For Community Partners

Classroom and Co-Curricular Partnerships with Students

The Center for Careers, Life, and Service has developed relationships with over 150 local nonprofit, grass-roots organizations, schools, and governmental agencies interested in engaging with Grinnell College students, faculty, and staff. Whether your organization is interested in hosting Service Leadership Work-Study students, would like volunteer or class assistance with a project, has a research question to explore with students, or just wants to learn what kinds of classroom or co-curricular partnerships are possible, we are here to help.

 

Local Roots, Global Vision

By Tim Schmitt, Sep 29, 2025

When Tristan Davis ’25 first visited Grinnell College, it was the small classes and close faculty relationships that drew him in. But what he found in his four years as a student extended well …

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Empowering Community Connections

Grinnell College, April 29, 2025

Tanner Alger ’25 is currently working with the College’s inaugural Social Innovator in Residence, Monica Sanders and members of the greater Grinnell Community on a project that seeks to better map digital access disparities in …

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Gap year working at Grinnell is where ‘everything began to fall into place’

—by Joe Engleman ’14, Grinnell College

Almost a year ago, Sophia Estrada Snow – known by her Meskwaki name of Wabeskesiga – opted to take a gap year following her first year at Drake University. Over the summer, she became aware of …

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