Professional Relationship Management

Build Relationships That Secure Your Next Job

Weekly challenges, AI-powered tools, and a curated inner network. Sophun helps Kenyon students and recent graduates build habits that grow careers, one relationship at a time.

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For Students & Recent Graduates

Build Relationships For Later

The strongest opportunities often come through people, not applications. For you, that is Kenyon's alumni network and the personal networks of each alum.

The relationships you build today can create opportunities for years to come. Sophun helps you with a framework for networking through small, guided actions that can fit between Peirce and the Lowry Center.

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Connect with Alumni

Build relationships with people who have already walked down Middle Path before you.

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Discover Career Opportunities

Learn about internships, industries, and career paths through conversations.

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Build Meaningful Mentorships

Stay connected with alumni, professors, and peers who can support your growth.

Challenges

Build habits. Level by level.

Three difficulty levels designed to grow with you, from your first connection to helping your peers catch up to you.

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Beginner
First steps in professional networking
Featured Challenge
Send a Genuine Thank You to Someone Who's Helped Your Career
Networking starts with the people already in your corner. Reach out to someone who made a real difference and tell them exactly how. A specific, sincere message is more powerful than any cold pitch.
More Beginner Challenges
Post Your First LinkedIn Take Update Your LinkedIn Headline Connect with a Kenyon Alum Attend a Career Event
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Intermediate
Deeper conversations, stronger connections
Featured Challenge
Request an Informational Interview with an Alum in Your Field
Move beyond surface-level connection. Ask a Kenyon alum for 20 minutes to learn about their career path. Come with three real questions and leave with a contact worth keeping.
More Intermediate Challenges
Write a Thoughtful LinkedIn Comment Share a Mentor's Work Follow Up After an Event Introduce Two People in Your Network
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Advanced
Lead, mentor, and give back
Featured Challenge
Mentor a First-Year Student Through Their First Networking Experience
The best way to solidify your own network skills is to help someone else develop theirs. Guide a younger student through their first outreach — from identifying who to contact to what to say.
More Advanced Challenges
Organize a Peer Networking Session Publish a LinkedIn Article Speak at a Campus Event Build an Alumni Coffee Chat Series
The Kenyon Advantage

Your Network Starts at Kenyon

Kenyon's greatest resource beyond NCAs is the community of alumni that have been there before you. People make up that community. Not jobs.

Every conversation has the potential to open a new door, provide valuable perspective, or spark an unexpected opportunity to prove yourself, provide value, or learn like there's no tomorrow. And it starts way before you graduate.

Students

Explore career paths and build confidence through meaningful conversations with people who've been exactly where you are.

Recent Graduates

Grow your professional network intentionally as you launch your career — stay close to the Kenyon community as your circle expands.

Alumni

Mentor, reconnect, and create opportunities for the next generation of Kenyon students walking down Middle Path.

Getting Started

Simple. Systematic. Powerful.

From download to your first real networking habit — four steps that compound over time.

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Download Sophun

Available now on iOS. Set up your profile in minutes — no complicated onboarding, no friction.

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Build Your Circle

Create your LinkedIn profile, complete your first challenges, and start adding the people who matter most in your future professional world.

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Get Started

A new challenge every week. Start at Beginner and level up as your networking confidence grows.

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Level Up with Sophun AI

AI tools for conversation starters, outreach messages, bios, and challenge feedback — right when you need them.

The Sophun Belief
"Networking isn't about knowing the most people.
It's about knowing the right ones and showing up for them consistently."

Ready to build your network with intention?

Your first challenge is waiting. Download Sophun and start this week.

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