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TO: All Members of the Faculty
FR: Chuck Sullivan sullivac@grinnell.edu
RE: Alumni Scholars Program
I am writing to ask for nominations of recent graduates to visit Grinnell as Alumni Scholars.
Alumni Scholars will be invited to the College to present their scholarship here, to renew acquaintances with faculty, and to meet current students. Past nominations have been received from departments, concentrations, and other faculty groups. Please view the link below for a list of the 91 alumni who have returned to Grinnell under the program.
Alumni Scholars should be persons of promise who have graduated from the College
within the past 8-10 years and who have their graduate degrees in hand, or very
nearly so.
"Scholarship" can be defined rather broadly to include not just academic disciplines represented at Grinnell, but also fields such as law, engineering, performing arts, and librarianship. A visit usually lasts two days and includes a public presentation
by the scholar and one or more less formal meetings with students interested in learning about the Scholar's own path from Grinnell to the Scholar's present field of work or perhaps to discuss graduate programs.
The Alumni Scholars fund covers the cost of these visits: an honorarium of $250, reasonable travel costs, and meals. Past visits have cost about $1,000 each.
If you have a nomination for an alumni scholar, please consult with your department
or concentration first, then contact me via campus mail (Science) or email
sullivac@grinnell.edu.
The short nomination statement should include the name of the alum, year graduated,
what the alum has done after graduation, what the alum would do while on campus,
and the approximate date of the visit.
Nominations will be considered as they come in for both fall and spring in order to
give maximum flexibility for planning. However, both fall and spring visits should
be proposed no later than the end of the third full week of classes: Friday, September
19, 2008 and Friday, February 6, 2009.
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