• 85 percent of students plan to attend graduate or professional school
• 10 percent commit to community service
• 50 percent are employed within three months of graduation

There are those who look forward to giving back and others who simply want to do more or to do differently. While the intentions may vary, the preparation does not. Grinnell gives its graduates the essential skills that employers and institutions seek - the ability to think critically, analyze effectively, and write persuasively. Grinnell graduates are ready for the next challenge, whether it is medical school, starting a software company, or spending two years in the Peace Corps.

A recent class saw more than half employed within three months of graduation, 30 percent planned to immediately attend graduate school and the remainder were committed to community service and/or travel. The most frequently listed occupations were business, human services, education, mathematics/computing, communication, and health care. Of those in graduate school, 86 percent were attending their first - or second-choice school.

The range of roles that Grinnell graduates play in the world reflects the commitment of the school and its students to intellectual engagement and the need to translate goals and ideals into action. And of course, their shared belief that there are no limits.

Emily Bergl '97 Currently starring in CSI Miami and a regular on Gilmore Girls- two of the hottest televisions shows in U.S. programming

Nordahl Brue '67 Co-founder of Bruegger's Bagels, one of the largest bagel restaurant chains in the United States

Thomas Cech '70 Co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Henry Cornell '76 Managing director, Goldman Sachs and Company

John Garang '69 Vice President of the Sudan and Former Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (Vice President Garang was recently killed in a helicopter crash in the Sudan.)

Herbie Hancock '60 Grammy award-winning jazz musician and composer

Amy Johnson '85 Internationally acclaimed opera singer

Ned Levy '04 Teacher at P.S.41 in the Bronx, NY

Robert Noyce '49 Co-inventor of the integrated circuit and co-founder of Intel, the leading semi-conductor manufacturer in the world

Christine Thorburn '92 2004 Olympic cyclist and science researcher at Stanford University