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Beronda Montgomery will step down from her role as Dean of the College and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Gerald (Jerry) Seaman will act as Interim Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

During her 38 years at Grinnell College, generations of students have benefited through engagement with her considerable intellect, passion, and skills honed as an eminent scholar, award-winning writer, and internationally known diversity trainer.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated each year at Grinnell and in the world on January 27. This is a day to remember the lives lost in the Holocaust: the six million Jews who were murdered, as well as individuals of many marginalized groups, including, but not limited to, members of the Roma community, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, resistance activists and more.

As President Harris announced on the first day of class, a team has been working to create diverse opportunities for our community to learn about and come together to share and explore our own relationships with the war and crisis in Israel and Gaza. We hope to hear from people highly engaged on this topic and connect more as a campus around these issues.   

Campus will remain closed until 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 16. Updates will be provided by 8 a.m. if the closure is extended. Otherwise, no additional communications are planned.

Campus will remain closed until 8 a.m. Tuesday, January 16 due to dangerously low windchills and hazardous travel conditions across the state. Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day; any non-essential services which would otherwise be open during a holiday will be closed.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning from 9 p.m. today, Thursday, January 11, through midnight on Friday, January 12. This storm will have the following impacts for the Grinnell area and the majority of central Iowa: