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December 2001

Chenette, Grinnell College, release Images of Rural America CD

Authors of mystery novel "Theoretically Dead" to appear at Saints Rest Coffeehouse

Story Tips from Grinnell College

Grinnell College senior Kendra Young named as Rhodes Scholar
       List of Grinnell College Rhodes Scholars

Is religion a force for harmony or hatred? by Harold Kasimow

Grinnell College receives $1 million-plus grant from Lilly Endowment

November 2001

Chicago inner city activists to discuss social change at Grinnell College

Mingus Big Band to perform at Grinnell College on Fri., Nov. 30

Beauchamp featured speaker for Danforth Convocation

Martin Bernal will present Noun Convocation at Grinnell College

Gospel music's message of God and hope go hand and hand

Gospel tunes to "Give Thanks" at Grinnell College Concert, Nov. 17

October 2001

"Community Cornerstone Day" scheduled for Grinnell

Challenges and prospects of immigration to Iowa focus of Grinnell College symposium

Grinnell College, U. of Iowa, to host symposium on Cuban culture

Zimbabwe musicians to host musical workshops at Grinnell College

Lutenist, Heringman '86, returns to alma mater for recital

Harris Center damaged by fire

September 2001

Call For Proposals for Africana Studies Concentration 6th Annual Conference 18 April 2002

Holocaust Survivor, David Faber, is Rosenfield Program Speaker

Christian Leffler to visit Grinnell College as German Marshall Fund Fellow

Estonian art since 1990 comes to Grinnell College's Faulconer Gallery

Grinnell College students invite community to "dance" for the World Trade Center

090701-Grinnell College climbs in latest U.S. News and World Report college rankings

090701-Grinnell College establishes new Center for the Humanities

August 2001

080701- Meg Jones named Senior Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving

080701-Students Jump Start Research Interests as Undergraduates

080101-Grinnell College Announces Construction Timetable for
Welcome Center


July 2001

073001-Thomas and Munley named vice-president at Grinnell

071301-Durbala named assistant director of planned giving at Grinnell

071201-Grinnell College receives $150,000 Davis Fndn. Grant

June
061201-Dance Workshops highlight Family Day at Faulconer Gallery

060801-Old John Deere facility to be part of new Grinnell College growth

060401-Alumni awards presented during Grinnell College Alumni Reunion

May
052201-NSF Fellows

050201-Bellingham student curates exhibition highlighting the
American work of artist Jolán Gross-Bettleheim

050201-Grinnell College honors two as Outstanding Iowa Teachers

050201-Three Grinnell College students win prestigious Goldwater scholarships

050201-Bob Moses, Civil Rights activist and creator of the Algebra Project, to speak at Grinnell College commencement

April

042301-Grinnell Student, Matthew Magee, wins Prestigious Watson Fellowship

042301-Luther Erickson Awarded Iowa Medal by Regional American Chemical Society

041701-Noted Award-Winning author, Tillie Olsen, Noun Speaker

041701-Religious Studies Symposium set for April 20 and 21

041301-"Raging Cow" Atlatl Competition to be held at Grinnell College

041201-Chenette's "Rural Symphony" to highlight "Encore: Iowa Impressions," coordinated by the Blanden Memorial Art Museum

040201-Solo Sculpture Exhibit at Faulconer Gallery

040601-Astronomer to Discuss "Life in the Universe" at Grinnell College

040601-Ferguson, Former President of the National Women's Political Caucus, the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at Grinnell College

040601-Roycroft String Quartet to Perform at Grinnell College

March
032001-Frerichs picked to perform in young adults concert in Cherokee, IA

031901-Schoen Appointed by Grinnell College Board of Trustees as Secretary of the College

031901-Office of Institutional and Budget Planning formed at Grinnell College

031401-Hustings named student employee of the year at Grinnell College

030201-Henry Luce Foundation awards $500,000 grant to Grinnell College

030101-Critically-acclaimed musicians, The Peabody Trio, to give concert at Grinnell College

February

022301-Computers share stage with performers in "Active Space"


022101-Grinnell College hosts display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt

020901-Historic farm photos at Grinnell College exhibit a flash from the past

020601-Grinnell College symposium to address the vanishing family farm

020201-Spirit of entrepreneurs the focus of conference at Grinnell College

January 2001

013101-Grinnell College Appoints Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development

013101-Internationally acclaimed dance troupe, Ailey II, to perform
at Grinnell College

012401-Noted economist, Samuel Bowles, to give convocation Feb. 1

012401-Leonid Ivanov named Web Coordinator at Grinnell College

012401-Lilly Endowment funds Grinnell College proposal search

011001-Our bodies, their profits - new book by Grinnell College
associate professor looks at breast cancer in America

December 2000

121500-Student discovers artifacts that suggest early humans more widely dispersed throughout Africa

121400-Grinnell Ad Hoc Committee Reports

121400-Recent Appointments in Alumni and Development

120500-Winter and the Holidays from Grinnell College

November 2000

112900-Last Week of "Power of the Word" exhibit at Grinnell College

112800-Observatory open house at Grinnell College on Friday, Dec. 1

112200-Orpheus brings 2000-2001 world tour to Grinnell College

111000-Contacts: Post election analysis from Grinnell College

110300-Rosenfield Symposium on Latin America to be held Nov. 7, 8 and 9

110300-Observatory Open House set for Nov. 8

October 2000

103000-Rare photographs of 1920s Mexico by Edward Weston and Tina Modotti featured at Grinnell College

103000-Stuart Ewen, professor of Film and Media, to speak at
Grinnell College

103000-Faulconer Gallery wins Iowa tourism award

102500-Award-winning documentary filmmaker to screen new film at
Grinnell College

102400-Grinnell College grad, Amy Johnson, to present recital on Grinnell College campus

102300-Former Senator John Culver to address Iowa political
scientists at Grinnell College

102000-Britta Erickson, expert on contemporary Chinese art, to talk at Grinnell College
101600-Grinnell College awarded $650,000 grant from National Science Foundation

101600-Three Grinnell College professors honored with named faculty chairs
100600-Bulgarian activist, Mariana Milosheva, German Marshall Fund Fellow at Grinnell College
100600-Grinnell College's Jonathan Chenette Celebrates Rural
America

September 2000

092800-Voxfire to present 'Amore!' at Grinnell College

092800-Chavez-Silva named director of Community Enhancement

091800-Emmy-Award winning 'Muck-raker' to tell story at Grinnell College

091800-Noted playwright, novelist, and performer, Ntozake Shange to visit Grinnell College

091500-"Power of the Word" starts US tour at Grinnell College

091500-MAP projects help undergraduate students locate
graduate-level goals at Grinnell College

090600-Alternative medicine focus of "Expanding Visions" symposium
at Grinnell College

090100-Pamela B. Gann, president of Claremont McKenna College, to
address Grinnell College students, faculty

090100-U.S. News ranks Grinnell in Top 20 for 15th straight year

August 2000

081100-James E. Swartz named alumnus of the year at CSU, Stanislaus

081000-Town and Gown drive raises $178,652 for Grinnell College

081000-Entries for original prints sought by Prairie Study program

July 2000

072700-Kristin Lovig Named Director of Human Resources at Grinnell College

072600-Record Attendance for Corot to Picasso exhibit at Grinnell College's Faulconer Gallery prompts expanded hours

072600-Peter Connelly, Grinnell College Professor of English, Dies

071400-Sumner named dean of admission and financial aid at Grinnell College

071300-Tribute to honor Eleanor Bowers to be held July 16

071100-Grinnell College awarded $900,000 grant

070700-Memory research could be forgetting something, suggest researchers

June 2000

062600-Professor Emeritus of French, John Kleinschmidt, dies

062600-Planned Events for European Masterworks Exhibition

062600-Exhibition of European Masterworks Begins July 1

062600-The "Greats at Grinnell" to open with reception at Bucksbaum Center for the Arts

061500-Howard R. Bowen Scholarship recipients named to attend Grinnell College

061400-Participants Sought for Memory Study at Grinnell College

061400-Grinnell College Hosts Summer Astronomy Program

060800-Grinnell College trustee, Joseph Frankel Rosenfield, dies

060500-Three Grinnell College professors honored with named faculty chairs


May 2000

052400-Grinnell College poets to read excerpts from new book at Reunion

052400-Sociology class at Grinnell College not just any ordinary college class

051900-Director of Human Resources resigns for position at Principal

051700-Money magazine highlights Grinnell College and trustee Joseph Rosenfield

051700-Grinnell College Senior Honors Concert set for May 21

051700-Youth Center to benefit from Grinnell College funds

051600-Labor activist, Dolores C. Huerta, to speak at
2000 Grinnell College commencement

051600-Grinnell College honors two as Outstanding Iowa Teachers

051200-Dean for Student Services resigns to take post at Hollins University

051200-Thomas to serve as acting diversity officer at Grinnell College

050800-Gerald V. Lalonde to serve as interim VP of Alumni Relations and Development at Grinnell College

050300-Faulconer Gallery presents work by Grinnell College artists

April 2000

042500-Voos, Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development at Grinnell College, resigns to take position at Drake

042400-Grinnell College student, Rachel Melis, wins prestigious Beinecke Scholarship

042400-Four Grinnell College students awarded National Science Foundation Fellowships

042100-Professor Emeritus of English and American studies, Charles G. Cleaver, Dies

042100-Noun Program Sponsors Reading of Native American Literature

040600-Grinnell Singers debut "Utopia" during European tour

040600-Grinnell College student wins prestigious Goldwater scholarship

040600-Grinnell College professor releases new book on Nietzsche

041100-Renowned mathematician brings sights and sounds to mathematics

040600-Grinnell students awarded prestigious Watson Fellowships

040300-Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon to perform at Grinnell College

March 2000

033100-Endangered species subject of symposium at Grinnell College

033000-Franco-Algerian author goes "From Page to Stage" at Grinnell College

033000-Historian, Anne Hardgrove, Noun Speaker at Grinnell College

032900-Grinnell College rededicates Black Cultural Center after 30 years

031600-Grinnell College's Africana Studies Conference invites discussion, debate

031600-Grinnell College Seeking Proposals for Service Fellowships

030900-Drake to speak on South Africa visit at Grinnell College

February 2000

022500-Senator George J. Mitchell receives Harry Hopkins Medal; touts Irish peace process

022300-Award-winning author, Darlene Clarke Hine, Noun Speaker at Grinnell

021600-Faulconer Gallery sponsors Red Cedar Chamber Music at Grinnell

021600-Senator George J. Mitchell to receive Harry Hopkins Medal

021600-McIlrath named as assistant manager at Grinnell College bookstore

021400-Richard Guy, professor emeritus from University of Calgary, the
Noyce visiting professor at Grinnell College

020700-Despite talk, United States is in the middle of Taiwan, China debate

January 2000

012500-Taiwan Ambassador available for interviews at China Symposium

012500-Grinnell College trustee, Theodore Lovejoy, dies

012000-Grinnell College trustee, John Chrystal, dies

011100-Historical photos of North American Indians focus of Grinnell College exhibit

010700-Grinnell College student victim of robbery/murder in India

010700-Colorado Media Advisory

December 1999

122899-Former Ambassador to China featured speaker at symposium


122299-Grinnell College teaching fellows depart for Lesotho

121599-Taiwan and China the focus of Grinnell College Symposium

121599-Grinnell College professor receives $30,000 NEH fellowship

121099-Media Advisory

121099-Grinnell College purchases acreage near campus

121099-Grinnell College names art gallery for trustee

 

November 1999

112399-Grinnell College bookstore extends hours during holiday season

112299-Wherry named manager of Grinnell College bookstore

111899-Noted Author, Historian, Louise R. Noun to visit Grinnell College

111699-Bruce Voyles Named Patricia Armstrong Johnson Professor of Biological Chemistry at Grinnell College

110899-Astronomers Expect Leonid Meteor Shower to be Quite a Show

110899-Former Ambassador Visits Grinnell College to Discuss the
U.N. in the New Millennium

October 1999

102899-Renovation of Historical Glove Factory Begins in Grinnell

102699-Importance of Integrative Medicine Focus of Symposium at Grinnell College

101899-"Extraordinary Company of Dancers" Makes Only Iowa Appearance at Grinnell College

101599-Noted Author and Professor, Anne McClintock, to visit Grinnell College

101499-Assistant Professor Emerita of Theatre, B. G. "Babe" Voertman, Dies

September 1999

092899-Boston Globe's Political Dean, David Shribman, to Discuss Political Campaign at Grinnell College

092299-Burgett Scholarship Fund to Benefit Grads of Montezuma High School at Grinnell College

092199-Mid-America Composers Festival to Celebrate New American
Concert Music in Grinnell

092199-Professor Emeritus of Music Norman Goodbrod Dies

0901799-Stars Expected to Shine at Dedication of Bucksbaum Arts Center at Grinnell College

0901599-Town and Gown drive raises record $185,278 for Grinnell College

090999-Grinnell College To Host Discussion On Post-Communist Era

090199-Grinnell College exceeds fund-raising goal by $14 million

August 1999

083099-Colorful masked dances and harmonic chants highlight Tibetan Nuns visit to Grinnell College

082799-Grinnell College announces 1999 educator of the year award and new faculty and promotions

082399-U.S. News ranks Grinnell 11th overall and 6th in Best Values among national liberal arts colleges

082399-New student orientation at Grinnell is August 21-25

082399-President to Address Campus Master Plan at Scholars' Convocation

080599-Howard R. Bowen Scholarship recipients named

July 1999

071299-Grant Gale Observatory Open House on Friday, July 16

June 1999

062199-Two Grinnell College Wall Awards announced at Alumni Reunion

May 1999

051299-Bradley W. Bateman named National Humanities Fellow

051299-Grinnell College will hold commencement May 24

050499-Grinnell Jazz Ensemble in Concert

April 1999

042899-Grinnell announces Gallery Director and Associate Director

042899-Martin R. Zwikel wins Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

042099-Grinnell College to host Black Student Organizations

042099-Russell Osgood delivers Phi Beta Kappa Scholars' Convocation

041399-Grinnell College Team Wins in Iowa Collegiate Math Contest

041399-Ronald Inden to deliver scholars' convocation

041399-Grinnell College Senior Wins Watson Fellowship

040999-Grinnell College Purchases Morrison Glove Factory Building

040299--Grinnell College Math Team finishes 27th in math competition

040699-Jacek Michalowski will be German Marshall Campus Fellow at Grinnell College

040699-Sam Gill will deliver scholars' convocation on April 15

040699-Fiction Reading to be given by Novelist Leslie Pietrzyk

 

March 1999

033099-The Eliane Elias Quintet to perform in concert at Grinnell College on April 8

032599-Biotechnology and Agriculture are topics at Grinnell College Symposium April 5-8

030299-Grinnell College Percussion Ensemble to Perform Sunday, Mar 7

February 1999

022699-Jeanmarie Chenette will present Faculty Recital on March 6

022699-Douglas P. Blanchard from NASA to give scholars' convocation on March 4 at Grinnell College

021799-Rosenfield Program to host a one-day symposium

021799-Bob Hall to speak on sex, conflict, and intimacy at Grinnell College on February 23

021299-Deanna Latson to speak on healthy eating habits at Grinnell College on February 18

021299-Paul Ortiz to deliver Scholars' Convo.at Grinnell College on Feb. 18

021099-Simon Estes Choral Group will perform in concert at Grinnell College on February 13

January 1999

012899-Harvard Professor of Central Studies Marjorie Garber delivers Scholars' Convocation Feb. 4 at Grinnell College

012299-Fred M. Donner delivers Scholars' convocation Jan. 28 at Grinnell

011299-Professor Emeritus of Biology Irving Y. Fishman dies

011299-Professor Emeritus of Art Richard Cervene '51 dies

010899-Grinnell College Appoints New Public Relations Director

 

 

December 1998

121098-Grinnell College Student Jianwei Yuan Dies

120298-Young, Gifted and Black Gospel Choir Presents Concert on Dec. 6

 

November 1998

112598-Book Signing Set for Volume Featuring Grinnell Artists

112498-Jesús "Chucho" Valdés Quartet to perform jazz concert on December 3

111398-Core Ensemble performs new music theatre piece at Grinnell College

111198-Simon Estes Choral Group will perform in concert at Grinnell College on February 13

111198-Michael Puett speaks about naturalistic philosophy in early China

110498-Lani Guinier delivers convocation at Grinnell College

110498-McConnell announces resignation as Director of Dining Services

110398-Rio Grande Valley area high school students attend Grinnell College

October 1998

103098-Fred Wertheimer will deliver Grinnell College's commencement address on Monday, May 24, 1999

102798-Professor Ferguson Confirmed by Senate to National Science Board

102398-Ana C. De León elected president of College Register

102398-Grant O. Gale Observatory open for observation on Friday, Oct. 30

102398-Community members invited to review Fund for Excellence proposals

102398-Grinnell College hosts student auditions for the American Institute of Musical Studies, Austria

102098-Nathaniel Borenstein speaks at Grinnell about privacy and the internet

102098-Tony Anemone speaks about Russia's first public museum

102098-Grinnell College donates $1,000 to Stewart Library

101298-Grinnell College student Carl T. Grimm dies

101398-Papa Susso returns to Grinnell for an October 27 concert

101398-Stuhr and Wolf present a recital at the Mayflower Home

101398-Gautam Ghosh edits publication on partitioned countries

100998-The Prazak String Quartet perform at Grinnell College on October 29

100998-Jazz sextet Motion Poets in concert at Grinnell, October 30

100698-Trosset researches students' difficulty discussing controversial issues

100698-Students present music recital Friday in Herrick Chapel

100698-David Shribman speaks about Lewinsky, Clinton and the media

100698-Senior Ellery Frahm speaks about pion absorption

100298-Windows illuminate Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde"

100298-Poet Ellen Doré Watson presents a reading of her works

100298-Carey Heckman speaks about technology law and education

100298-Sixth Annual Saturday Science Program for fifth and sixth grade girls

 

September 1998

092998-Grinnell College inaugurates President Russell K. Osgood

092998-Jesus Seminar scholar John Dominic Crossan delivers Gates lecture

092998-Clifford M. Will speaks about the theory of relativity and black holes

092598-Grinnell College theatre department presents "The Sea Gull"

092598-Professor Kasimow presents plaque to Pope John Paul II

092598-Grinnell College history department receives NEH grant

092598-Lessons from Brüning's rule of Germany are relevant to today's crisis in Russia

092298-Cassie Wherry attains NACS Certified Store Professional designation

092298-Baviskar speaks about eco-development in the Himalayas

092298-Grinnell engages a firm to develop a campus master plan

092298-Rachel Bly named assistant director of alumni relations

091598-Finnish choir performs at the United Church of Christ-Congregational

091198-Lucius Turner Outlaw Jr. delivers scholars' convocation

091198-Grinnell Chamber Music Series concert is September 27

091198-Susanne Skyrm performs in concert

090898-Professor Kasimow speaks at international conference

090898-Textile arts by Bosnian women refugees exhibited

090898-Grinnell College senior Joshua More presents physics seminar

090398-Grinnell College lecturer, pianist Barbara Lien dies

090198-Grinnell College hosts symposium about"Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland"

 

 

August 1998

082898-U.S. News ranks Grinnell 11th overall among national liberal arts colleges

082898-Martin Zwikel speaks about ripples in space-time

082898-Thomas Moore named a fellow of the American Statistical Association

082598-Grinnell College announces new faculty and promotions

081898-J.B. Grinnell Scholars named

081898-President Osgood delivers first Scholars' Convocation

081498-New student orientation at Grinnell is August 22-26

081198-Grinnell alumnus Rick Giesen establishes Scholarship to honor Professor Ben Graham

081198-Richard Cervene speaks at Blanden Memorial Art Museum

080798-Mary Lynn Broe writes "lively account" of Charles Henri Ford's life

 

July 1998

070398-Grinnell College alumni and the Patterson family establish scholarship

071098-Gerald S. Adams is named Registrar at Grinnell College

071098-Saadi Simawe edits a specialedition of Arab Studies Quarterly

071498-Caulkins studies success, failure among England's Northeasterners

072198-Grinnell's Grant O. Gale Observatory open for observation

072198-Grinnell alumnus Gregory Peterson presents poster at annual ASM meeting

072898-Cowles Foundation pledges $750,000 to Center for the Arts

072898-Grinnell College receives a grant from the Sunnen Foundation to support student summer internships