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Grinnell’s diverse and vibrant student organizations bring camaraderie, service, and fun to campus life.

On Yom HaShoah, we honor Holocaust survivor and Professor Emeritus Harold Kasimow, beloved teacher and adviser known for his empathy, his understanding, his thoughtful silences, and his kindness.

Sarah Luebke Sproehnle ’00 has established a faculty scholar award at Grinnell College.

In her own words, learn what motivates and inspires Anne Harris as she works to lead Grinnell College in a year filled with challenges

From flowering crabapples to sycamores, birches, and firs, the trees dotting Grinnell’s campus have served as familiar landmarks — as well as beloved spots to climb, make art, and meet for class — for generations of Grinnell students.

Typical January temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, hover near 20 below zero. Some of my jogging friends would brave the cold and continue their pastime outdoors. I chose an alternative venue, a narrow track circling the Olympic-size hockey rink at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

People are sometimes surprised to learn that Steven Galster ’84 works equally hard to protect both humans and animals.

In the late 1960s, when the future president of the American Medical Association expressed an interest in medicine, her high school guidance counselor advised her that women don’t go to medical school. Today Dr. Barbara McAneny ’73 is a nationally recognized leader in oncology treatment, and this June begins her term as president of the AMA, the fourth woman president and the first president from New Mexico.

Alumni are nominated for Grinnell College’s Alumni Awards for many reasons. Below are a few of the reasons their supporters offered.

Everyone has a memory from Grinnell College where they couldn’t stop laughing, says Daniel Malarkey ’08.

When Jeman Park ’20 and a few friends dreamed up EduPass, technology that helps schools keep tabs on students during unscheduled times of the day, he was just a senior at Minnesota’s Mounds View High School working on a side project.

A highlight of the spring Alumni Council meeting was the presentation focusing on Grinnell’s career communities, a recently launched addition to the Center for Careers, Life, and Service (CLS).

Motivations and benefits
aren’t always obvious or predictable