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Community Engaged Learning: Building Bridges Between Classrooms and Communities

Oct 30, 2024

In collaboration with the College’s Office of Civic Education and Innovation, many faculty members have implemented community-engaged aspects into their courses. Community-engaged learning (C-EL) classes were the vision of Wadzanai Motsi-Khatai ’12, who championed a student government initiative that ultimately led to the establishment of the Civic Education and Innovation (CEI) Office within the Center for Careers, Life, and Service (CLS).

Ellen Hengesbach stands in front of Westminster Hall and Big Ben

From Pursuit of Passion to Professional Success

Oct 11, 2024

Academic opportunities, career mentoring, and financial support from Grinnell helped Ellen Hengesbach ’24 turn an internship into a meaningful career.

A woman wears a pink button down shirt and stands in a river with a large butterfly net.

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.

Idelle Cooper ’01

Art, Feminism, and the Sexual Evolution of Jewelwing Damselflies

By Natalie Ng ’27

Evan Griffith, wearing a sunhat, sits with a colleague under the shade of a small tree in Turkana, Kenya.

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.

Evan Griffith ’15

The Power of One Health: Evan Griffith ’15

By Carly St. Martin-Norburg ’24

A woman wearing a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sweater stands in front of a lake and smiles at the camera.

Conservation work needs individuals who can foster a mindset of interconnectedness.

Sarah Strommen ’95

A Commissioner’s Quest for Environmental Stewardship

By Nancy Garcia ’24

A woman assists a student in setting up a laboratory instrument for an experiment.

You never know where your life is going to take you. So be open to possibilities that might open up.

Carolyn Bosse

Embracing Inquiry: Carolyn Bosse’s 34-year Journey in Grinnell Biology

By Mahiro Noda ’26

JoEllen Hoth and twelve other doctors in white scrubs stand on the front step of a hospital.

I really appreciate that I went to school in a time when I learned to relate to the patient, professionally, socially, and personally.

JoEllen Hoth ’62

A Legacy of Compassionate Care: JoEllen Hoth ’62’s Journey in Medicine

By Adriane Thompson ’24

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Graduating Seniors and Alumni Receive Fulbright Grants

May 17, 2024

Valery Lopez '24, Daniel Rosenbloom ’23, and Kendall Yim ’24—were awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to teach English abroad for the 2024–2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Joslyn Martinez ’24 Receives the Celina Karp Biniaz Model of Resilience Award

May 08, 2024

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.

Zachary Spindler-Krage

Zachary Spindler-Krage ’25 Named Udall Scholar

May 03, 2024

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.

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