The CTL sponsors Community Friday luncheon learning opportunities during the fall and spring semesters. These events are designed to give faculty and staff the chance to enjoy lunch with colleagues, learn from presenters, and engage in conversation and reflection. Topics for discussion will focus on pedagogy, teaching and learning, faculty development, and student success. Announcements are sent out on a weekly basis with a request for RSVPs and lunch options.
Unless otherwise noted, Community Fridays take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Humanities and Social Studies Center, Room A1231, with lunch service beginning at 11:45 a.m.
Fall 2026 Community Friday Schedule
Please join us on Aug. 28 to learn more about the many offices and departments across campus who work to support teaching and learning at the college. Representatives from these offices will be available for conversation at tables in the HSSC atrium.
The lunch buffet will open at 11:45 a.m. in the HSSC multipurpose room, A1231.
Please join us at the next Community Friday on Sept. 4th for a conversation with facilitators Kayla Reed, Gina Schlesselman-Tarango, Chelsea Soderblom, and Liz Queathem. Libraries may not be the first places that come to mind when thinking of sustainable initiatives. But not only has the American Library Association adopted sustainability as a core value, many libraries across the country are also taking action to better serve their communities. Grinnell College Libraries are no exception, and we are excited to share that we are pursuing a certificate from the Sustainable Libraries Initiative this year. What does that mean? Learn what the libraries are doing to renew our commitment to sustainability and share your thoughts on the sustainable actions you want to see at Grinnell and in the libraries.
Early arrival is encouraged for the lunch buffet that will open at 11:45 a.m. Thank you for using reusable flatware to cut down on plastic waste. The fall Community Friday schedule is available on the CTL website at Community Fridays - Center for Teaching and Learning.
The Office of International Students will offer an update on current issues impacting F-1 students and J-1 Exchange Visitors. We will reflect with intention on ways that staff and faculty practice inclusive advising and foster a welcoming community - when so many valued opportunities are restricted or unavailable to 20% of our student body.
You are cordially invited to join us at the Community Friday on September 18th. Mariko Schimmel, Associate Professor of Japanese, and Jin Feng, Professor of Chinese and Japanese, and Orville and Mary Patterson Routt Professor of Literature at Grinnell College in Chinese and Japanese, alongside their student assistants, will share research into the experiences of Grinnell College's Chinese and Japanese alumni from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century.
Early arrival is encouraged for the lunch buffet that opens at 11:45 a.m. Thank you for using reusable flatware to cut down on plastic waste. The fall Community Friday schedule is available on the CTL website at Community Fridays - Center for Teaching and Learning.
You are cordially invited to join us at the Community Friday on September 25th. Associate Dean Andi Tracy and CTL Director Erik Simpson will set the stage for conversation about AI in the current moment, both at Grinnell and more broadly. We will begin the session with some remarks about the many ways our circumstances have changed since the last AI-related Community Friday session a year ago, from institutional work at Grinnell to changes in AI technologies and their reception. The session will include time for the gathered community to share their ideas and questions in conversations, especially exploring the ways in which new questions and challenges may have arisen in your own experience of AI-related issues in the past year.
Early arrival is encouraged for the lunch buffet that opens at 11:45 a.m. Thank you for using reusable flatware to cut down on plastic waste. The fall Community Friday schedule is available on the CTL website at Community Fridays - Center for Teaching and Learning.
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