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Truman Scholars demonstrate outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to a career in government or the nonprofit sector, and academic excellence.

2021 Distinguished Author: Alexander Chee
Wednesday, May 12, 7 p.m.

Winners of the 2020-2021 English Writing Awards will also be presented.

Executive Producer Alissa Nutting, Christina Lee, Dean Bakopoulos, and other cast and crew from HBO Max’s new series “Made for Love.”
Wednesday, April 28, 7 p.m.

The Wilson Center for Innovation & Leadership collaborates with The Moth Radio Hour to bring a story-telling workshop and slam to the Grinnell College campus.

Grinnell College will award honorary degrees to the following individuals making major contributions to the fields of science, humanities and social science.  

Grinnell students, faculty, and staff have access to the extensive primary source collections of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries.

Schvalla Rivera has been promoted from Associate Vice President to Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She will continue in her other senior leadership roles as Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Advisor to the President.

The Wilson Center hosts LeaderShape, a multi-day off-site retreat that provides approximately 60 Grinnell College students the opportunity for self-discovery, self-reflection, and feedback.

Grant will help fund art, literacy and mental health-focused activity bags for children in the Grinnell area

Diana Chege ’22, an English major from Nairobi, Kenya, was awarded the Fischlowitz Travel Fellowship for 2021. She plans to visit New York, Washington, D.C., Texas, and California in August to explore the experience of Black women in the United States.

Please join the Grinnell College Libraries in celebrating National Poetry Month with a poetry egg hunt during the week of April 5–9 on Grinnell College campus.

While Americans have high ideals for what makes up our democracy, a new Grinnell College National Poll shows our country gets failing grades when it comes to executing those ideals in real life.