Grinnell Takes Student Well-Being to the Next Level

Jan 08, 2018

In the midst of the national outcry about student safety on college campuses, concern about alcohol, drugs, and sexual assault is central to many conversations surrounding student well-being…

Bakopoulos Receives 2016 NEA Fellowship

Jan 08, 2018

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded individual creative writing fellowships of $25,000 each to 37 fiction and creative nonfiction writers, including Dean Bakopoulos<…

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For Love of Opera

Jan 08, 2018

During Grinnell’s weeklong fall break, 11 students in Opera, Politics, and Society in Modern Europe left the classroom for San Francisco with Kelly Maynard, assistant…

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Teaching for Fun

Jan 08, 2018

Since fall 2014, nearly 150 Grinnell College students have volunteered to teach workshops on campus to children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. 

“I hope they…

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Engaging Students

Jan 08, 2018

Embedding philanthropy as part of the educational experience helps students connect their learning to the careers they want to pursue and the lives they want to lead. It upholds our values and…

President Kington with designees Shuchi Kapila Daniel Reynolds Elaine Marzluff and Erik Simpson wearing medals They and an unidentified man all wear academic robes

Four New Designees for Endowed Chairs

Jan 05, 2018

An installation ceremony for endowed chairs, professorships, and staff on Nov. 14 in Herrick Chapel honored current endowed chairs and celebrated the naming of four new designees:

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New Admission and Financial Aid Building Taking Shape

Jan 04, 2018
The Admission and Financial Aid Center is under construction on Park Street, directly across from Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH). These images give you a glimpse of what it will look like when the building is complete in fall 2018.

On the Citrus

Dec 27, 2017

Richard Tillotson ’66 lives in Honolulu, where he worked for many years in advertising and now focuses on his own creative writing; his most recent novel is What You…

Trial by Fire

Dec 26, 2017

I slid into a booth in a swanky joint I frequented little, if ever, in a part of town I saw only at night, if then. It was high noon. I was meeting up with an alum we’ll call “Joe…

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