Experiential Learning ,
Four students with the AMEC balloon arch at the conference entrance.

Students Bring Back Lessons, Opportunities for Growth From a Premedical Conference

Apr 28, 2023
Planning in advance to give a presentation about their conference experience, four premedical students reflect on what they learned and the takeaways they want to share with their peers.
hackGC is stamped on colored silicone wristbands for team solidarity.

hackGC 2023 Winning Team Brings Innovation to Food Waste

May 10, 2023
Four teams of students created technology solutions to a climate change issue of their choice during hackGC, a weekend-long competition in April 2023. Read more about all the innovative teams.

2022 SPARK Challenge Partners Students with Community Organizations

May 01, 2022
2022 winners’ projects work to build awareness of support for Asian victims of sexual assault, address social isolation in long-term care, and reduce food waste in the dining hall.
Four students in business attire with other conference attendees in the background.

Gaining Capital Investment Perspective from Industry Experts

Mar 31, 2023
Four Grinnell College students attended the 2023 annual Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference at the Harvard Business School.
Group of 10 students at BRASA Summit 2022

Brazilian Students Network at National Summit

Nov 09, 2022
The Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership sponsored ten Brazilian students to attend this year’s BRASA Summit, a two-day annual conference that gathers Brazilian college students studying outside their country and influential leaders to discuss some of the country’s main issues and to debate solutions.
FoodSavr team holds their oversized first-place prize check.

Pioneer Weekend 2021

Oct 28, 2021
Students formed teams and met with invited mentors to fine-tune various aspects of their pitches. Read more to find out who participated.
Pioneer Weekend's first-place team of five students with their oversized prize check.

Pioneer Weekend 2022

Oct 04, 2022
Students formed teams and met with invited mentors to fine-tune various aspects of their pitches. Read more to find out who participated.
Students pitch at Pioneer Weekend in 2019

Pioneer Weekend Goes Virtual

Mar 15, 2021
From Sept. 25 to 27, the Donald and Winifred Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership hosted their annual Pioneer Weekend competition, adapted to an online format for this year’s competition.
Sharene Gould Dulabaum ’22 and excess waste on campus

2020 SPARK Social Innovation Challenge

Nov 12, 2020
The winner of the 2020 SPARK Challenge, Sharene Gould Dulabaum ’22, centered her project around the major problem of excess waste on campus. After observing that many students failed to properly sort their trash into compost, landfill, and recycling, Dulabaum proposed a new system of centralized waste bins that would standardize and streamline the process of sorting waste, potentially saving the College thousands of dollars.
Left to right: Rande, Alicia, Ruby, Luz, Daniella, and Breana at the SACNAS Conference

Grinnell Students Attend SACNAS

May 06, 2020
In the fall of 2019, the Wilson Center for Innovation and Leadership sponsored five students to attend the annual Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference.

We use cookies to enable essential services and functionality on our site, enhance your user experience, provide better service through personalized content, collect data on how visitors interact with our site, and enable advertising services.

To accept the use of cookies and continue on to the site, click "I Agree." For more information about our use of cookies and how to opt out, please refer to our website privacy policy.