Kings campus connection revisited
John Silvanus Wilson, the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, delivered a stirring convocation speech honoring Martin Luther King Jr. this past Thursday. His...
E-Reserves pilot program takes off
A student initiative passed last fall works to streamline course documents that would typically be in the library’s e-reserve system. The new program seeks to bypass tedious E-Reserve logins and make reading easier for...
Rep. Braley hosts forum
Bruce Braley, the US Representative for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, serving since 2007 and representing much of Northeastern Iowa, will be taking a two-day trip to visit several colleges and universities across...
D-Hall perfects plating
As hungry students trudged out of the gray slush and into the Dining Hall for dinner last Sunday, they were greeted by an unseasonal array of color. Gone were the beige plates and bowls of old, and in their stead shone new plates of...
Admissions hits record high
The number of applications to Grinnell for the Fall 2012 semester leapt up 52 percent from last year’s level to a record high that will likely lead to the lowest acceptance rate ever. Once the last few applications arrive,...
This week in SGA
This Wednesday, Joint Board celebrated Senator Appreciation Day with Chinese food and a light schedule, as business concludes at the end of the semester. Once Presiding Officer Peter Aldrich ’15 confirmed that Robert’s...
Gabfest grabs Grinnell’s attention
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, Grinnell College was hosted a live taping of the Slate Magazine’s “Political Gabfest” podcast, featuring Slate editor David Plotz, CBS Political director John...
Car Theft Most Recent in Spree
The car theft from a campus parking lot on Tuesday, Dec. 6 prompted Campus Safety & Security to send an email to students asking them to help identify the suspects’ pictures. The email, sent on Wednesday, Dec. 7, also included a...
Mid-Semester grads transition into uncertain future
Twenty-four seniors walked in the mid-year commencement ceremony last tuesday, which officially concludes their undergraduate education. These seniors, surrounded by family and...
Strategic Plan Update: Alumni Engagement
This is the third installment of a five part series examining the primary working groups for the College’s Strategic Plan. The last two will print next week, in the last S&B of the semester. The Alumni Engagement working...
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