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The Rosenfield Program in partnership with the Office of the President and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is excited to announce a special event featuring Justice Alan Page, the first African American justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court and celebrated former NFL player. The event, scheduled for Friday, January 26, at 6 p.m., will take place at JRC 101 on the Grinnell College campus. 

President Harris discusses winter storms, event to model ways to be in dialog even within tense situations, and the death of Professor Emerita Johanna Meehan.

Campus Safety received a report of graffiti portraying a star of David on a pillar between Clark and Dibble Halls on the Mac Field side of the building.

We write in community with you as Grinnellians with the hope that you are in community where you are, with mourning for the anguish that all impacted by the Israel-Hamas war are enduring, and with sorrow for the grief and losses we hold in its wake.

We observe First-Generation College Celebration Day on Nov. 8, to commemorate the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which expanded federal financial aid for students and created programs, like TRIO, to increase access and retention and completion rates for first-generation and limited-income students.

The plan, designed with insight from multiple studies, campus-wide and small group discussions, individual interviews, on-campus workshops, and contributions from divisions and departments, sets a course for strategic actions and implementations for the next seven years.

I write to you within the context of these very challenging times to provide recourse and resources for your well-being and to recall our stewardship of our community and of each other. I write especially to Grinnell students, wanting you to know how very much your faculty and staff care about you, as they live in these times with you.

Grinnell College is a global institution, one where events happening thousands of miles away are likely to personally impact students, staff, and faculty.  We are a community where more than 60 languages are spoken, which represents more than 40 nationalities, and which includes a broad diversity of ethnicities and religious affiliations. Over the past 24 hours, multiple messages have been sent through college platforms.

I am pleased to share that Jonathan Colby, Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director of Core services in ITS, has agreed to serve as interim CIO.  His appointment is effective as of Monday, October 16, 2023.

I write to invite you all to an Intertribal Powwow on Grinnell’s campus to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day today, Monday, October 9, 2023.