Celina Karp Biniaz speaks at a podium

Biniaz Honored by USC

Mar 27, 2024
Celina Karp Biniaz ’52 was a featured speaker at a recent event at the University of Southern California that honored Holocaust survivors — like Biniaz — who had recorded their testimony with the USC Shoah Foundation. Biniaz received USC’s prestigious University Medallion in a special ceremony on March 25.
Irma McClaurin poses with a smiling Edith Renfrow Smith

Leaving a Footprint

Mar 04, 2024
While visiting Grinnell in February as a Mellon Foundation Humanities in Action Alumna scholar in residence, Irma McClaurin ’73 collaborated with students to build an archive of the Black Experience at Grinnell.
Two hands, one black and one white, hold opposite ends of a red baton.

Scarlet and Give Back Day 2024

Apr 08, 2024
Scarlet & Give Back Day returns April 10-11. Your Scarlet & Give Back Day gift passes the baton to current and future Grinnellians. Those who care, strive, work for good, and innovate for the future. Students who will go on to become active, thoughtful citizens, and go forth with impact.
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Grinnellian Talks On-Set Experience in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Feb 06, 2024
In the Oscar-nominated film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” movie enthusiasts can watch out for Josh Waddell ’97, who blends seamlessly into the world of 1920s Osage County, Oklahoma.
A Black women with red glasses and a bright orange shirt smiles alongside a gray-haired man wearing a suit.

Angela Onwuachi-Willig ’94 Receives Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy

Jan 11, 2024
Trustee Angela Onwuachi-Willig ’94, dean and professor of law at Boston University, was recently honored for her dedication to mentoring individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and working to increase diversity in the legal academy.
Beggs at podium

Joe Beggs ’19 and a Seat at the Table

Jan 02, 2024
At a Rosenfield Program event during his first year on campus, Joe Beggs ’19, now the CEO of two biotechnology start-ups, noticed there was an empty seat at the table where the presenters were eating. That open seat helped put him on the path to where he is today.
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2023 Wall Awards Presented to Four Alums Pushing for Inclusivity, Expanded Knowledge

Dec 14, 2023
Four projects developed by Grinnell College graduates have been selected for the 2023 Joseph F. Wall ’41 Alumni Service Awards.
A colorful quilt hangs on the wall

Grinnellian Quilts her Way through the Pandemic

Nov 16, 2023
Ellen Heath Modersohn ’83 found a fun and therapeutic way to process the events of 2020 — she created a docu-quilt that became a way of documenting a year that was like no other.

The Grinnell Community during a Global Crisis

Nov 20, 2023

Dear Grinnell alumni and families,

We write in community with you as Grinnellians with the hope that you are in community where you are, with mourning for the anguish that all impacted…

Members of the Multicultural Reunion Alumni Planning Committee take a group shot before the Gala Dinner.

Togetherness celebrated at Multicultural Reunion 2023

Nov 14, 2023
Alums cherished building community during a series of inclusive and thought-provoking events.

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