Celebrated author, poet, and University of Georgia professor LeAnne Howe visited the Grinnell College campus in early April. She presented a Scholars’ Convocation and led a writers’ workshop.

Prof. Meehan was loved not only by her colleagues and students but also by her invaluable administrative assistants, friends in Grinnell, and scholars around the country who remember her encouragement and support of their scholarly work through the years.

This grant will support the creation of an immersive virtual reality experience for visualizing a Viking longship, and understanding the social, linguistic, cultural, political, and economic roles that the longship played in the Viking Age.