Aug 28, 2015
More than 10% of a national leadership program volunteers this year are from Grinnell.
Center for Careers, Life, and Service News
Aug 25, 2015
Talented and open to change, alum discovers his true niche in the D.C music scene.
Jun 29, 2015
Archie Tyson ’06 is committed to education for himself and his students.
May 6, 2015
College enters digital partnership with Harvard Business School; Grinnell students offered additional financial aid for online courses.
May 4, 2015
The CLS helps with every stage of the job and internship search process.
Apr 17, 2015
How "career dating" is helping Trang Nguyen ’17 clear up her post-Grinnell plans.
Mar 16, 2015
Grinnellian has been awarded a prestigious Watson Fellowship for one year of independent study and travel abroad.
Feb 26, 2015
Todd Foreman ’95, dual U.S./U.K. citizen, is running for election to Britain’s Parliament.
Center For Careers, Life, And Service Stories
The best work that we can do for the environment, for nature and wildlife, and for each other, is get involved with the local communities because that is where the impact of our work can be seen.
I really appreciate that I went to school in a time when I learned to relate to the patient, professionally, socially, and personally.
You never know where your life is going to take you. So be open to possibilities that might open up.
Conservation work needs individuals who can foster a mindset of interconnectedness.
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.
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.
Helping recover that story felt urgent. The work was physically intense but meaningful.
This experience was really emotionally intense (but) it was really fulfilling and powerful. It definitely confirmed that that's something that l need to have in my life.
Grinnell definitely prepared me for my future in medicine … good studying habits, how to keep up with courseload, how to advocate for myself in the classroom, seek out professors, and how to work with people. All of those skills got really fine-tuned at Grinnell.