Spring 2013
Winter 2012
- Grinnell 14
- Kasimow: Defying Darkness, The Grave
- RAGBRAI Team Grinnell
- The Grinnell Prize
- Mime@20 — Nathaniel Borenstein '80
- Joel Shapiro's Blue Oregon blog
- Harry's War; Harry Hopkins 1912
- Historic Photos
- PBS's The History Detectives on Harry Hopkins Short Snorter Part I and Part II
- Silicon Valley Photo Tour
- Lute Lover: Jacob Heringman ’86 Personal Site
Fall 2012
- Fall 2012 Tutorials
- What — No Grad School?
- Letters to the Editor:
Tricky Prose
Fallacious, but Factual
Farewell, John and Zal
Summer 2012
- The Accidental Poet
- Choosing Grinnell's Future
- If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want Your Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Surprise Act of Kindness (Letter to the Editor)
Spring 2012
For more information on (or to respond to) the following The Grinnell Magazine stories, please following the links:
- Editornotes — Page 2
- Download The Grinnell Magazine Spring 2012 (PDF)
- Email the editor
- Update your contact information
- Contact the College about your ideas for Grinnell-related events in your area
- Join Grinnell in Foreign Policy
- Tell us how humanities study influenced you
- Letters — Page 3
- Submit a letter to the editor.
- Read Stephen Bright’s comments on Morris Dees
- Read “The Church of Morris Dees”
- Can China Save the World — page 6
- Read a sample chapter of As China Goes, So Goes the World
- Strategic Plan Update — page 8
- Find updates and information or submit comments
- Send questions or comments regarding the strategic planning process
- A Global College — page 11
- Request information about or contribute to a fellowship or scholarship programs
- Not For Grinnellians Only — page 13
- Request information about using college facilities
- Sun Storm — page 15
- See Solar Flare-Ups for more information about solar storms
- Grinnell Expats — page 18
- Tell us if you live in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, or Syria
- “American Bill” — page 34
- Tell us if you’ve experienced unexpected fame or notoriety while studying abroad as a Grinnell student
- Classnotes — page 35
- Submit your classnotes
- Visit the Alumni site
- Dave Loewenstein ’88 — page 37
- Occuprint, with more of Loewenstein's posters
- Alumni Magazines Should Come with Antidepressants — page 38
- Read more by Vikki Reich ’92
- Emily Bergl ’97 — page 38
- Emily Bergl's site
- J.R. Osborn ’97 — page 39
- Glitter Dust: Finding Art in Dubai
- Book Giving Day — page 40
- International Book Giving Day
- James Dinnerville ’01 — page 40
- The Beverly Art Center of Chicago
- The Do-It-Herself Watson — page 42
- Unexpected Learnings, excerpts from Sarah Casson's blog
- In Memoriam: Philip L. Kintner
- Find more information or leave a remembrance
Winter 2011
For more information on (or to respond to) the following The Grinnell Magazine stories, please visit the following links:
- Editornotes — Page 2
- Download The Grinnell Magazine Winter 2011 (PDF)
- Email the editor.
- Letters — Page 3
- Read more letters to the editor.
- Submit a letter to the editor.
- Explorations: Self-Governance — Page 8
- Read more about self-governance at Grinnell.
- Climate Change Is Here and Now — Page 10
- Read the full text of the letter David Campbell signed.
- Learn more about the ACUPCC pledge that President Kington signed.
- Assessing Student Learning — Page 11
- Email the Assessment Task Force.
- The Grinnell Prize — Page 13
- View videos on the winners’ visit to campus.
- Learn more about the Grinnell Prize.
- The “Grinnell Soul” — Page 20
- Comment on Grinnell’s distinctiveness or on the strategic planning process.
- Learn more about strategic planning at Grinnell.
- Read the full text of the “Inside Higher Education” post on a survey of 130 liberal arts college presidents.
- A Liberal Education — Page 26
- Read the full text of Geoffrey Galt Harpham’s Grinnell speech, From Eternity to Here , on which this article was based.
- A Better Way to Teach Science — Page 30
- Read the full text of the article by Tom Cech ’70, on which this essay was based: Science at Liberal Arts Colleges: A Better Education?.
- The Father of Silicon Valley Sidebar — Page 33
- Read the full text of the article, by Tom Wolfe, quoted in this sidebar.
- Classnotes — Page 38
- Email to submit a classnote.
- Visit the Grinnell College alumni website.
- Meet Your Meat — Page 40
- Learn more about Kol Foods.
- Bookers to the Bands — Page 42
- Learn more about Ground Control Touring.
- Learn more about the Windish Agency.
- In Memoriam — Pages 44-48
- Contribute remembrances about Grinnellians.
- Read additional remembrances about Grinnellians.
Fall 2011
Spring 2011
Winter 2010
Fall 2010
Summer 2010
- Tips for Surviving the Recession
Selah celebration reflects on the past
Nine Years of Kevin Cannon '02 Cartoons
The Scarlet and Black turns 115
Spring 2010
Video of the Announcement of Grinnell's New President
Grinnell College Welcomes a New President- Timeline: A Presidential History of Grinnell College
A Baseball Family
Pfitsch’s Pfishes
Haiti Post-Earthquake- Immortal Emilie, by Erika Graham ’10
- Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn
Winter 2009
150 Years — A Historic Postcard Slideshow of Campus- Holbrook — Reports from Baghdad: Some Excerpts
- Holbrook — A Grinnellian's Story
- Holbrook — The Magical Place
Holbrook — Images of Vietnam
Holbrook — Iraq Project Update
Challah-Making Workshop- Jewish at Grinnell: My Experience by Deborah Rabinowitz Ericson ’71
- Jewish at Grinnell: My Experience by Naida C. Tushnet ’61
- Inside the “Death Panels”
- Pittsburgh to Grinnell to Help Plan My 50th College Reunion and Back
- Reviewing Tosca
Fall 2009
Building Excitement: Phase II of the Athletic and Fitness Center- Priming the Pump: Models of Group Culture, Conceptions of Power ...
Wrongfully Convicted?
150 Years -- A Look at Historic Grinnell in Grinnell
150 Years -- A Historic Postcard Slideshow- 150 Years -- J.B. Grinnell: Abolitionist, minister, land speculator
- 150 Years -- Joanna Harris Haines 1865: Grinnell's first woman graduate
- Bonnie Tinker '69 -- Unforgettable Grinnellian
- Judge James R. Wilson '68 -- Unforgettable Grinnellian
Summer 2009
Spring 2009
Winter 2008
Fall 2008
Fun on Wheels
Our Correspondent in China - Crimson Stain
Roller Derby - Hope Amid Destruction in Chengdu
- Grinnellians at the Beijing Olympics
- The Art of Learning
- Confucius Resurrected in China
- Steerage: From Alien to Citizen
- Samuel Elbert '28 -- Unforgettable Grinnellians
- The Dining Hall
- PenguinShare
- Former music faculty member Denis de Coteau -- Unforgettable Grinnellians
- The Life of Mary Ellen Paine Parsons 1887 -- Unforgettable Grinnellians
- My Search for the Duclod Man
Summer 2008
- On the Road to El Silencio
Podcasts of Listen Hear
Images of Costa Rica
How High - Outtakes from The Grinnell Magazine - Survival: Outwitting Evil
- Defying Darkness: Three Children Who Survived the Holocaust
- One Man's Odyssey: John Stoessinger's Flight from Hitler Leads to Grinnell
- Remembering Denis de Coteau
- Simchas Torah






