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Grinnell College’s 143rd Alumni Reunion Weekend is taking place June 1-4 throughout numerous venues on campus and around Grinnell. At last count, 1,400 guests have registered to attend.

This spring, Grinnell College awarded community mini-grants totaling $22,200 to six local initiatives. Since 2002, the mini-grant program has directed over $580,000 to 227 community-driven initiatives.

Willig, class of 2023 from Brookline, Massachusetts, graduated with a music major and an American studies concentration. Their essay titled “Critical Fabulation for Survival: Knowledge of Pre-colonial Gender in Igbo Culture to Sustain Queer Imaginings of Care,” explores anti-queer and patriarchal violence in Nigeria and how these oppressive structures impact the nation’s citizens and members of its diaspora.

Holly Roepke will return to Grinnell College with her appointment as director of athletics and recreation. She will also serve as chair of the department of Physical Education, Athletics, and Recreation (PEAR).

The Grinnell Singers have released a CD of Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Missa Omnium Sanctorum, recorded with the Lyra Baroque Orchestra.

Grinnell College May 2023 graduates Daniel Rosenbloom and Dorota Ziabicka were awarded Critical Language Scholarships for summer 2023 and Pierce Fairbanks and Isabella Maloney participated in summer 2022.

During the Commencement ceremony, special recognition was given to the recipients of the prestigious President's Medal and the Andrew W. Archibald Prize, honoring the top students who exemplified outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated exceptional leadership throughout their time at Grinnell College.

Blanche Johnson Professor of Music John Rommereim’s organ music is included on a Parma Recordings CD titled Heavy Pedal, Vol. II.

The role of the trustees is to assure the “great and lasting good” of Grinnell College. Through their commitment to institutional stewardship, shrewd financial investments, and prudent management, the trustees have enabled Grinnell to become a leading liberal arts college noted for its rigorous academics, diversity, community, and commitment to exploring issues of justice on campus and beyond.