• MAPs-Tested and Approved-First Common Curricular Innovation in 30 years
• Faculty Additions
• Statistics
• Biology
• Psychology
• Computer Science
• History
• Spanish
• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Music
• Chemistry
• Gender and Women's Studies
• Geology
• Geography
• Film History and Theory
• Computer Science
• Neurosci/Bio Chemistry
• Arabic
• Physics
• Psychology

• Center for International Studies
• Position Added
• Grinnell-in-London Expanded
• Increased number of students in off campus study in decreased number of programs
• International Faculty Development Workshops
• Nanjing Program Renewed
• Freeman Grant
• Grinnell College Humanities Center
• Faculty Diversity Initiative
• Peace Studies

• Curricular Developments
• Neuroscience adopted as a concentration
• American Studies dropped as a major
• Biological Chemistry added as a major
• Small section of Introductory courses in Science
• Biology
• Psychology
• Workshop Physics
• Chinese Department renamed Chinese-Japanese Department
• Better Focused Academic Plan
• Transcript Analysis
• Students Write Academic Plan
• Rewrote Catalog section on "Distinctive Features" of a Grinnell Education
• Identifying Curricular Structure as Individualized rather than a No Requirements or Open Curriculum
• Second year Retreat (including a session on "Transcript Analysis")
• New emphasis on collaborative teaching as part of EKI
• New curricular efforts/offerings as part of the EKI
• Middle Eastern Studies
• Policy Studies
• Environmental Challenges and responses
• Human Rights Issues

• Faculty additions
• Center for International Studies
• Center for the Humanities
• Faculty diversity Initiative
• Curricular Developments
• Better Focused Academic Plan
• Creative Computing Lab
• Center for Prairie Studies (has curricular elements)

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• Old Glove Factory
• Athletic Fields
• New FM Building and Demolition of Old
• Heating/Cooling Plants and Related Infrastructure
• East Campus Residence Halls
• John Chrystal Center
• Joe Rosenfield '25 Center
• Design of Phase II of the Noyce Science Center
• Jesse Macy 1870 House
• Facility Planning
• Athletics & Recreation, Forum, Burling Library, and Mears
• Consolidation of Information Technology Services in Forum
• AV upgrades in appropriate classrooms
• PEC Parking
• Improved and Expanded Indigenous Campus Plantings
• Nollen House
• CERA Wind Turbine
• Wind Farm Planning
• Burling Library Main Floor improvement
• Library Planning
• Remote book storage facility
• Mears and Carnegie Improvements
• Cowles apartments
• Carbon Emissions reduction commitment
• Accessibility improvement planning
• Forum retrofit for ITS; Creative Computing Lab; Health Center
• Cultural Resource Center and AV center improvements

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• Working to Improve program in Incoming Classes
• Faculty Diversity Initiative - good and strong program
• Office of Community Enhancement
• Chicago Recruiter
• Posse Foundation
• Viewbook
• Increased Aid to International Students

• FFE Folded into Base Budget
• Multiple-year Surpluses
• Bonds Receive Highest Possible Rating
• Endowment continues to out perform most of our peers
• Better Revenue Balance
• Change in Off-Campus Study Tuition Policy
• More generous financial aid
• Loan Cap Program
• Loan buy down program
• Extra aid for students engaged in socially responsible or approved educational summer activity
• Change in College Budget Process and Committees
• Multi-year Planning and Budgeting

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• Joe Rosenfield '25 Campus Center
• Dining Review, Planning, and Assessment
• Implementation of Marche Dining Program
• East Campus Residence Halls
• John Chrystal Center
• Iowa/Chicago Recruiters
• New Viewbook/Improved Website
• Mid-range Enhancement to Several Publications
• Increased Prospect Pool by More Than 50%
• Increased Application Pool by More Than 23%
• Increased Admissions Staff/Funding
• Increased Internships and Career Planning Support
• No Significant Progress on Diversity

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• Increased Staff and Budget
• Pioneer Fund and Giving Levels
• Increased Programming
• Formal Policies and Procedures
• Clearer Sense of Prospects, Solicitations, etc.

• New Publications Reflect Kane & Krukowski Study
• Logo Change, Grinnell Magazine, Added Newsletter - Grinnell On-Line
• Review and Reconfiguration of Website
• Center for Prairie Studies
• National Media Coverage Increased
• Improving the Downtown
• Center for International Studies
• Bucksbaum Center Events-Public Events Committee-Increased Budget
• Faulconer Gallery
• Mission Statement Adopted
• Enhancement of Several Publications

• New Office Created in 1999
• Post-Graduate Programs-Grinnell Corps
• Lesotho
• Nepal
• Namibia - Science
• Nanjing
• New Orleans
• Lilly Grant
• Faculty Diversity Initiative
• Financial Aid Policies
• Endowed Wall Service Award

• New office created in 2000 recognizing that the long-term success of Grinnell College is intimately linked to the long-term success of the Grinnell community
• Community mini-Grant Program
• Iowa Transportation Museum Building purchase
• Drake Community Library
• Public Safety Building
• Expansion and new Science Facilities at the High School
• Gift Support
• Renaissance Position
• Galaxy Position
• Bike Trail
• Hospital
• Schools Grant Writer Position
• Implemenation of Local Foods Program in Dining Services
• Pioneer Bookshop in downtown Grinnell
• Old Glove Factory
• 8th Avenue reconstruction project (2008)
• Strand Movie Theatre