Sean Decatur, an emerging national leader in higher education, became the nineteenth president of Kenyon College on July 1, 2013. A champion of the liberal arts, President Decatur earned a bachelor's degree at Swarthmore College and a doctorate in biophysical chemistry at Stanford University.
A recent series of articles in the Collegian and online commentary about the Gund Gallery and the senior studio art exhibition have generated a great deal of noise. With the benefit of some time to reflect, it seems appropriate to extract the important questions — and answers — about the gallery and its role at Kenyon.
Recent events in Cleveland, Ferguson and New York City, and the unfolding national conversations that they provoked, deserve attention here in Gambier.