"Kenyon College has received a whopping $75 million gift, the largest in the school’s nearly 200-year history.
The gift, from an anonymous donor, will support the development of a new library and academic quad at the liberal arts college of about 1,600 students in Knox County, the school announced Friday.
The donation triples Kenyon’s former largest single donation of $25 million, which the school received in 2002. The $75 million gift also is the largest-ever single gift to any private liberal arts college in Ohio, according to Kenyon’s announcement.
‘These are gifts that happen rarely on the higher education landscape and certainly rarely for colleges of Kenyon’s size, so it is an exciting moment for the institution to have a gift that is truly transformational for the work that lies ahead,’ Kenyon President Sean Decatur said.
The new quad, to be located on the west side of the Gambier campus, will have three new buildings: a library and academic commons with state-of-the art technology, an interdisciplinary academic building for the social sciences and a new building for admissions and key student services. The quad will contain underground parking to improve accessibility and gain green space." …
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