May 30, 2023
Grinnell College May 2023 graduates Daniel Rosenbloom and Dorota Ziabicka were awarded Critical Language Scholarships for summer 2023 and Pierce Fairbanks and Isabella Maloney participated in summer 2022.
Center for Careers, Life, and Service News
May 26, 2023
The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship program, named after distinguished U.S. diplomat Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, offers a unique opportunity to promote positive change in the world.
May 17, 2023
Xonzy Gaddis, a December 2022 graduate currently living in Washington D.C., has received the Elsie M. Stouffer Fellowship from Grinnell College. The $27,000 fellowship award is the result of a generous gift made by Elsie M. Stouffer, a member of the class of 1924.
May 17, 2023
Celina Karp Biniaz, class of 1952, endowed the award to support a graduating senior with two key intentions: 1) To aid students like her who had to overcome obstacles to obtain their education; and 2) To recognize and support such students who wish to pursue careers teaching young people OR working for organizations or governmental entities whose core mission focuses on the education and welfare of young people.
May 16, 2023
Five recipients were awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct research and teach English abroad for the 2023–24 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
May 10, 2023
Monday, May 15, 1–5 p.m., Burling First Floor Lounge.
Study in a quiet communal space, enjoy free treats, set goals, and get stuff done!
Apr 27, 2023
Through the Social Innovator in Residence program, students will have the chance to engage with inspiring leaders who are making an enduring difference in the world, fostering interdisciplinary creativity, and promoting civic engagement and social change.
Mar 30, 2023
Grinnell Faculty/Staff Research Series Event, 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Burling First Floor Lounge
Mar 16, 2023
Schaefer has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2023–2024 to explore music’s potential to inspire climate action by deepening people’s connection to nature and their communities.
Mar 3, 2023
This project, funded through a grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to the ACM on institutionalizing high-impact practices, will engage registrars at ACM institutions in discussions of how to develop institutional and systems-level approaches to supporting community-based teaching and learning practices that include policies, practices, and curricular reform.
Center For Careers, Life, And Service Stories
Our social environment affects how we study other organisms. We often use the animal world as justification or examples for how humans should be, which is dangerous.
What is One Health? It’s “recognizing the interconnected relationships between human, animal, and environmental health and working together across those disciplines and sectors," says Griffith.
Conservation work needs individuals who can foster a mindset of interconnectedness.
You never know where your life is going to take you. So be open to possibilities that might open up.
I really appreciate that I went to school in a time when I learned to relate to the patient, professionally, socially, and personally.
The best work that we can do for the environment, for nature and wildlife, and for each other, is get involved with the local communities because that is where the impact of our work can be seen.