Mission Statement
News Archive
Funding and Recognition
Funding
Funding for the Rural Life Center comes from Kenyon College and a variety of federal, state, and local sources. Kenyon College provides for general operating expenses and supports various projects. Grants and outside agency funds support additional initiatives.
Grants
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, Life Along the Kokosing
McGregor Foundation, Rural By Design
McGregor Foundation, Food for Thought
Ohio Humanities Council, Documenting Local Culture, Life Along the Kokosing, Oral History Institue,
The Mayos, The Family Farm Project
Knox County Community Trust, Documenting Local Culture, Life Along the Kokosing
Rural Sociological Society/Kellogg Foundation, Life Along the Kokosing
Ohio Department of Agriculture, HomeGrown
McGregor Foundation, Rural By Design
McGregor Foundation, Food for Thought
Ohio Humanities Council, Documenting Local Culture, Life Along the Kokosing, Oral History Institue,
The Mayos, The Family Farm Project
Knox County Community Trust, Documenting Local Culture, Life Along the Kokosing
Rural Sociological Society/Kellogg Foundation, Life Along the Kokosing
Ohio Department of Agriculture, HomeGrown
Agencies
American Folklife Center, Documenting Local Culture
Knox County Farm Bureau, Family Farm Project
Knox County Planning Commission, Land Use Survey
United States Information Agency, Jiaoliu
Knox County Fair Board, Knox County Fair
First Knox National Bank, Life Along the Kokosing
Knox County Farm Bureau, Family Farm Project
Knox County Planning Commission, Land Use Survey
United States Information Agency, Jiaoliu
Knox County Fair Board, Knox County Fair
First Knox National Bank, Life Along the Kokosing
Professional Collaboration
In addition to its many projects, The Rural Life Center works closely with a variety of organizations that view RLC as a model program of rural study, experiential learning, and college-community collaboration. To date, RLC has worked with Bailey Scholars Program at Michigan State University, the Community Food Security Coalition, Farm Aid, Green Mountain College in Vermont, the folklore departments at Indiana University and Ohio State University, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, Ohio State University's rural sociological program, The Ohio Historical Society, and Malabar Farm State Park.
Awards and Recognition
American Association for State and Local History,
The Community Within: Black Experience in Knox County, Ohio
American Farm Bureau Federation, Rural Delivery: Family Farming in Knox County, Ohio
Knox County Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award
Knox County Farm Bureau Service to Agriculture Award
Telly Award, Where Does our Food Come From?
Ohio Academy of History, The Family Farm Project
Ohio Department of Agriculture Indigenous Leadership Award
Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, Life Along the Kokosing
Ohio Local Historical Alliance and Ohio Historical Society, The Place to Be
Rural Sociological Society Best Practices Award for Contributions to Undergraduate Teaching about Rural Diversity
The Community Within: Black Experience in Knox County, Ohio
American Farm Bureau Federation, Rural Delivery: Family Farming in Knox County, Ohio
Knox County Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award
Knox County Farm Bureau Service to Agriculture Award
Telly Award, Where Does our Food Come From?
Ohio Academy of History, The Family Farm Project
Ohio Department of Agriculture Indigenous Leadership Award
Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, Life Along the Kokosing
Ohio Local Historical Alliance and Ohio Historical Society, The Place to Be
Rural Sociological Society Best Practices Award for Contributions to Undergraduate Teaching about Rural Diversity
