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Aiyana Rockwell `24 has participated in many things at Grinnell. Not only is she an economics major, policy studies and education double-concentrator and an athlete for the women’s basketball and track teams, she has also served as a research assistant, admissions tour guide, and co-president of Student Athletes for Social Change (SALSC). Despite her many...
Ekta Shaikh `24 said that the first memory she has of Grinnell is of snow. Originally hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, she said, “It was a bit unreal because I was coming from Karachi, and the first thing I see is snow, just sheets of snow, like white, thick snow everywhere. And that’s how I remember...
Trains, squirrels, a roller skating chimpanzee, projected archival works and set pieces lit up the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts’ Flanagan Theater during its newest play, “Songs of the Scarlet and Wayback,” creating a mosaic of Grinnell’s history. The production was a live compilation of Poweshiek County community interviews and student archival research that chronicled...
Kesho Scott said she has never been interested in attaining power. Instead, she would rather make an impact. When she heard that the new endowed chair for the African diaspora studies department would be named after her, Scott knew that the College and alumni network had indeed recognized and honored her lasting impact at Grinnell. ...
Grinnell Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) members have organized a walkout, two vigils, a rally and a “die-in” to protest the College’s response to the Israel-Hamas conflict, prompting a divided reaction from College administration, faculty, alumni and students. Most recently, the students staged a sit-in at Nollen House that began Thursday afternoon. But both...