Apr 16, 2025
The award honors distinguished senior members of the alumni community who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, a commitment to service, and exemplary character in their personal and professional lives.
Alumni Relations News
Apr 3, 2025
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.
Mar 19, 2025
Featured prominently on the first three episodes, Mary Zheng ’15 joins season 48 of Survivor.
Mar 7, 2025
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.
Feb 26, 2025
Got three minutes? Check out this story from Grinnell College history in honor of Black History Month.
Jan 7, 2025
Robert Gehorsam ’76 might be called a modern renaissance man. His career has spanned the entire arc of digital platforms and entertainment from the infancy of interactive online experiences through the introduction of generative artificial intelligence. He sees teaching Entrepreneurship and Social Change at Grinnell College as an outgrowth of his career as a “professional mentor.”
Jun 13, 2024
The College welcomed back alumni from across generations for its 144th Alumni Reunion Weekend, held from May 30 to June 2, 2024.
Jun 4, 2024
Nominated by their classmates and peers, recipients have distinguished themselves by their service to their careers, their community, and/or the College.
May 1, 2024
From the graduating class of Edith Renfrow Smith in 1937 to the vibrant ceremonies of today, each year’s Commencement has been a special intersection of achievement, reflection, and aspiration.
Apr 26, 2024
At Omni Ecosystems in Chicago, Michael Davenport ’92 is leading the movement to create green roofs that prioritize biodiversity.
Alumni Relations Stories
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].
Sam Nakahira ’19, Master of Fine Arts at the Center for Cartoon Studies
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.
Alexandra Odom ’16, Ph.D. student in history
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.
Allison Wong ’12, Officer
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.
Everyone in our class knew what Puppies and Pancakes meant. It brought back memories and got them excited to be here together.
Grinnell definitely prepared me for my future in medicine … good studying habits, how to keep up with courseload, how to advocate for myself in the classroom, seek out professors, and how to work with people. All of those skills got really fine-tuned at Grinnell.
Alumni Relations In The Media
Curated by 12 students enrolled in Professor of Art History Michael Mackenzie’s Exhibition Seminar, Rhizomatic Intimacies highlights the depth of student collaboration, experiential learning, and alumni partnership at Grinnell College. The exhibition, on display through March 29 and featuring photography from the private collection of Keith Jantzen ’80 and Scott Beth, explores themes of intimacy through portraiture, landscape, and the body.