Power Outage Continues to Impact Campus

Nov. 16, 5:22 p.m.

Update: Power has been restored to campus. All residences will remain open. Dining will close at 6 p.m.; bookstore at 11 p.m. Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov. 16, 4:02 p.m.

Kenyon College Alert: A power outage continues to impact campus. While AEP currently estimates that the issue will be resolved before midnight, the College has made plans to ensure the safety of students should the campus be without power overnight.

All students remaining on campus will be housed in Old Kenyon, Hanna, Leonard, Bushnell and Manning tonight, which will continue to operate with steam heat. If you do not currently have a room or a friend in one of these residences, you may stay in one of the common areas. All other residences will close at 5:30 p.m. They will reopen tomorrow from 7 a.m. to noon so that students may retrieve items before break.

Beginning at 5 p.m., the five residential buildings listed above will be secured for the night, and all students will be granted card access to these residences. Portable generators will power the IT closets in these residences so that Wi-Fi will be available.

Peirce Dining Hall will serve dinner tonight from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Bookstore will extend hours until midnight so that students may continue to charge their devices.

Students should contact Campus Safety at 740-427-5555 in case of an emergency or to be connected to on-call medical and counseling services. For non-emergencies, contact Campus Safety at 740-427-5000 or 740-427-2131, or email reslife@kenyon.edu.

Nov. 16, 11:26 a.m.

Kenyon College Alert: A power outage continues to impact campus. AEP has not issued a new estimate for when power will be restored.

Afternoon classes are canceled and campus services are limited to essential operations. Nonessential staff need not report to campus.

Peirce Dining Hall, the Bookstore and Gund Gallery are open to students, operating on generator power. Peirce will serve limited food options for lunch. Old Kenyon, Hanna, Leonard, Bushnell and Manning residence halls are operating with steam heat. Students should contact Campus Safety at 740-427-5555 in case of an emergency or to be connected to on-call medical and counseling services.

The College is monitoring the situation and making plans should the outage persist into the evening.