Awards season
We’ve always known that President Knobel is pretty exceptional. As he entered the final autumn season of his tenure at Denison, all kinds of other people came out of the woodwork to let us know how...
View ArticleHabits of mind — and heart
It was a busy day on campus on Friday, April 19, with lots of special guests in prospective students and members of the Board of Trustees, but for one hour during the afternoon, it was all about the...
View ArticleHome of the Big Red
Nearly everyone who crowded into the spacious atrium of the newly renovated Mitchell Center last Friday afternoon (April 19) held a red sports pennant that read “Lou’s Team.” During the dedication of...
View ArticleThe portrait of a president
Throughout his 15 years as Denison’s president, Dale Knobel often has spent time in the Presidents’ Room, which is tucked into a quiet corner of the library’s main floor. There on the walls are the...
View ArticleThe end of the Knobel era
Springtime at Denison is a time for farewells, as students finish required papers and take final exams, while seniors prepare for Commencement and life after college. This spring, Denisonians also are...
View ArticleLet the mortarboards fly
At the college’s 172nd annual Commencement exercises on Sunday (May 12), Melanie Stolp ’13, in the Senior Class Address, brought up her feelings about Denison’s Big Red Buzzard prior to her start at...
View ArticleCarol of the bells
Yesterday six bells were added to Swasey Chapel—bringing the total to 16—with the help of a crane and some fellows who apparently don’t think twice about wielding hundreds of pounds of metal hundreds...
View ArticleThe little things
“It’s the little things,” said Jeff Haidet ’97, as he looked through the window of Curtis dining hall during Reunion Weekend. “Like that pathway wasn’t that wide,” he said pointing to the brick walk...
View ArticleIt’s the people
A college presidency may be filled with fundraising, building projects, and tending to the needs of a busy student and faculty population, but at a place like Denison, where the president’s house sits...
View ArticleSo, what’s new?
Yesterday upperclass students could be seen hauling lamps and clothes and dishes and shoes into their new rooms and apartments. The line at the bookstore was growing by the minute. And faculty were...
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