Success Stories

Everyone in our class knew what Puppies and Pancakes meant. It brought back memories and got them excited to be here together. 

The college kind of portrays itself as having a lot of cultural diversity, and it’s not just advertising, it’s real ... I’ve found a very nice group of friends here.  

This trip helped ground our academic work in the social world — it made it more interesting, and ultimately more effective.

Because of Grinnell, I had the confidence to explore new places. ... Grinnell made me more enthusiastic about getting out of my comfort zone and meeting new people. 

I’m passionate about the idea of creating work that lives outside traditional gallery settings — art and design that people encounter in their everyday lives, often without even realizing it at first. 

Our feeling was that if you are not connected to your place, you won’t take care of it. From this conversation emerged the idea of embracing our location and using it as a teaching and learning tool. 

Waterways in Iowa are stressed like never before, and the trusted repositories of environmental data are being eviscerated ... If we want to know what's going on, increasingly it's good if we can collect data ourselves.

Surfing has always been a part of my life throughout college, but the fellowship gave me the opportunity to pursue it beyond recreation.