When Kenyon students graduate, the transition can take some time, and students may require access to materials and contacts from their undergraduate days as part of their successful application to the next stage in their lives. For this reason, Kenyon permits graduates to retain their accounts during a transition period after graduation of up to 120 days. 

We also enable Google Takeout services that permit graduates to extract all their email and files into an archive. During the 120-day post-graduation period, we highly recommend downloading all files to ensure no data is lost. At this point, the technology transition to a post-Kenyon life is complete. 

Kenyon takes its legal and ethical obligations to protect the privacy of data in institutional systems very seriously and we take many steps, both visible and invisible, to ensure that the College meets those obligations. 

It is for this reason that Kenyon uses best security practices for computer accounts including:

  • Two-factor authentication with the Duo software for access to Kenyon data systems

  • Two-factor authentication through Google’s Two-Step Verification for access to email and network file storage 

  • Single sign-on: using the same login credentials on multiple systems to reduce the problem of managing (and exposing) multiple accounts and passwords

  • Long passwords, which are exponentially much harder to decrypt by brute force computation

Graduates in need of assistance with their accounts may contact Helpline during business hours. Call 740-427-5700 or helpline@kenyon.edu.

Last Updated Jan. 23, 2025