About Kenyon College

Kenyon College is a private unbiased arts scholarly in Gambier, Ohio. It was founded in 1824 by Philander Chase. Kenyon College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

Kenyon has 1,708 undergraduates enrolled. Its 1,000-acre campus is set in a rural mood and uses a semester-based academic calendar. The campus is home to the Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC), which has higher than 380 acres and hosts seven alternative ecosystems. The BFEC with provides academic opportunities including the Summer Science Scholars program. There are exceeding 120 student clubs and organizations upon campus, including 12 fraternities and sororities. Kenyon athletes are called Lords and Ladies which compete in the NCAA Division III North Coast Athletic Conference. According to 2018 U.S. News & World Report rankings, Kenyon had 13th best undergraduate teaching in the U.S.

Notable alumni append six Rhodes Scholars, 10 Marshall Scholarship winners, 12 Truman Scholarship winners, and numerous Watson Fellowship holders and Fulbright scholarship recipients. Famous graduates add together U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, Swedish prime minister Olof Palme, U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Davis, actors Paul Newman and Allison Janney, University of Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart, cartoonist Bill Watterson, and writers Josh Radnor, John Green, Robert Lowell, and E. L. Doctorow.

Gambier is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,391 at the 2010 census.

Gambier is the house of Kenyon College. A major feature is a gravel path paperwork the length of the village, fondly referred to as “Middle Path”. This passageway has become a fragment of Gambier’s history, as it is used by college students and residents alike as a pretension through the community.