Kenyon's liturgical year, Honors Day. Join us on Apr. 14 at 10:45 in Rosse Hall: www.kenyon.edu/offices-and-...

We're halfway through Greek & Latin Sight (Unseen) Examination season: next up, Greek Verse, this Wed. Apr. 8 at 4:15 in Ascension Hall 120.

Peregrinations is edited by our Kenyon colleague in Art History, Prof. Sarah Blick.

Arete Award Gala | Thursday May 14th, 2026 Join Paideia on Thursday, May 14th, 2026 at the University Club of New York as we present the Arete Award to Dr. Georgia Nugent and Dr. Michael Straus.

Congratulations to S. Georgia Nugent, former president & professor of Classics at Kenyon College, who next month will receive the Paideia Institute's Arete Award, for "outstanding impact on the field of Classics." www.paideiainstitute.org/gala

Provost Search Update A search committee has begun work to gather input from the community on the qualities Kenyon seeks in its next provost.

Prof. Adam Serfass has been appointed to the search committee for a new Provost at Kenyon College: www.kenyon.edu/news/archive...

‘An Entirely New Domain of Knowledge’ | Magda Teter The Torah scholars who came to be called “rabbis” emerged as figures of authority after the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 CE and the later exile of Jews from Judaea—and created Judaism’s…

A new book written by our colleague in Religious Studies, Prof. Krista Dalton, has been reviewed @nybooks. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

After studying Trajan's Column, students in CLAS 122: Roman Archaeology visited Richard Serra's "Pivot" in the West Quad to get a sense of scale.

Language Learning — Accelerated Kenyon’s distinctive introductory language program enables students to achieve the highest level of proficiency in the shortest possible time. To learn more about the Modern Languages and…

Great video about Kenyon College's intensive introductory language courses and the students & faculty who teach them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOuf...

In our splendid new bulletin board designed by Bella Cornett (Major '29), Kenyon College's mascot Koko tours Greece and Italy.

This week we welcome to campus Profs. Kendra Eshleman (Boston College) & Nigel Nicholson (@reed.edu), as external reviewers of our department.

Each spring in Elementary Greek, the late Prof. William McCulloh would teach the class the Greek names of the earliest flowers to bloom, placing them in a tiny copper vase. We've decided to carry on the tradition: here's Chionodoxa (glory-of-the snow) & Galanthos (milk-flower, a.k.a., snowdrops).

Sight Examinations Students must pass sight translation examinations in order to graduate with a major in classics. Those electing the Greek and Latin form of the major must pass all four sight examinations. Other…

The Greek Prose Sight Examination will be offered today, Mar. 18, at 4:15pm in Ascension 120. Full schedule and sample exams may be found here: www.kenyon.edu/academics/de...

Safe travels to all those leaving Kenyon College this weekend for Spring Break.

Featuring reviews of two books co-edited by our colleague Prof. Micah Myers.

Prof. Ready's lecture was covered in this week's Kenyon Collegian: kenyoncollegian.com/arts/2026/02...

Featuring an article by our recent visitor Prof. Rebecca A. Deitsch, now at Smith College.

Bill McCulloh. Memorial Minute William E. McCulloh September 8, 1931 – December 5, 2025 Memorial Minute delivered at the Faculty Meeting on February 16, 2026 by Carolin Hahnemann and Sarah Heidt

There will be a memorial service for William "Bill" Ezra McCulloh H '99, Professor Emeritus of Classics, this Saturday, February 21 at 1:00 pm in the Church of the Holy Spirit, followed by a reception at the Parish House. docs.google.com/presentation...

Tomorrow!

"Amor Vincit Omnia": Prof. Zoe Kontes invited the Kokosingers to serenade her Elementary Latin students last Friday for Valentine's Day. drive.google.com/file/d/1x_G7...

Tomorrow!

Kudos to Charlie Perry '28, who has become the 6th sophomore to declare a Classics major @KenyonCollege, on the Latin track. Total majors, 20; total minors: 19. Leaderboard here: www.kenyon.edu/academics/de...

Join us for a study-abroad info session on Thurs., Feb. 19, 11:10-12:00pm, in Ascension 120, when our majors will speak about their adventures in Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Senegal.