Center for Careers, Life, and Service

Martinez has been named the recipient of the Celina Karp Biniaz Model of Resilience Award from Grinnell College. The Award was established to honor Celina’s courageously hopeful life and legacy and bestows a cash prize.

The Udall Foundation awards scholarships and special honors to college sophomores and juniors for study in fields related to the environment and to Native Americans and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care and Tribal public policy.

Joyce Ceballos ’25 has joined the list of Grinnellians accepted to the prestigious Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA). In past years, Grinnell students Valery Lopez ’24, Loyal Terry ’23, Maximillian Hill ’20, and Angela Frimpong ’20 have also participated in the program.

Sarah Barks, senior director, STEM career communities and analytics, talks about their great ape research, work in the Center for Careers, Life, and their life in Grinnell.

The International Honor Society in Psychology, Psi Chi, awarded Andrea Suazo Rivas ’24 a grant to conduct research on digital cognitive assessment surveys.

As Grinnellians, these graduates carry with them not only a prestigious diploma but also a legacy of intellectual curiosity and a commitment to making a difference in the world.

Grinnell’s Center for Careers, Life, and Service offers need-based grants that support students’ personal, professional, and civic development. That includes expenses (including travel) associated with interviewing for a job or applying to grad school.

Sira Nassoko ’24 has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2024–25 to explore music and soundscapes of the environment to reveal a lineage of hope and resilience across four countries.

Ryan Solomon and the Listening Project team, which includes both Grinnell community members and Grinnell College students, have been awarded a $3,850 grant from Interfaith America's Bridging the Gap program.

Grinnell College is named one of the top producers of 2023–24 U.S. students in the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges.