Features
![Illustration of hand holding a blank sign, surrounded by plants](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/feature.jpg?itok=XwHjFxVH)
![Rectangular grey columns in paved monument with visitors](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Tolerance-Feature.jpg?itok=tDvtYL0O)
![Mix of black and white images of students](https://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.
![Illustration of Clair Pat Patterson ’43 sitting on desk](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/CCP_comic_FINAL_052919-1.jpg?itok=GDL1kif2)
![Chemistry vase](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/20181126.chemistry.vase_.103%20WEB.jpg?itok=XPB4Srgq)
![Illustration 2 people in forest](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Bridging%20Gaps%20WEB.jpg?itok=hPbU6LdS)
![Latona Giwa speaks with a mom](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Latona%20Giwa.cg_2%20WEB.jpg?itok=zKIxsRW_)
![Microphone in front of sound waves on computer](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/iStock-956094382%20WEB.jpg?itok=9P1PauJh)
![sounds waves](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/How%20to%20Produce.jpg?itok=zBFY_aSj)
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You’ll need a computer with a broadband Internet connection, a decent microphone, a set of earphones, and a reasonably quiet place to record.
![Books in library](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/iStock-899906832%20WEB.jpg?itok=nifJjBrZ)
Grinnellians in the New Books Network catalog include current, past, and retired professors Andrew Hsieh, who was interviewed (along with co-author Sherman Cochran) about The Lius of Shanghai (Harvard University Press, 20
![Liberal Arts Map Illustration](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Liberal%20Arts%20Map%20Illo-02%20WEB_0.jpg?itok=Wbzmfn5N)
![Tor Erickson ’01 and Isabella Kugel ’20 stand in front of wood slabs that were made into a desk that now greets visitors in the new Admission and Student Financial Services center.](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/TOR_DSC_0399%20WEB.jpg?itok=EddZHAqb)
From flowering crabapples to sycamores, birches, and firs, the trees dotting Grinnell’s campus have served as familiar landmarks — as well as beloved spots to climb, make art, and meet for class — for generations of Grinnell students.