subject: kenyon college [print this page] Kenyon School:Kenyon School, private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, was founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the Episcopal Church, with the seminary Bexley Corridor. It will be the oldest private institution of greater schooling in Ohio. The campus is recognized for its Collegiate Gothic architecture and rustic setting, and he was named one of the most beautiful campuses within the world by Forbes in 2010 . Old Kenyon Corridor, built in 1827, according to the authors, Is the oldest Gothic Revival in America, even though he had burned twice and was rebuilt. 2005 Princeton Review and Fiske Guide schools in 2005 was awarded the top academic college ratings. Additionally, in 2006, Newsweek selected Kenyon School as 1 of 25 "New Ivies" based on the recognition of Statistics too as interviews with administrators, students, faculty and alumni. In 2009, Forbes magazine seat Kenyon # 22 from the leading 600 schools and universities in the list of America's Greatest Colleges 2009. Kenyon School is accredited higher education commission of North Central Association of Schools and Schools.
After becoming the initial bishop of Ohio in 1818, Philander Chase found a severe shortage of trained clerics around the border of Ohio. He planned to establish a seminary to right this issue, but could not discover little support. Disheartened, he sailed to England and sought donations from the Lord Kenyon, Lord Gambier, and writer and philanthropist Hannah Much more, and the School was registered in December 1824. Unhappy with the original location of a college in Worthington, Chase has acquired 8000 acres (32 km ) of land in Knox County (with a Mount Vernon lawyer, Henry Curtis), and what he known as the Gambier Hill on July 24, 1825. There's a legend that Bishop Chase exclaimed: "Well, this will probably be done" on reaching the top of the hill.
Kenyon sports teams that compete on the North Coast Athletic Conference, recognized as Ladies and Gentlemen, and also the color purple, white and black with gold is often added as an accent. men's college swimming team is considered the best in NCAA Division III, for the victory, for the period from 1980 to 2010, a report by the Nationwide Council on 31 consecutive national championships. Women's swimming group is also regarded as 1 from the greatest, winning 23 titles of its own (not consecutive) in 1984. Swim Coach Jim Steen coached most conference titles in any sport in the history of NCAA. In the 1980s and 90s, Diving Coach Fletcher Gilders athletes took 14 consecutive North Coast Athletic Convention championships and eight individual NCAA Division III title; Gilders would also get NCAA D3 Coach of the Year award on three separate occasions.
In 2006, Kenyon has opened a $ 70 million Kenyon Athletic Center (KAC), 263,000 square feet (24,434 m, 6 acres), buildings, houses the Olympic size pool, 2 basketball courts, 8 squash courts, fitness center, 200m track, 4 tennis courts and other facilities.
