On March 7, 2019, the College learned that an unauthorized person accessed the system that houses admission-related information. Today a message was sent to students with records in the Grinnell College admission system. A dedicated and confidential toll-free response line will be available at 888-526-1229, starting at Noon (CT) on Monday, March 11.

Grinnell College's Board of Trustees has appointed a Board Task Force on Student Financial Support and Success.

Monessa Cummins, of the Department of Classics, has received a national prize for her excellence in teaching and her dedication to serving as an expert, adviser, and mentor to students.

Euphor will play at a Contra Dance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, in the Grinnell Arts Center. On Saturday, March 9, they will present a workshop from 1-3 p.m. in the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, followed by a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Herrick Chapel

March 12-13, 2019, Sunny Yudkoff will present on the role played by tuberculosis in the life and writing of the Hebrew modernist David Vogel and also participate in an informal conversation, Jewish Studies Today, with students.

On March 7, 2019, Grinnell College was made aware of suspicious activity in our admission database. We immediately closed access to our database, notified the FBI, and launched an investigation. We determined that some admission data may have been accessed by an unknown party. We have no evidence at this time that this incident has included financial information provided by students or parents on financial aid applications, application essays, letters of recommendations, or transcripts. The investigation is ongoing, and we will provide follow-up notification as appropriate.

The Young, Gifted, and Black Gospel Choir will travel to Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Ohio during the choir’s annual spring concert tour, performing two free concerts open to the public – one on Sunday, March 17, in Forestville, Maryland, and the second on Monday, March 18, in Washington, D.C.

Ken Adler, professor of history and Milton H. Wilson Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, will give a Scholars’ Convocation Lecture at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 14, in Room 101 of the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.

Professor Kesho Scott receives a standing ovation from the Iowa House of Representatives and gives the keynote address at an NAACP dinner in Ames.

The Grinnell Singers and Lyra Baroque Orchestra will present a joint concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10, in Sebring-Lewis Hall in the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts.