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Black Cultural Center

The Black Cultural Center (BCC) preserves and celebrates black history, culture, and diasporas of people who identify with African heritage. Built in 1970, it was later renamed the Conney M. Kimbo Black Cultural Center in honor of Kimbo, dean of student affairs from 1970–73.
Multicultural Leadership Council

Mar 28, 2018

A number of student cultural…
In Search of Tom Cole ’71

Mar 23, 2018

Grinnell has always impressed me by having few glitzy, headline-hogging alums. I’d like to think the College instead produces serious, hardworking leaders in all sorts of fields; the kind who do,…
Uncompromising Journalism

Mar 22, 2018

Jeanne Pinder ’75 has been steeped in journalism all her life. The Grinnell native honed her craft over the years with the Grinnell Herald-Register (which her grandfather…
Street-Based Sex Work

Mar 22, 2018

A biology and religious studies double-major at Grinnell College, Katie Hail-Jares ’07 looks back on Professor Tammy Nyden’s Philosophy of Science class as…
Renowned Author Stephen Kuusisto to Give Memorial Lecture

Mar 22, 2018

The April 10 lecture honors Armando ‘Mando’ Alters Montaño ’12
Hola! Bonjour! Guten Tag!

Mar 22, 2018

Emily Ricker ’18 knew she could “get away with speaking English” during her 2016 summer internship in Pohnpei, an island in the Federated States of Micronesia…
The Running Man

Mar 22, 2018

Barry Matchett ’94, director of external affairs for NRG Energy, a power generation company, is running campaigns to promote clean energy development. He also campaigns for…
Fostering Community Grinnell Style

Mar 22, 2018

If you’ve ever stopped someone wearing a Grinnell sweatshirt or slightly stalked a vehicle with a Grinnell College bumper sticker, it’s probably because you know the delight a…
Writers@Grinnell - Hugo Hamilton

Mar 21, 2018

Best selling Irish author, Hugo Hamilton, is next in the Writers at Grinnell series.