Bear Center Events

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Bear Center Events

IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE COLLEGE CONCERNING COVID-19

Alicia Arkema – arkemaal@grinnell.edu 641-269-3800
Terri Stark – starkt@grinnell.edu 641-269-3804

Calendar Of Events

Please visit the Grinnell College Calendar link below for events this week :

Grinnell College Calendar

Thank you for your patience as we worked to restaff the lifeguard team. Starting on Monday, August 23 at 7am we’ll be back to our summer hours in the pool.

A reminder that masks are required inside all College facilities, and includes all spaces in the Bear, except when swimming and showering.

If you need to check out a locker or pick up items left in a locker from March 2020, please see our Equipment Room (“Cage”) staff in the lower level of the building.

Effective on Monday, March 7, Grinnell College will now be mask optional. This includes the Bear Center, Darby Gym, Fitness Center, Fieldhouse, and racquetball courts. Please see the bulleted points below to get further details, including when to wear a mask.

Masks are now optional indoors, except in the following situations:
- In the SHAW Clinic and the Athletic Training Suite
- If experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
- If you have recently tested positive and are returning to campus following 5 full days of isolation (5 days of isolation + 5 days of masking).
Masks are recommended for:
- People who have a known exposure* to a COVID positive individual
- People who are high risk
- Visitors to campus from areas/regions of high transmission.
Anyone is welcome to wear a mask in any setting.