Goals and Vision

The new campus center will be the "living room" of the campus, serving as a social, cultural, educational, and recreational center. The mission of the new campus center is to provide services and conveniences that faculty, staff, and students need in their daily lives and to create an environment that allows individuals to know and understand one another through formal and informal associations. Members of the town community will feel welcome in the new campus center and continue to attend cultural, recreational, educational, and social activities.

It is the goal of Grinnell College to create an inviting and welcoming campus center. There are three objectives. First, the center will create an environment where campus programs, services, and activities are located in one building to provide greater convenience, accessibility, and visibility to all members of the campus community. Second, the college has a long-standing commitment to diversity and the center will support this goal through the inclusion of space for multicultural student groups. Third, the center will act as a warm and inviting hub that encourages interaction between faculty, staff, and students, which will ultimately promote discourse between all members of the campus.