Summer 2019
In this Issue
![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)
![Campus in spring outside of Burling Library](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20190506.campus.spring.015%20WEB.jpg?itok=DWH0k8IV)
![Ben Binversie ’17 talking into the microphone](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20190111.podcast.124%20WEB_0.jpg?itok=BDHM5SoB)
Ben Binversie ’17 is the producer of the new All Things Grinnell podcast.
![Arrel Gray ’00 with son](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/IMG_3128%20WEB.jpg?itok=H-7kWNID)
To hear Arrel Gray ’00 talk about the need for identifying and supporting quality child care, it’s no wonder that his business has been so successful. He recalls how difficult it was when he and his wife, who also works full time, first searched for care for their now 4-year-old...
![Alumni award winners](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20190601.reunion.awards.050%20WEB.jpg?itok=XXfCxk7G)
The Grinnell College Alumni Council has selected 14 exceptional graduates to receive the 2019 Alumni Awards.
I turned 40. It was escape time. I took my daughter, then 12 (what was I thinking?!), to Montserrat, a 35-square-mile island in the Caribbean (since obliterated by the volcanic eruption of the Soufriere). In 1982, all was perfect.
One day, early in our stay, I was trudging up the hill...
![Chemistry vase](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/20181126.chemistry.vase_.103%20WEB.jpg?itok=XPB4Srgq)
![camera taking a picture of Scarlet and student](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20190411.sgbd_.jrc_.098%20WEB.jpg?itok=j0Ck6Xo5)
Grinnell College’s 36-hour Scarlet & Give Back Day on April 10–11, 2019, raised more than $1 million to support programs and opportunities for current and future Grinnell students.
During the 36-hour giving challenge, a total of 1,964 gifts were made. This generosity went even...
![spring campus](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20190510.campus.spring.257%20WEB.jpg?itok=dlPkSzjS)
![american flag](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/iStock-944706874%20WEB.jpg?itok=ajQkmqFL)
Grinnell College is planning a new veterans memorial to join and complement the existing monument in Herrick Chapel, which honors the 11 Grinnell College students who lost their lives in the U.S. Civil War. This new plaque will honor all students and alumni who lost their lives defending the...