The theme of Alumni College 2004, "Internationalism at Grinnell College," builds on a tradition of more than a century of international connections. Grinnell is a global college, dedicated to bringing the world to Grinnell, and taking Grinnell to the world. Each academic year offers a rich variety of international speakers, visitors, students, professors, and courses. In addition, faculty and students carry out research, study and teach in foreign educational institutions, and pursue international internships and service programs. All of these features of the College testify to a clearly international spirit and foundation. Alumni College will share this spirit with participants by showcasing current faculty who maintain these international connections.

Todd Armstrong, director of the Center for International Studies (CIS), opened Alumni College 2004 by highlighting the mission and programs offered by the CIS. This center at the College represents a conscious and deliberate effort to bring internationalism at Grinnell College to the fore, while continuing the internationalization of the Grinnell College community.

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• Negotiating Indigenous Identities and Histories in Central Colonial Mexico
  Valorie Benoist, associate professor of Spanish
  
  
• Water, Wilderness, Wildlife and Welwitschia: Linking Grinnellians with Arid Southern Africa
  Kathy Jacobson, associate professor of biology
  
  
• Today's Foreign Policy Debate and the Legacies of Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson & Woodrow Wilson
  Wayne Moyer, the Rosenfield professor and director of the Rosenfield Program
  
  
• Assessing Some Visible Institutions of Globalization - The IMF, the World Bank and the WTO
  Jack Mutti, Sidney Meyer professor of international economics
  
  
• The Sound of Globalization
  Roger Vetter, associate professor of music