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This significant grant renewal highlights the College’s unwavering dedication to fostering a diverse faculty and promoting the multivocality of the humanities and related disciplines. 

Academic Assistant Cheryl Fleener-Seymour on her work, life, family, and being a mother to nine children.

President Anne F. Harris addressed the families of Grinnell students during her President’s Welcome in 2023.

On Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 4–5 p.m. in Burling Lounge, get a snack and come learn about open educational resources (OER) that you can use for your pedagogy!

Please join the Grinnell College Libraries at 4:15 p.m., Oct. 3, as we continue our faculty/Staff Research Series with Laura Ng, assistant professor of anthropology, for her Research in Progress talk, “Archaeological Landscapes of Chinese American Communities in the Southwestern Urban Frontier.”

Shields will share her insights on planetary habitability and discuss her recent memoir, “Life on Other Planets.”

On Tuesday, Sept. 26, President Biden announced the inaugural members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States, which aims to enhance dialogue between U.S. officials and the African diaspora.  

Assistant Dean for Academic Success Belinda Backous discusses work, life on an Iowa homestead, and her love of the outdoors.

Kylie Ann Smith ’27 and Preston Yoshino ’27 traveled 3,985 miles from their hometown of Honolulu, Hawaii, to attend college in Grinnell, Iowa. Learn about their motivations here.

Everybody,” written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is a play about the universal experience of life and death that premiered off-Broadway in 2017. A contemporary version of the 15th century morality play “Everyman,” “Everybody” explores abstract concepts through characters like Love, Evil, and Friendship.

Join us in Burling Lounge on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 4:15 p.m. for “Providing a Central Source for Public Paddling in Iowa” with Tim Hammond. He will talk about the database of Iowa rivers that he has created with help from the Digital Liberal Arts Collaborative (DLAC).