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  1. A group of alumni chat during reunion
    Alumni News

    Alumni to Revisit the Past while Reconnecting with Classmates at Reunion 2025

    Alumni from 48 Grinnell classes are returning for the 145th Alumni Reunion Weekend, May 29-June 1. More than a thousand attendees will rekindle connections, explore campus, and reminisce about their student experiences.
  2. The Center for Careers, Life, and Service helps ensure internships reamin possible for students.

    Opening Doors

    May 27, 2025
    Grinnell's internship funding unlocks life-changing opportunities for students worldwide.
  3. Student Skipping off Stage

    Recognizing Four Individuals Who Helped Shape the Class of 2025’s Time at Grinnell

    May 27, 2025
    Each year, Grinnell College’s graduating class has the opportunity to recognize individuals who have profoundly shaped their student experience—not just in the classroom, but in moments of everyday care, kindness, and connection. For the Class of 2025, four exceptional individuals have been named Honorary Class Members: Peggy Elliott, Renee Bourgeois Parsons, David Stanley, and Jani Springer.
  4. Evan's Grinnell Journey Banner photo

    Evan’s Journey

    May 27, 2025
    Evan Hurst ’21 studied local LGBTQ+ history, interned at a Seattle filmmakers’ collective, explored the prairies of Iowa, and discovered that they are, in fact, a cat person.
  5. black etching on cream paper of trees

    Paula Modersohn-Becker’s ‘Landscape under Trees’

    May 21, 2025
    Highlights from the Grinnell College Museum of Art collection, with expert commentary from Associate Director Dan Strong.
  6. tossing of caps 2025

    A World of Promise: The Class of 2025 Commencement in Photos

    May 20, 2025
    Grinnell College honored the Class of 2025 with a joyful and heartfelt Commencement ceremony, held indoors for the first time since 1996 due to forecasted storms. This photo essay captures the energy and emotion as over 400 graduates from 46 states and 20 countries marked the end of their Grinnell journeys and the start of new chapters ahead.
  7. Students in Professor David Harrison’s Spring 2025 advanced French seminar, Molière: Performance and Adaptation

    Grinnell Students Pitch Ideas on Molière Play to Charles Newell of Court Theatre at the University of Chicago

    May 20, 2025
    Students in Professor David Harrison’s Spring 2025 advanced French seminar, Molière: Performance and Adaptation, pitched theatrical production concepts to a nationally renowned theatre director in Chicago.
  8. student with diploma

    Grinnell College Celebrates Commencement for the Class of 2025

    May 19, 2025
    Surrounded by faculty, staff, family, and friends, over 400 graduates walked across the stage, symbolizing the culmination of their academic journeys and the beginning of new chapters ahead.
  9. 1882 students hold signs about the cyclone that destroyed campus just days before their graduation

    Three-Minute History: Tornadoes Destroy Grinnell College but Commencement Goes On

    May 19, 2025
    On June 17, 1882, two tornadoes converged on Grinnell, destroying the college campus and killing almost 40 people. Three days later, Commencement went on despite the destruction.
  10. Penny Bender Sebring and Charles Ashby Lewis

    $1 Million Gift Gives CLS a Flexible Foundation for Student Support

    May 18, 2025
    The latest gift from Penny Bender Sebring ’64, H’15, a former Grinnell trustee, and her husband, Charles Ashby Lewis H’15, establishes an endowment that will provide CLS greater flexibility and ensure it can readily embrace new opportunities for supporting students.

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