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.
Grinnell College’s Board of Trustees has officially endorsed the institution’s newest strategic plan, “Knowledge into Action,” an initiative spearheaded by President Anne Harris and designed to guide the institution through the next seven years. Harris, who took office during one of the College’s most tumultuous periods, in July 2020, was tasked, as all new presidents.
The faculty of Grinnell College have moved to prioritize restorative justice practices, starting with training sessions and workshops to improve issues of diversity and inclusion in the classroom environment. Following multiple incidents of bigotry in Grinnell classrooms, college faculty proposed the Learning Spaces Policy (LSP) in the 2019-20 academic school year. The LSP would allow.
When looking at the Grinnell College student body, Andrea Tracy, associate professor of psychology, sees one predominant problem stress. And now, as she prepares to assume the position of the associate dean of student academic life, she hopes to tackle the issue head-on. Tracy will officially assume the associate dean position on July 1,.
In Office Hours, Raffay Piracha `25 sits down with faculty to learn how their scholarship provides them with equipment for living I tend to wince when people say they “aren’t religious.” There’s a lot to say about how we define religion most of the time, we mean membership in an organized group or worship.