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Grinnell College's Board of Trustees has appointed a Board Task Force on Student Financial Support and Success.

On March 7, 2019, the College learned that an unauthorized person accessed the system that houses admission-related information. Today a message was sent to students with records in the Grinnell College admission system. A dedicated and confidential toll-free response line will be available at 888-526-1229, starting at Noon (CT) on Monday, March 11.

On March 7, 2019, the College learned that an unauthorized person accessed the system that houses prospective student and applicant information. A call center is being established for individuals who may have been affected by this incident.

March 12-13, 2019, Sunny Yudkoff will present on the role played by tuberculosis in the life and writing of the Hebrew modernist David Vogel and also participate in an informal conversation, Jewish Studies Today, with students.

Ken Adler, professor of history and Milton H. Wilson Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, will give a Scholars’ Convocation Lecture at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 14, in Room 101 of the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.

The Young, Gifted, and Black Gospel Choir will travel to Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Ohio during the choir’s annual spring concert tour, performing two free concerts open to the public – one on Sunday, March 17, in Forestville, Maryland, and the second on Monday, March 18, in Washington, D.C.

Euphor will play at a Contra Dance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, in the Grinnell Arts Center. On Saturday, March 9, they will present a workshop from 1-3 p.m. in the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, followed by a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Herrick Chapel

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Johnson's presentation, "The Beekeeper: Performing Southern Black Women who Love Women" will be held in the Humanities and Social Studies Center, Room S3325.

Sometimes to both students and professors, Grinnell College can feel a little bit like living on an island. Jeremy Chen, a senior lecturer in Grinnell College’s Art Department, set out to change that with the creation of Stew Art Studios, commonly called “The Stew,” an art studio at 927 Broad St. in downtown Grinnell, where students can share their work and collaborate on art projects with town residents.

Professor Kesho Scott receives a standing ovation from the Iowa House of Representatives and gives the keynote address at an NAACP dinner in Ames.

While noting that the bio chem major “may seem daunting” at first, Ashley Kang ’19 has found it to be a rewarding experience.

Philip An '19 suggests that intended biological chemistry majors “find ways to stay passionate” about the subject. “I recommend that emerging biological chemistry majors try to enjoy the ride. Really reflect about what you are learning in class.”