2022 Honorary Degree Recipients and Emeriti Faculty

May 11, 2022
During the 2022 Commencement ceremony, Grinnell College will award honorary degrees to the following individuals who have made major contributions to the fields of law, science, humanities, and social science. Grinnell honors three faculty members retiring in 2022 for their years of service and bestows on them the title of emeritus faculty.
Students in the Sitcoms first-year tutorial watch their original scenes.

‘You Got it, Dude!’: A First-Year Tutorial About Sitcoms

Feb 11, 2022
After a year of challenges, Makeba Lavan, assistant professor of English, takes on the topic of sitcoms with her First-Year Tutorial.
Beronda L. Montgomery

Grinnell College Appoints Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

Jan 11, 2022
Beronda L. Montgomery, an internationally recognized plant biology researcher and expert on mentoring in science, will join Grinnell in July 2022
Open book

Library Research Satisfies Your Curiosity and Builds Your Skills

Jan 11, 2022
How one First-Year Tutorial about Old English poetry led to original work that’s available in Digital Grinnell.
Jarvis Givens

Scholars’ Convocation: Dr. Jarvis Givens 

Sep 21, 2021
Givens will present "The Fugitive Life of Black Teaching: A History of Pedagogy and Power" at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 in Humanities and Social Studies Center, Room A1231.
John Garrison, Associate Professor of English, and Elijah Griffin ’21

National Honors Pour in for Grinnell Faculty Members

Jul 19, 2021
Grinnell College faculty members have been selected for a number of prestigious awards, fellowships, and scholarly prizes over the past few months.
Elizabeth Collinger ’21 and Fernando Villatoro ’22 in front of HSSC

SEPCs: Increasing Student Voice in Academics

Jul 06, 2021
Each major and concentration at Grinnell College has a Student Educational Policy Committee (SEPC), a group of students who are “working to improve student experience in the major or concentration department and the Grinnell community as a whole.”

Promotions and Tenure of Faculty Announced for 2021–22

May 18, 2021
The Board of Trustees has approved the awarding of tenure, and President Anne F. Harris has approved numerous faculty promotions for the 2021–22 academic year.
Juneteenth Freedom Day

Learn, Discuss, Do: Celebrating Juneteenth

Jun 17, 2021
This is the inaugural year of recognizing Juneteenth with a holiday, giving employees of the College an opportunity to celebrate the historic day with loved ones.

Summer Term Update: Research projects, internships, but no classes

Feb 16, 2021
Given that our students are making good progress toward their degrees, despite a very difficult and intense year, Grinnell College will not offer classes in Summer 2021. We will work individually with the few students who need further academic credit on options towards the degree.

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