LaDonna Redmond, an activist who was inspired to fight for a fairer food system due to limited access to fresh, healthy and organic food in her Chicago community, will give the Scholars’ Convocation Lecture at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.

Organist Linda Bryant and student organists perform a creepy but fun Halloween concert at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, in Herrick Chapel.

David Loy will analyze social and ecological issues from the perspective of arts, religion, and ecology, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, 7:30–9 p.m. Noyce Science Center, Room 1023.

TEDxGrinnellCollege takes place from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Roberts Theatre in the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts.

At 8 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, parents may begin registering their children for the fall session of the free Ignite Program, which will take place on campus Saturday, Nov. 17, for youngsters from prekindergarten through fourth grade.

Sebastian Braun, director of American Indian Studies at Iowa State University and a researcher who studies the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota and its impact on native and non-native communities and the environment, will speak on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

Burma native Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung, professor and chair of political science at University of Massachusetts, Lowell, will give a talk on Wednesday, Oct. 31, titled “MIND THE GAP: Responses to Genocide in Myanmar.”

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Mark your calendars for Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, when featured guest artist Ian Clarke will join flutists and flute lovers for the festival in Bucksbaum Center for the Arts.

The Ladies Education Society (LES), founded in 1862, has awarded scholarships to six seniors on the basis of academic excellence, character, leadership, and financial need.

 

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