May 20, 2021
Beggs comes full circle, mentoring and being mentored, inspiring and being inspired.
Center for Careers, Life, and Service News
May 6, 2021
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program cultivates a diverse, multidisciplinary community of emerging leaders from around the world and guides them to collaborate, innovate, and communicate as they prepare to address the complex challenges facing society.
May 6, 2021
Student interns at the local library share local history and develop a stronger connection to the town of Grinnell.
Apr 14, 2021
Truman Scholars demonstrate outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to a career in government or the nonprofit sector, and academic excellence.
Apr 14, 2021
Grinnell College students Makaela Burch’22 and Andy Pavey ’22 were awarded Critical Language Scholarships for summer 2021.
Feb 3, 2021
Beginning with the graduating class of 2021 Grinnell seniors will be able to apply for admission to the Tippie graduate program provided they meet certain requirements for GPA and course completion.
Nov 19, 2020
Iowa Campus Compact assists higher education institutions in deepening their ability to improve community life and in educating students for civic and social responsibility.
Sep 3, 2020
Grinnell College is accepting nominations from across the globe for the 2021 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize. The College awards the Grinnell Prize annually to individuals who show creativity, commitment and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive change.
Aug 14, 2020
How the Center for Careers, Life, and Service helped keep the summer internship experience available during the summer of 2020.
Jul 22, 2020
The first time I served meals for Grinnell College Students was on a dreary Saturday morning in April. My colleagues from the College’s Center for Careers, Life, and Service (CLS) and I delivered over 240 meals on that deserted and lonely campus. In my experience of uncertainty and change while navigating Grinnell, I was mesmerized by the new realities of an unknown world.
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.
You never know where your life is going to take you. So be open to possibilities that might open up.
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.
I really appreciate that I went to school in a time when I learned to relate to the patient, professionally, socially, and personally.
Conservation work needs individuals who can foster a mindset of interconnectedness.
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.