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During the STEM Career Community trek to Seattle this spring, students met data scientists who said their job didn’t theoretically exist.

On Wednesday, April 3, Grinnell College staff members will receive an email invitation to take part in a campus staff climate survey administered by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI). This confidential survey will seek staff input about job satisfaction, general issues and concerns, and areas for improvement. Widespread participation and candid input are the best ways for the community to share staff insights, which can be used to create meaningful plans that address concerns. President Raynard S. Kington has asked that the results of the survey be shared fully with the community to develop an action plan. Survey results will be shared with staff during the fall 2019 semester.

The Rosenfield Program brings students out of the classroom to delve into international affairs in Washington, D.C., as part of the College’s globally informed, inquiry-led curriculum.

An internship at the Stanley Museum of Art helped one student discover his future by exploring the past.

A research project in China was just the beginning of this student’s educational journey.

In the Art History Senior Seminar, students pursue their own interests, conduct independent research, and discover new ways of learning.

Valerie Ann Johnson, who holds a faculty chair and directs Africana Women’s Studies at Bennett College in North Carolina, will give a lecture about how women respond to white supremacy and fascism at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in Room 152 of the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts.

Isabelle Demers, who is rapidly becoming recognized as one of North America's most virtuosic organists, will perform a concert at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 6, in Herrick Chapel to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the restoration of the chapel’s historic organ.

Pulizer Prizewinning poet Tyehimba Jess will lead a roundtable discussion about writing at 4:15 p.m. and read from his work at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center
as part of the Writers@Grinnell program.

The College invites the public to celebrate the positive impact girls high school basketball has on Grinnell at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in connection with the Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition at Drake Community Library.

Award-winning writer Wil Haygood will lead a roundtable discussion about writing at 4:15 p.m. and give the Armando Montaño Memorial Lecture at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center as part of the Writers@Grinnell program.

Talk about flexible. Nick Hunter ’15 is using the skills he developed as a Spanish major in his graduate program in engineering.

Emily Mesev ’15, molecular biology Ph.D. student at Princeton University, says that when she first visited Grinnell, “it felt like the best place for me.”

Collin Kramer ’15, a third-year medical student at the University of Iowa, came to Grinnell knowing that he wanted to study medicine. Thanks to the small class sizes, dedicated faculty, and abundant research opportunities offered by Grinnell’s biological chemistry program, Kramer graduated feeling well-prepared for medical school.