By Michael Crumb, Senior Staff Writer, Business Record October 26, 2022
“Iowa is No. 1 in the country in two-parent working households, at 75%. There are 519,713 children in Iowa between birth and 12 years old and only 173,481 available …
I have had the honor to serve in an Americorps Campus Compact position working with the Service and Social Innovation team in the Center for Careers, Life, & Service at Grinnell College. While I’ve had great opportunities to support the …
Poweshiek County Soil and Water Conservation District needs your help in protecting land and water resources in our county! The office is located less than 10 miles from Grinnell College, and while there is plenty of hands-on work, hybrid in-person/virtual …
What is the database?
We should have a contest to name this database, as it has been the Community Partner Service Database, the Civic Activity Database, the Community Partner Search, the Community Partner Civic Activity Service Database Search…okay, well, not …
Four Oaks exists to help Iowa’s children and families, and it provides a wide range of services to support community members and assure children become successful adults. Four Oaks trains, teaches, and helps others learn how they can more effectively expect …
Students, faculty, staff, and guests will have the opportunity to celebrate and interact with our 2022 Grinnell Prize winner Jai Bharathi (she/her), Founder and CEO of MOWO Social Initiatives. Bharathi, through her work with MOWO Social Initiatives, disrupts systems of …
Read More: AAC&U Jessica R. Chittum, Kathryn A. E. Enke & Ashley P. Finley
“Community-based and civic engagement in higher education have positive outcomes across six key areas:
increased personal and social responsibility
development of positive mindsets and dispositions
improved …
“Not all volunteer programs are the same. In the world of international volunteerism, there are two kinds of gigs. One is volunteering with development programs, such as the Peace Corps in the U.S. and Voluntary Service Overseas in the U.K. …
Read More: By Animating Democracy/Americans for the Arts, September 5, 2017
“Do you find the question of measuring social change challenging? Maybe even exasperating? You aren’t alone if you ask: ‘How do you demonstrate intangible results such as ‘transformation,’ ‘community …
By Beronda Montgomery; Public Philosophy Journal | Volume 1, Number 1 | Spring 2018
“The specific ways in which humans engage with the plants growing in their environment offer many lessons about mentoring and professional develop- ment interventions. Organisms, such …