Alumni are nominated for Grinnell College’s Alumni Awards for many reasons. Below are a few of the reasons their supporters offered.
In the late 1960s, when the future president of the American Medical Association expressed an interest in medicine, her high school guidance counselor advised her that women don’t go to medical school. Today Dr. Barbara McAneny ’73 is a nationally recognized leader in oncology treatment, and this June begins her term as president of the AMA, the fourth woman president and the first president from New Mexico.
People are sometimes surprised to learn that Steven Galster ’84 works equally hard to protect both humans and animals.
A highlight of the spring Alumni Council meeting was the presentation focusing on Grinnell’s career communities, a recently launched addition to the Center for Careers, Life, and Service (CLS).
Everyone has a memory from Grinnell College where they couldn’t stop laughing, says Daniel Malarkey ’08.
When Jeman Park ’20 and a few friends dreamed up EduPass, technology that helps schools keep tabs on students during unscheduled times of the day, he was just a senior at Minnesota’s Mounds View High School working on a side project.
Summer Map students and student interns meet with prospective students and their families.
ACLU lawyer Amy Miller ’93 helps passionate advocates forge their own paths
Studying in another country can influence your choices, your direction, and your outlook long after returning home, in ways large and small.