Communications and Marketing

During the pandemic, Brian Smith ’94 made it his mission to support his fellow clergy as they lived with the reality of Covid, which kept them from physically being with their congregants.

Grinnell’s Center for Careers, Life, and Service offers need-based grants that support students’ personal, professional, and civic development. That includes expenses (including travel) associated with interviewing for a job or applying to grad school.

Celina Karp Biniaz ’52 was a featured speaker at a recent event at the University of Southern California that honored Holocaust survivors — like Biniaz — who had recorded their testimony with the USC Shoah Foundation. Biniaz received USC’s prestigious University Medallion in a special ceremony on March 25.

While visiting Grinnell in February as a Mellon Foundation Humanities in Action Alumna scholar in residence, Irma McClaurin ’73 collaborated with students to build an archive of the Black Experience at Grinnell.

The Grinnell Singers, under the direction of Conductor John Rommereim, will be traveling east for the group’s week-long spring concert tour, March 16–22.

Grinnellians celebrated Black History Month as “Unapologetically Black Month,” highlighting the strength of community as Black students came into joy and celebration with each other.

Christian Cardenas recently wrote an op-ed about how residential zoning laws in Minneapolis contribute to inequality. His was published on the Minnesota Reformer website. The article was his final project for The Sociology of Law course last fall.

John Rommereim, a Grinnell music professor, traveled to Spain to see the cave art and wrote an essay, “Connecting the Dots at Covalanas Cave.”

A joint venture of the Center for Careers, Life, and Service (CLS) and the Office of Communications and Marketing (OCM), self-service Iris Booth is designed to elevate professional portraits with ease and convenience.

The awards, which reflect the outstanding work of the College’s communications and marketing professionals, highlight the diverse talents within the department.