The curiosity is understandable. Everyone wondered how the East Coast transplant, a medical doctor, and his spouse and two young sons would fare in largely white Iowa, which has seen some pitched battles over same-sex marriage. To Kington, who didn't come here to be a mouthpiece for any group, the attention was a bit uncomfortable. "A research professor assigned me as a topic on various sociological theories," he said. "That was really just...
Inauguration of President Kington
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Excerpts from Pres. Kington's May 7 inaugural address
Monday, May 30, 2011
Grinnell is a microcosm of academic excellence. But it lives within the larger world of higher education. And the higher education social contract between the U.S. government and its citizens is being entirely renegotiated, with long-term, unknown, and potentially devastating impacts on the ability of many to complete their college degrees - and for those who do graduate, on their ability to obtain a job, rent an apartment, purchase a house,...
$300,000 awarded to individuals under 40 working to foster positive social change
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Grinnell College today named the winners of the first Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize: Boris Bulayev, president, and Eric Glustrom, executive director, Educate! (shared award); James Kofi Annan, executive director, Challenging Heights; and Rabbi Melissa Weintraub, co-founder and co-executive director, Encounter.
The...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Grinnell College President Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D., will be inaugurated as Grinnell’s 13th president, Sat., May 7, during a day that includes community service activities for students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the national liberal arts college.
Kington, who began his Grinnell tenure in August, 2010, brings a fresh perspective to the academic world as the...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
The inauguration of Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D., the thirteenth president of Grinnell College will take place on Saturday, May 7, 2011. A Day of Service will commence early that morning, followed by an all-campus lunch and the installation ceremony on Central Campus at 3 p.m.
President Kington, his spouse Peter Daniolos, M.D., and their two young sons Emerson and Basil arrived in Grinnell in late August of last year and have been...
