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  Grinnell College
Academic Focus
  • MAPs-Tested and Approved-First Common Curricular Innovation in 30 years
  • Faculty Additions
    • Statistics
    • Biology
    • Psychology
    • Computer Science
    • History
    • Spanish
    • Sociology
    • Anthropology
    • Music
    • Chemistry
    • Gender and Women's Studies
    • Geology
    • Geography
    • Film History and Theory
    • Computer Science
    • Neurosci/Bio Chemistry
    • Arabic
    • Physics
    • Psychology



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Facilities



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Diversity
  • Working to Improve program in Incoming Classes
  • Faculty Diversity Initiative - good and strong program
  • Office of Community Enhancement
  • Chicago Recruiter
  • Posse Foundation
  • Viewbook
  • Increased Aid to International Students
Fiscal Prudence
  • FFE Folded into Base Budget
  • Multiple-year Surpluses
  • Bonds Receive Highest Possible Rating
  • Endowment continues to out perform most of our peers
  • Better Revenue Balance
  • Change in Off-Campus Study Tuition Policy
  • More generous financial aid
  • Loan Cap Program
  • Loan buy down program
  • Extra aid for students engaged in socially responsible or approved educational summer activity
  • Change in College Budget Process and Committees
  • Multi-year Planning and Budgeting

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Student Life and Recruiting
  • Joe Rosenfield '25 Campus Center
    • Dining Review, Planning, and Assessment
    • Implementation of Marche Dining Program
  • East Campus Residence Halls
  • John Chrystal Center
  • Iowa/Chicago Recruiters
  • New Viewbook/Improved Website
  • Mid-range Enhancement to Several Publications
  • Increased Prospect Pool by More Than 50%
  • Increased Application Pool by More Than 23%
  • Increased Admissions Staff/Funding
  • Increased Internships and Career Planning Support
  • No Significant Progress on Diversity

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Alumni and Development
  • Increased Staff and Budget
  • Pioneer Fund and Giving Levels
  • Increased Programming
  • Formal Policies and Procedures
  • Clearer Sense of Prospects, Solicitations, etc.
Marketing and Image
Social Commitment
  • New Office Created in 1999
  • Post-Graduate Programs-Grinnell Corps
    • Lesotho
    • Nepal
    • Namibia - Science
    • Nanjing
    • New Orleans
  • Lilly Grant
  • Faculty Diversity Initiative
  • Financial Aid Policies
  • Endowed Wall Service Award
Community Enhancement
  • New office created in 2000 recognizing that the long-term success of Grinnell College is intimately linked to the long-term success of the Grinnell community
    • Community mini-Grant Program
    • Iowa Transportation Museum Building purchase
    • Drake Community Library
    • Public Safety Building
    • Expansion and new Science Facilities at the High School
    • Gift Support
    • Renaissance Position
    • Galaxy Position
    • Bike Trail
    • Hospital
    • Schools Grant Writer Position
  • Implemenation of Local Foods Program in Dining Services
  • Pioneer Bookshop in downtown Grinnell
  • Old Glove Factory
  • 8th Avenue reconstruction project (2008)
  • Strand Movie Theatre
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Alumni and Development
Marketing and Image
Social Commitment
Community Enhancement

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