The lasting impact of a student-powered environmental advocacy group
Fall 2019
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![Rectangular grey columns in paved monument with visitors](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Tolerance-Feature.jpg?itok=tDvtYL0O)
Global seminar merges best aspects of Grinnell curriculum to examine issue of tolerance
![bottom of cookbook open to a vegetarian recipe](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/cookbook_0.jpg?itok=nYQd1EW9)
In 2017 President Raynard S. Kington approached the Alumni Council with the idea of creating an Alumni Community Cookbook.
![Mix of black and white images of students](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/campaign_portraits.jpg?itok=SS4UyTST)
In 2019–20, we are excited to gather alumni and friends together for a series of events around the globe, so we can connect and reconnect, discuss, celebrate, and share ideas for empowering Grinnellians.
![Broad view of the installation inlcuding seating and tables](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/gallery.jpg?itok=7wM21aMh)
For Campus and Community: The Collection of the Grinnell College Museum of Art
![Students explore books in the Rare Books Room](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/rare-books.jpg?itok=5bm6UzuN)
Grinnell students have access to nearly 5,000 more rare books and historic documents, thanks to the College’s recent acquisition of the Des Moines Salisbury House’s library collection that includes first editions and historic documents.
![Detail of Gomez with a section of his sculpture](http://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/feature.image_.gomez_.sculpture.install.204.jpg?itok=kLpxPW-8)
Gregory Gómez ’80 installed his sculpture, “Broken English,” on the plaza of the Humanities and Social Studies Center (HSSC) Aug. 13. The sculpture was donated by John Chambers ’77 in honor of his late wife Jean Chambers.