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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.

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

Inspiring Grinnell Experiences Over 60 Years Ago Leads to $5 Million Gift

dralusde — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:36:24 +0000

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As a testament to her steadfast commitment to civic engagement, the College is honored to share the news of a $5 million gift, in part for the Katherine “Kathie” Howell Weingart ’61 Civic Innovation Pavilion at Renfrow Hall, made possible by Weingart and her brother, Steve Howell ’63.

Inspiring Grinnell Experiences Over 60 Years Ago Leads to $5 Million Gift

Feb 16, 2024

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Renfrow Hall Topping Off: Celebrating a New Era of Collaboration and Community

wellsmat — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 22:48:07 +0000

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Photo Essay of the Renfrow Hall Topping-Off Ceremony on Jan. 30

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Grinnell College’s 14th President Anne F. Harris signs the beam. President Harris shared, “This is no ordinary residence hall. I will say there are few things, if anything, that are more humbling and thrilling than to see a vision become a reality. For our students, this will be home. I invite us to think about that as we sign the beam for our college and our community. This will be a place of gathering — of the communion of ideas — of a new future for this community and all of it, under the gaze and presence of Edith Renfrow Smith.”

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Grinnell College marked a significant milestone in Renfrow Hall's construction with a Topping-Off Ceremony. Weitz, the construction company, noted this event signals the completion of the building's skeleton structure, with the elevator hoist beam serving as the focal point. Attendees shared in the unique opportunity to sign this pivotal piece before it was raised into place.

Renfrow Hall Topping Off: Celebrating a New Era of Collaboration and Community

Jan 30, 2024

Grinnell College celebrated a significant milestone in the construction of Renfrow Hall with its Topping-Off Ceremony on Jan. 30, 2024. Weitz, the construction company overseeing the project, shared

Grinnellian Talks On-Set Experience in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

mozoyesen — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:01:33 +0000

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Yesenia Mozo

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In the first five minutes of Killers of the Flower Moon, Grinnellian Josh Waddell ’97 walks behind Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), a World War I veteran. The film was shot in Osage County. Image courtesy of Apple TV+ and Paramount Pictures.

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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.

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. The film, directed

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

mozoyesen — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:43:36 +0000

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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.

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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.

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

Jan 11, 2024

Grinnell College Trustee Angela Onwuachi-Willig ’94, dean and Ryan Roth Gallo Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, was presented with the Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding

Rodger Clawson Relishes Keeping Up With His Grandson’s Grinnell Endeavors

dralusde — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:32:45 +0000

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Math, muscle, and music is how Rodger describes the interests of Ian Clawson ’26

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Math, muscle, and music is how Rodger describes the interests of Ian Clawson ’26

Rodger Clawson Relishes Keeping Up With His Grandson’s Grinnell Endeavors

Nov 16, 2023

Rodger Clawson has held a lot of titles in his life from teacher to computer guy to cyclist. But the title of which he’s particularly proud is that of grandfather. Clawson has four grandchildren and

Grinnellian Quilts her Way through the Pandemic

stolzeja — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:55:11 +0000

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‘Docu-quilt’ offers therapy, joy during the dark days of 2020.

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Ellen Heath Modersohn’s quilt is now part of the State Historical Society of Iowa’s collection documenting the events of 2020. Photo by Bob Modersohn

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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.

Grinnellian Quilts her Way through the Pandemic

Nov 16, 2023

It all began one night in early 2020 with some buttons and fabric. “I just started sewing little COVIDs,” Ellen Heath Modersohn ’83 says. She didn’t yet have a plan in mind for her fabric-and-button

Togetherness celebrated at Multicultural Reunion 2023

jensenda — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:55:47 +0000

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

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Alums cherished building community during a series of inclusive and thought-provoking events.

Togetherness celebrated at Multicultural Reunion 2023

Nov 14, 2023

About 75 alums came together last weekend at Multicultural Reunion 2023 to swap stories and consider how they can play a part to The Road Ahead Together – this year’s reunion theme. Attendees were

Grinnell Names Two New Endowed Faculty Chairs

wellsmat — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:16:46 +0000

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Shuchi Kapila, professor of English, will hold the Maxeiner/Baumann-Payne Endowed Chair and Nicole Eikmeier, assistant professor of computer science, will be the first recipient of the new Luebke-Sproehnle Endowed Junior Faculty professorship.

Grinnell Names Two New Endowed Faculty Chairs

Nov 14, 2023

Grinnell is pleased to announce the appointment of two new endowed professors, as approved by the Grinnell Board of Trustees: Shuchi Kapila, professor of English, who will hold the Maxeiner/Baumann

From French Table to the Lab

beamerani — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:44:05 +0000

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