Denison University

I recently visited this campus while passing through Granville and it is such a unique, quaint University. This small liberal arts school sits high up on a hill near downtown Granville. The atmosphere (especially in the fall) makes you feel like you’re exploring a small New England town. Walking around the campus is a workout on its own! Got to explore the student Union, the football field, and a few historic buildings. The culture is strong and vibrant here at Denison!

I enjoyed my time at Denison University, but most of all, I enjoyed my time spent at the Homestead at Denison University. Denison has a reputation for being a preppy, snobby school, especially in terms of student body (if not academics.) I did not find that experience to be universally accurate, especially because of the time I spent at the Homestead, the Bandersnatch, WDUB (the radio station) and the excellent English department. Denison is currently looking at closing the Homestead, after cutting support for it over the years. This is despite it being a unique student experience that can't be found at any other university. If this occurs, it's likely I will change my review to lower than a 4-star review.

Denison University has beautifully manicured grounds. My wife and I spent an hour or so wandering about the campus as a break from a long road trip. A miniature wetland, meadows, a large field of zinnias, as well as formal plantings of flowers dot the campus.

Great memories over four years at Denison University's athletic complex in Granville Ohio with WashU Swimming. The complex is maybe ten years old, but looks new. It houses indoor track, tennis and swimming. My visits after Thanksgiving have been at their annual Denison Invitational Meet with my son. The school uses the opportunity to fundraise the local food bank. My specific experience with the school is through swimming only. So the rating has nothing to do with academics, although I know from ratings and word of mouth it is a strong D3 school. The pool is a looker. It's a 50 meter with diving wells. They also installed a very large spectator area to hold large events like conference and the Denison Invitational. However, a star deduction with air quality issues over the years. This makes competing much harder. So long Denison University. My son has graduated out of this meet and it will be missed. Not just the facility, but the people and memories it holds.

I am thankful for Denison in a lot of ways, but most importantly, my time at the Homestead. Living in an intentional community was one of the most meaningful experiences in my life, and surely shaped me to be the discerning, moral agent I have grown into. Surprisingly, I did not know about the Homestead until I started attending and followed friends to a communal dinner held on a Friday night. Four years later, I spent seven semesters there, including a winter and a summer surrendering the comforts of my parents' house for chickens, gardens, and community. While Denison (in my opinion) should shout from the rooftops about what a unique and impactful living experience they have to offer, they did not. Unfortunately, this trend is continuing and Denison is looking to shut the Homestead down. I am one student among many who owe so much to the Homestead, and I hope the administration knows we are here and ready to support the campus in keeping this unparalleled space for generations to come.

Denison University is a Beautiful campus! Lots of fall colors right now. I enjoy taking walks and photos here.

I graduated from Denison University in 2004. My experience had two outstanding aspects that would be difficult to find at any other American college or university: 1) The Homestead: an exceptional student-run sustainable living community of 12 in the magnificent Ohio woods approximately one mile (1.6 km) north of the Denison main campus. My college memories include building parts of a strawbale cabin, installing solar electrical systems, growing edible gardens and orchards, cooking with my fellow “Homies” (often incorporating homegrown produce), and walking or biking to and from classes. As a student-run community, we used consensus-based decision making whenever possible and worked with various partners and allies on the university faculty and staff. In addition to the students who lived at the Homestead, many others were friends of the Homestead. The Homestead is the OG of learning through living! 2) My senior project (as a Studio Art major): I was the first-ever student at Denison to author a comic book as a senior project. Keep in mind that I attended Denison at a time before incorporating comics and graphic novels into curricula became common at colleges and universities. In late high school, I visited many different liberal arts colleges as a prospective student, and Denison was the only one where I met a professor (Ron Abram) who loved comics and sought to integrate them more strongly into academic programs. Four years later, he advised my senior project—I wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered a science fiction comic book called A Humble Joy, featuring a physicist and his pet guinea pig. After graduating from Denison, I became part of the first-ever class at The Center for Cartoon Studies and graduated with an MFA in 2007. I currently work as an interpretive park ranger for the National Park Service.

Beautiful campus. Impressive administration and faculty. Attended 25th reunion celebration with spouse who graduated 50 years ago.

This facility is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you so so much for allowing our team to play here, too bad we weren't invited back to finish! Thank you again for inviting our team here.

Beautiful college campus in the fall and winter. I was there for a swim meet and the athletic facilities are decent for a small college. The pool area is nice with a deck overhead to watch the swimmers. The bathrooms are really clean.