Bookending the Grinnell Experience
Summer 2024
In this Issue
![Amy Goldmacher seated at a desk near an open door the sea visible outside](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Profile_Goldmacher_975.jpg?itok=ikvNqM3c)
There are plenty of book workshops out there for writers. But Amy Goldmacher recently held a “book work-ship.”
![Irma McClaurin at a table with several women](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Profile_McClaurin_975.jpg?itok=0D35CUYl)
One of Irma McClaurin’s most treasured possessions is a set of slightly tattered volumes of poetry she wrote as a child.
![Dave Scott with his horn](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Profile_Scott_975x455.jpg?itok=H_bWtMmd)
On a hot summer day in August 1946, Davis “Dave” Scott walked across campus from his dorm room in Langan to audition for the Grinnell College band.
![mid-size solar array in a green field](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Campus_Solar%20Farm_975x455.jpg?itok=f4TCUdi-)
College makes significant progress toward meeting campus renewable energy goals.
![Monica Sanders](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Campus_SIR_Sanders_975x455.jpg?itok=ZzIF7cma)
Monica Sanders has been appointed as the College’s inaugural Social Innovator in Residence.
![raised hand in a crowd](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/CAMPUS_Poll_975x455.jpg?itok=zpOMNMhb)
The latest Grinnell College National Poll (GCNP) results revealed Americans’ attitudes about restricting social media for kids, addressing school shootings, gender equity in college sports, and more.
![JC Lopez](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/CN_JC_Lopez_975x455.jpg?itok=nJGXPC9K)
Following an extensive national search, JC Lopez has been appointed vice president of student affairs.
![Sarah Brammer-Shlay](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Campus_Brammer-Shlay_975x455.jpg?itok=3fR4WlrA)
Rabbi Sarah Brammer-Shlay has been appointed College chaplain.