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Jamel Brinkley: Week of Sept. 20, 2020

Sep 02, 2020
Join award-winning author Jamel Brinkley for a reading from his work and discussion, moderated by Steven Duong ’19 and Mira Braneck ’19.
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Hieu Minh Nguyen and Angel Nafis: Week of Sept. 13, 2020

Sep 02, 2020
Join poets (and pals) Hieu Minh Nguyen and Angel Nafis for a week of special events featuring conversations about the craft of poetry, literary friendships, queerness, the art of mentorship, and working and surviving in a time of social upheaval.
Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Gabrielle Calvocoressi: Week of Sept. 6, 2020

Sep 02, 2020
Join award-winning poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi for a reading from their work, followed by a discussion with Writers @ Grinnell Director Dean Bakopoulos.
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Grinnell-in-London Resident Director Donna Vinter Retires After 40 Years of Service

Aug 31, 2020
Donna Vinter began teaching in the Grinnell-in-London program in 1980 and has shaped and directed the program since 1982, when she became the director.
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Summer Internships During a Pandemic

Aug 14, 2020
How the Center for Careers, Life, and Service helped keep the summer internship experience available during the summer of 2020.
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Serving College Student Meals During a Worldwide Pandemic

Jul 22, 2020
The first time I served meals for Grinnell College Students was on a dreary Saturday morning in April. My colleagues from the College’s Center for Careers, Life, and Service (CLS) and I delivered over 240 meals on that deserted and lonely campus. In my experience of uncertainty and change while navigating Grinnell, I was mesmerized by the new realities of an unknown world.
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Food Nostalgia in Contemporary China

May 27, 2020
Catch up with Jin Feng, professor of Chinese and Orville and Mary Patterson Routt Professor of Literature, in this Asian Ethnology Podcast interview.

Grinnell College Graduating Seniors and Alumni Receive Fulbright Grants

May 21, 2020
Four Grinnell seniors and two alumni were awarded Fulbright U.S. student grants for research/study and teaching English in 2020–21.

Angela Frimpong ’20 Receives Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

May 21, 2020
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a $15,000 stipend to graduating college seniors to pursue a meaningful public service activity. Frimpong will develop a youth entrepreneurship program in Gbulahagu, Ghana, that she named EntrepreYearn.

Valencia Alvarez Receives Stouffer Fellowship for Graduate Studies

May 20, 2020
Alvarez will pursue graduate studies in global epidemiology leading to a Master of Public Health degree with the support from the Elsie M. Stouffer 1924 Fellowship.

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