
There was much joy and a sense of overdue recognition of Grinnell College’s Black alumnae during and after the 2024 dedication of Renfrow Hall, recalls Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant, Louise R. Noun ’29 Chair in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies.
There was much joy and a sense of overdue recognition of Grinnell College’s Black alumnae during and after the 2024 dedication of Renfrow Hall, recalls Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant, Louise R. Noun ’29 Chair in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies.
Mary Zheng '15 reflects on her time as a contestant on "Survivor" and her time at Grinnell.
The shared experience and camaraderie was on display throughout the 145th Annual Alumni Reunion Weekend. Held May 29-June 1, Reunion 2025 was attended by 1,174 alumni, faculty, staff, and guests.
Alumni from 48 Grinnell classes are returning for the 145th Alumni Reunion Weekend, May 29-June 1. More than a thousand attendees will rekindle connections, explore campus, and reminisce about their student experiences.
The Award was established to honor Celina’s courageously hopeful life and legacy and bestows a cash prize. Celina Karp Biniaz, class of 1952, endowed the award to support a graduating senior with two key intentions: One, to aid students like her who had to overcome obstacles to obtain their education. Two, to recognize and support such students who wish to pursue careers teaching young people OR working for organizations or governmental entities whose core mission focuses on the education and welfare of young people.
Sarah Toay ’23 has been awarded a C$10,000 McCall MacBain Regional Award for graduate study at any public university in Canada. The scholarship recognizes students who have demonstrated exceptional character, community engagement, leadership potential, entrepreneurial spirit, academic strength, and intellectual curiosity.
The grant will support Beauboeuf-Lafontant’s research for her book project, You May Call Me Eva P: Portraits of a Willful Black Matriline, 1837-1937.
Featured prominently on the first three episodes, Mary Zheng ’15 joins season 48 of Survivor.
Will and Evelyn Freeman kindly took a few minutes with us to reflect on what their time at Grinnell has meant to them and to share memories from their years of coaching, mentoring, and learning.
Got three minutes? Check out this story from Grinnell College history in honor of Black History Month.
Coming to Grinnell, seeing so many interesting people organizing and doing different things …, opened me to other ways of thinking and thinking I could do more [creative work].
Why would I go somewhere that doesn’t feel the way Grinnell feels? I knew I wanted to be in an intentional community — with individuals who were both focused on their academics and dedicated to creating a supportive environment.
Everyone in our class knew what Puppies and Pancakes meant. It brought back memories and got them excited to be here together.
There was a point that I was like ‘I love teaching, but I also really love research,’ and I didn’t realize that there was a career where I could kind of meld the two.
After two younger brothers saw my financial aid package they chose to come to Grinnell too. Your support has changed the lives of my family.
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