| Kenyon Class of 2018 Fall Class Letter
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| Dear classmates,
We know you look forward to this letter to learn about what’s going on in our classmates’ lives; we’re also excited to share some of the news from the Hill this year:
This semester, 12 members of the Class of 2026 were able to enroll as the direct result of donor support for the Kenyon Access Initiative (KAI), a vital scholarship effort to increase access for low-income students. We’re only just getting started and aim to enroll 50 students each year through KAI, in addition to other robust financial aid. This additional diversity in backgrounds and lived experiences will further enrich daily life on campus.
Chalmers Library in the West Quad has quickly become a hub for such connections day and night. Its neighbor Lowell House, home to admissions and financial aid and named for Pulitzer Prize winning poet Robert T.S. Lowell IV ’40, is also now open. Oden Hall, future home to social sciences and named for former president Robert Oden, will open for instruction next year. The 261-space underground parking garage for visitors and employees — with EV charging, naturally — is already helping to ease congestion in the Village without disrupting the beauty of Gambier we all remember so fondly.
This year students will also soon have access to a dining option in “downtown” Gambier, when Peirce Express opens in a space under the Gambier Deli. This space will also be home some evenings to a student-run bar known as Flats, helping to provide a non-residences nightlife option. Look for more about both of these in an upcoming issue of Kenyon News Digest.
To further support all students, the College increased the budget for the Student Success Fund — emergency grants for which any student can apply. They also welcomed Dr. Lynn Hampton to serve in the newly created Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion position, providing additional leadership to the daily efforts of ODEI and partnering with Dean Chris Kennerly so he can extend his reach across campus with DEI efforts.
In other news, the Music Department is celebrating its 75th year. Alumni Council is developing an updated version of the Kenyon songbook (Kenyon has a songbook!) which will be viewable online soon and distributed at Reunion Weekend during the all-class sing. If you haven’t saved the date for our Reunion Weekend, please do! I hope to see you on the Hill May 26-28.
I hope you’re now feeling wistful about our own time at Kenyon. I invite you to turn that nostalgia into action with a gift to help make all this possible! Gifts to the Kenyon Fund can be directed toward enrolling the next high-achieving group of students through the Kenyon Access Initiative, broader scholarships and financial aid efforts, athletics, one of the College’s many green centers and more. Please consider making your alma mater and today’s Kenyon students a philanthropic priority this year by giving online at gift.kenyon.edu.
I hope you’ve enjoyed hearing the news from the College this fall. I have certainly enjoyed (as always) hearing from those of you who submitted class notes for this letter (see below). I encourage folks who haven’t updated us with one recently to consider submitting a quick life update for the next batch of notes in the spring.
Thank you!
Camisha James
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| Reunited and it feels so Kenyon
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Reunion Weekend 2023
will take place in Gambier May 26 - 28
Along with special programming for the 50th Reunion class on May 25, we’ll be celebrating milestone reunions for classes that end with 3 and 8, as well as K80s, Peeps and Chamber Singers.
All alumni are invited to return to the Hill for Reunion Weekend, especially those celebrating a reunion beyond their 50th. Registration details will be emailed in early 2023. If you think we may not have your most current info, please share your up-to-date email and phone number with us at updateinfo@kenyon.edu. (We can’t invite you if we can’t reach you!)
We are so excited to reunite with you! See you soon.
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| Upcoming Events for Alumni
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Save the date for these upcoming events for alumni taking place online and on the Hill.
- The Center for American Democracy's Midterm Elections Panel
Hear from alumni experts at this free, virtual event Tuesday, Jan. 10 from 7-8 p.m. ET.
- Spring Giving Challenge
Our annual 36-hour online giving challenge will take place Wednesday, April 26 - Thursday, April 27.
- Reunion Weekend
All alumni are invited to join us on the Hill May 26-28.
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Reunion Committee Reunion Committee members are your connection to campus. To learn more about becoming one, contact Assistant Director of Student and Young Alumni Giving Abigail Rose via email.
• Eliza Abendroth
• Ifeoma Archimalo
• Lanise Beavers
• Jules Desroches
• Evan Gee
• Houlder Hudgins
• Camisha James
• Emma Klug
• Heather Pacheco
• Sam Palicz
• Lindsey Stoner
• Parker Subia
• Alex Swaim
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Evan Gee: I'm still in Austin, Texas working on my PhD in political theory at UT. I spent some time in Washington, DC this summer with Henry Brill ’19, as well as Lindsay Stoner, Paul Murphy, and Anni Coonan and many other Kenyon friends. We're all very excited for reunion next year and can't wait to see everyone!
Houlder Hudgins: I'm still living in Richmond VA, enjoying the river city life during the summer and working at the United Network for Organ Sharing. I also just reached the halfway point in my Master's degree program in Public Health at GWU. My younger brother, Dell ’22, graduated from Kenyon this past spring and it was great to be back on campus for that, and I'm looking forward to seeing folks at reunion next year!
Lanise Beavers: I moved to Chicago at the end of 2021 and have been having a blast enjoying the Windy City!
Sadiq Jiwa: I just moved back to Phoenix, AZ where I'm training and competing in a bunch of golf tournaments. I will be in and around the Southwestern part of the United States for the greater part of the next 8 months so reach out if you're around that area. It's been an exciting road through the pro golf journey and I've found myself playing in some more elite level events and qualifiers and slowly climbing up the ladder to the top.
There's so much travel involved with playing in these events. Just over the last three months I've been to Vancouver, Seattle, Chicago, Reno, Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. Over the next three months I'll be making trips to Vegas, Napa, Tampa Bay, and San Diego! Wish me luck!
Natalie Kane: As of the end of summer, I've just finished a six-month season in the artistic/literary department at Roundabout Theatre Company in NYC. I've loved becoming more immersed in the theatre community here, and am looking forward to getting back to freelance directing and dramaturging this fall and winter. Hoping to get to Kenyon for a visit sometime soon!
Juliet Levy: I am currently living in Denver with my boyfriend and our dog. After earning my MA in Musicology from the University of Denver in the Fall of 2021, I completed an internship with the company that makes Operabase and CueTV. Following that, I started a Customer Support position with MakeMusic (Finale/Garritan/SmartMusic) outside of Boulder. Looking forward to getting back to Gambier for our 5th reunion! P.S. Support K-SWOC!!!
Samantha Palicz: This past spring, I graduated from The George Washington University School of Medical and Health Sciences with my Doctorate in Physical Therapy and I am now practicing as a Pediatric Physical Therapist in the Washington. D.C. area!
Indigo Rinearson: I've been working as a software engineer at Axios since April, living in Seattle, and baking pies for fun.
Nate Rosenberg: I began a new role in the Office of Admissions and Recruitment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Starting in August, I was promoted to Manager for Deposit to Enrollment where I specifically am working with students who are starting early in the summer or fall, students who defer their enrollment, and leading our final transcript collection and review process. Outside of work, when I'm not emailing students or reading hundreds of applications, nothing brings me more joy than cooking dinner for and spending time with Conor Tazewell '15, Sarah Jensen, and Claire Oxford who also live in Madison. On, Wisconsin!
Henry Uhrik: In June, I completed my MFA in Illustration and Visual Culture at Washington University in St Louis and am now teaching comics and illustration at Rochester Institute of Technology. Go Tigers.
Camisha James: I recently moved to Houston area where I am teaching middle school Chinese.
Caroline (Popiel) Valdez is living in New Haven, CT, with her husband and two cats, and working at Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin as a software test engineer.
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Did you know you can become a member of one of Kenyon's leadership giving societies by regularly making a gift of any size to the College? Benefits include society-specific favors, Reunion Weekend perks and camaraderie with Kenyon’s most loyal alumni. Visit kenyon.edu/societies for more information.
Kenyon is grateful to the following young alumni donors for their generous support of the College, including the Kenyon Fund, during the 2021-22 fiscal year. An asterisk (*) indicates a donor is a member of the Henry J. Abraham Society for loyal and consecutive giving.
Young Alumni Annual Fund Total: $10,470
Philander Chase Society
Donors of $10,000 to $24,999
Class of 2018
Lewis R. Smoot, III*
Bexley Society
Donors of $2,500 to $9,999
Class of 2020
Milo Eder
Gambier Society
Gifts of $120 to $1,000
(0-4 years post-graduation)
Class of 2018
Anonymous
Matthew F. Carney*
James W. Ernst
Julia N. Josowitz*
Parker A. Subia*
Class of 2019
Caroline G. Daugherty*
Jack A. Fantini*
Emma C. Hood*
Annie I. Reiner
Evangeline G. R. Warren*
Robert J. Williams
Class of 2020
Anonymous
Jacob H. Barnett*
Martin B. Caverly
Lufeng Chen*
James D. Cook
Erin M. Donnelly*
William R. Hartman*
Alexander B. Hoffman
Patrick F. Hudnut*
Patrick M. Kawakami*
Class of 2021
Jonathan Hernández*
Kenyon Society
Donors of $1 to $119
Class of 2018
Eliza M. Abendroth*
Brooks H. Alderman*
Anonymous
Ian D. Bell
Jake W. Berry
Paige H. Beyer
Jonathan A. Bornstein
Mara G. Bower-Leo
Susannah D. Davies*
Jules A. Desroches*
Frederick S. Ditmars
Meredith Gano*
Evan C. Gee
John C. Girolamo
Emily A. Green
Sabrina P. Greene
Robert D. Guldenschuh
David L. Hanna
Elinor P. Horn*
Houlder L. Hudgins*
Katelyn N. Hutchinson*
Sarah P. Jensen*
Sadiq Jiwa
Natalie S. Kane*
Jack Marooney
John McFarlane*
Juliette S. Moffroid*
Madeleine C. Morgan*
Ryan P. Muthiora
Nathan J. Novak*
Dana L. Oakes*
Heather M. Pacheco
Clara G. Pinchbeck*
Evan B. Rasch
Indigo L. Rinearson*
Nicole P. Scheman
McKenna C. Trimble*
Kelsey G. Trulik
Class of 2019
Anonymous
Frances L. Alani
Hannah J. Anain
Emma A. Braden*
Henry D. Brill*
Madeline J. Carlson
Rachel I. Cohn*
Esme R. Cole
Matthew D. Contreras
Emily A. Davis*
Taaj-udeen Y. Davis*
Benjamin W. Erjavac*
Emma H. Garschagen
Megan E. Gothard
Nathan C. Grosh*
Taylor A. Hazan*
Natalie M. Keller
Michael J. Lahanas-Calderon*
Sam A. Lipscomb
Pranav Mulpur*
Jordan D. Potter
Grace Richards
Juviand E. Rivera
Michael R. Sammons
Sarah R. Sklar*
Samantha R. Stavropoulos
Schuyler S. Stupica
Anna C. Tancredi
Esei T. Teclemariam
Peyton A. Thomas*
Catherine M. Von Holt*
Caroline G. Welch
Juliana P. Withers*
Class of 2020
Quinn C. Adam
Julia G. Adamo
Suzanna F. Bator
Nicholas T. Bennett*
Francis R. Byrne
Scout H. Crowell
Nicholas V. Culbert*
Jacob G. Fisher*
Mila H. Frank*
Chase C. Frederick
Alexander G. Freidinger*
Charles C. Gnagy
Baxter J. King-Epping*
Lucas Kreuzer *
Callan B. Morris
Gwyneth A. Phillips
Emily T. Rachfal
Emma W. Raible
Fallon A. Raviol
Jacqueline Sanchez
Juexuan Wang*
Camila M. Wise
Jacob T. Zalenski
Class of 2021
Anonymous
Margaret E. Bradley*
Liza L. Brilliant*
John M. Cohen*
Nicholas T. Connelly*
Myanna L. Cook*
Jorge D. Dumenigo*
Phu Duong*
Meghan S. Dye*
Allegra G. Fass*
Micah Fisher*
Jackson C. Fletcher*
Katherine B. Franco*
Birhanu T. Gessese*
Stephen J. Kelly*
Samuel C. Knowlton*
Issalin Lopez*
Sonya E. Marx*
Julia E. Moran*
Katherine E. Stapenhorst*
Henry M. Terhune*
Carter M. Vivio*
Yang Wu*
Class of 2022
Anonymous
Sumaya T. Ahmed*
Isabella D. Albrecht*
Albert J. Allen*
Sofia I. Alonso*
Sarah Ashkar*
Nicholas J. Babson*
Hannah F. Bachman*
Kylie M. Baker-Williams*
Emma K. Banks*
Sarah K. Barlow*
Gregor Bates*
Brett H. Bearrows*
Emma R. Becker*
Nicholas K. Becker*
Oluwafolajimi Bello*
Bradley J. Berklich*
Jacqueline Z. Bernstein*
Lucy R. Bidwell*
Rachel E. Billings*
Rebecca M. Blank*
Joseph B. Bolea*
Samuel D. Brodnitz*
Benjamin T. Brumley*
Joseph A. Bucci*
Kernochan J. Byrnes*
Darien E. Byrum*
Giulia M. Cancro*
Seamus K. Clair*
Jack B. Cohen*
August S. Corper*
Bella Creel*
William F. Curren*
Jessica N. Dannery*
Stefano F. De Maria*
Brynn M. Devine*
Piper L. Diers*
Olivia T. Dion*
Daisy J. Dow*
Alyssa P. Dowling*
John C. Draghi*
Andrew C. Everett*
Max Farkhat*
Thomas D. Fischer*
Owen T. Fitzgerald*
Ericka A. Florio*
Davis Freeman*
Lucy D. Friedberg*
Elijah D. Friedman*
Alina C. Fryer*
Robbin Gan*
Madelyn K. George*
Micah Glickman*
Gina R. Golden*
Christopher I. Goodall*
Alexander S. Gow*
Ansley Grider*
Jackson F. Grimes*
Fiona D. Guidos*
Pearson J. Hague*
Michelle Hanna*
Genevieve M. Harding*
Isabella R. Hatkoff*
Brent L. Henderson*
Mary M. Hester*
Jack E. Heston*
Lara A. Hoffer*
Olivia S. Hoffmann*
Mari Z. Holben*
Alexander L. Hoskins-Frame*
Olivia C. Hurley*
Adelaide M. Hurwitz*
Madde A. Hyland*
Maddie C. Johnson*
Joanna I. Kaizer*
Monique I. Kamara*
Takashi Kanazawa*
Virginia W. Kane*
Joshua Katz*
Andrew C. Kelleher*
Oliver J. Kendall*
Elinor E. Klee*
Rebecca R. Kornman*
Andrew E. Kotler*
Aaron P. Lambert*
James M. Lane*
Timothy J. Lapsley*
Caleigh Law*
Casey A. Leach*
Abigail V. Lee*
Ginevra M. Lee*
Skyler J. Lesser-Roy*
Eric W. Lifson*
Lidia Gabriela Lopez*
Nicholas B. Lust*
Sajara Magdaleno Urquieta*
Ethan J. Manalo*
Zachary S. Manlin*
Melissa J. Markstein*
Gabriela M. Marx*
Matias Mauviel*
James O. Mazer*
Grace M. McManus*
Frances K. Millen*
Emmerson A. Mirus*
Zane M. Monaghan*
Julliette D. Montoya*
Ryan L. Mott*
Kelly E. Myers*
Eliott C. Neal*
Ben C. Nutter*
Emma K. O'Shaughnessy*
Johnny G. Ortiz Vargas*
Zoë M. Packel*
John C. Paganelli*
Sofia J. Pedersen*
Elena C. Petron*
Rodaba Rahim*
Lauren Redman*
Matthew H. Rhee*
William A. Robbins*
Elinor G. Roman*
Raul E. Romero*
Sara Rosenthal*
Isaac N. Sage*
Nathan L. Saindon*
Luc E. Schermer*
Hannah J. Schmidt*
Ryan J. Schultz*
Cameron U. Schwendener*
Christian B. Scotto*
Hadley Z. Seymour*
Erin G. Shaheen*
Salome Shubitidze*
Lauren L. Smith*
Micah Smith*
Logan S. Snell*
Angus B. Soderberg*
Thea Soukup*
Thomas M. Stearns*
William B. Sturgeon*
John L. Sutherland*
Paul M. Thompson*
Katrina A. Tiktinsky*
Abby M. Timmins*
Hayden S. Toftner*
Conor E. Tuttle*
Matthew A. Ullstrom*
Mathilde Van Doosselaere*
Evan J. Wagner*
Christian J. Watanabe*
Edward P. Weber IV*
Fisher Wheeler*
Natalie R. Wilson*
Anna V. Winslow*
Alana S. Winston-Khan*
Giovanni Wolfram*
Maeve E. Woollen*
Benjamin D. Wooster*
Kylie S. Writer*
Ulysses L. Yarber*
Akarys Yegizbay*
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