This fall’s Alumni Council gathering focused primarily on two key issues occupying Grinnell at the moment, diversity and inclusion, and “Global Grinnell.”
Winter 2016
In this Issue
![Ibuki Ogasawara attempts a field goal](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Ibuki%20WEB%20975x455.jpg?itok=ps3EDo2b)
Being part of the Pioneer experience inspires kicker Ibuki Ogasawara ’17.
![Global Engagement](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/iStock_81771387_975x455_0.jpg?itok=P7T9T1WS)
David Cook-Martín, assistant vice president for global education and senior international officer, talks about the Institute for Global Engagement.
![I voted](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/iStock-597245632%20WEB.jpg?itok=GJM4inL4)
I recently became a U.S. citizen; and the day I took my oath, I voted in my first presidential election.
![2016 Grinnell College’s Athletics Hall of Fame](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20160903athleticHOF001%20WEB.jpg?itok=LgfAh4fA)
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Six alumni were inducted into Grinnell College’s Athletics Hall of Fame in Sept. 2016.
![Lisa Faust](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20160822LisaFaust281%20weB.jpg?itok=rT8Koj55)
Profile
Alumna is dedicated to the science of sustainable animal populations.
![Sarah Mirk](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/SarahMirk2%20use%20WEB.jpg?itok=XXcWLP33)
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Sarah Mirk ’08 parses pop culture through a feminist lens at Bitch Media nonprofit.