Grinnell College’s athletic teams have made waves this season, setting records and earning national recognition across basketball and swimming & diving. From thrilling conference championships to record-breaking performances, the Pioneers continue to make history.

The Grinnell College Libraries is pleased to announce its read-and-publish agreements with several publishers that produce scholarly journals.

We hope that your spring break provided respite and discovery – and that your return to campus has been uplifted by glad reunions and the energizing realization of the last seven weeks of the 2024-25 academic year.

Eli Conrod-Wovcha ’26 was excited to study abroad in Senegal in the fall of 2024, but he never expected to become a celebrity there.

Staff council recognized the following staff members as the Spring 2025 Staff Council Grand Grinnellian Award winners. Each of the winners has demonstrated their commitment and dedication to the college by being an excellent performer in their duties while representing the core values of the institution and the mission of Grinnell College.
Grinnell College’s capacity building role for the Grinnell Education Partnership (GEP) has helped make many of these collaborations possible. Through this network, GCELC has benefited from strong cross-sector partnerships, expanded resources, and a shared commitment to improving outcomes for local children.

Featured prominently on the first three episodes, Mary Zheng ’15 joins season 48 of Survivor.

In honor of Women’s History Month, our Three-Minute History series looks back at the role of women in the early years of the College.

After graduation, economics and Chinese major Jivyaa Vaidya accepted a job with Morningstar Inc., a global financial services company headquartered in Chicago.

Lex Baumann ’22 was focused on urban colleges until she visited Grinnell and fell in love. Since arriving, she has job-shadowed a lawyer in Miami, served as a community advisor (CA), changed her major, and much more. Next up: law school applications.

Garcia, from St. Paul, MN, is among 37 students selected nationwide from 155 finalists from 41 partner schools to receive the $40,000 fellowship stipend. The program offers “college graduates of unusual promise a year of purposeful, independent exploration and international travel to enhance their capacity for resourcefulness, imagination, openness, and leadership and to foster their humane and effective participation in the world community.”

The band Butcher Brown will perform a concert in Herrick Chapel on the Grinnell College campus at 7:30 p.m. on March 27.