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The Rosenfield Program brings students out of the classroom to delve into international affairs in Washington, D.C., as part of the College’s globally informed, inquiry-led curriculum.

On Wednesday, April 3, Grinnell College staff members will receive an email invitation to take part in a campus staff climate survey administered by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI). This confidential survey will seek staff input about job satisfaction, general issues and concerns, and areas for improvement. Widespread participation and candid input are the best ways for the community to share staff insights, which can be used to create meaningful plans that address concerns. President Raynard S. Kington has asked that the results of the survey be shared fully with the community to develop an action plan. Survey results will be shared with staff during the fall 2019 semester.

During the STEM Career Community trek to Seattle this spring, students met data scientists who said their job didn’t theoretically exist.

A research project in China was just the beginning of this student’s educational journey.

Isabelle Demers, who is rapidly becoming recognized as one of North America's most virtuosic organists, will perform a concert at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 6, in Herrick Chapel to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the restoration of the chapel’s historic organ.

Valerie Ann Johnson, who holds a faculty chair and directs Africana Women’s Studies at Bennett College in North Carolina, will give a lecture about how women respond to white supremacy and fascism at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in Room 152 of the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts.

In the Art History Senior Seminar, students pursue their own interests, conduct independent research, and discover new ways of learning.

An internship at the Stanley Museum of Art helped one student discover his future by exploring the past.

Pulizer Prizewinning poet Tyehimba Jess will lead a roundtable discussion about writing at 4:15 p.m. and read from his work at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center
as part of the Writers@Grinnell program.

Award-winning writer Wil Haygood will lead a roundtable discussion about writing at 4:15 p.m. and give the Armando Montaño Memorial Lecture at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center as part of the Writers@Grinnell program.

The College invites the public to celebrate the positive impact girls high school basketball has on Grinnell at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in connection with the Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition at Drake Community Library.

Dr. Emeran Mayer, a professor, neuroscientist, and gastroenterologist at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will give a Scholars’ Convocation Lecture about microbes at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, in Room 101 of the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.

Bao Ying Chen ’14, biomedical physics graduate student at UCLA, was drawn to Grinnell by its commitment to diversity, the financial resources offered to students, and the flexibility of its individually advised curriculum. “Without Grinnell’s help, I do not think I would have been able to pursue a higher education degree,” says Chen, a first-generation college student.