Mural celebrating Grinnell community

Civic Engagement

The common good starts here.

Grinnell's commitment to the common good comes from somewhere innate, grounded in a partnership with the town that surrounds us. It weaves its way through everything we do. Our coursework, our student groups, our art, our sense of community - they prepare us for the ever-mounting challenges facing our state, our nation, and our world. But Grinnellians don't just talk, we do. Here's how.

Exploring Your Civic Interest

There are endless ways to be a proactive and thoughtful citizen. Coming here means finding out which ones are yours.
Student teaching children how to garden

Civic activities in and around Grinnell

By partnering with student groups and local organizations, we offer wide-ranging opportunities for sustained volunteering. Grinnellians go where there's need, and we don't leave before the work is done.

Washing onions out of Grinnell College garden

Sustainability

Promoting sustainability on campus requires both individual actions and collective advocacy. Grinnell offers opportunities inside and outside the classroom to help you get involved and make a difference to our environment.

Grinnell Prize panel with Melanie Marcel and alumni

Social innovation

Through the Social Innovator in Residence program, students work alongside groundbreaking civic leaders who are making an enduring difference in the world by fostering interdisciplinary creativity and organizing for social action.

Extraordinary journeys begin here.

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