n August Grinnell welcomed 472 first-year students from 46 different states and 31 countries. A welcome ceremony included the presentation of commemorative medallions that pay tribute to an important event in the College’s history.
Fall 2021
In this Issue
![Total gifts and committments chart detailing breakdown of $17907839 for July 2020 through June 2021](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/CN_DAR-chart.jpg?itok=mb3XPd8U)
A total of 7,806 donors made gifts to Grinnell College during the past fiscal year, an increase of 180 donors from the previous year. Gifts from alumni, students, faculty, staff, friends of the College, and parents of students and alumni combined to yield impressive participation and...
![Doug Johnson ’77 and John Chambers ’77 in their senior year swim team photo Doug Johnson ’77 and John Chambers ’77 in their senior year swim team photo](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/G-Doug-and-John-swim-team-1977_cmyk.jpg?itok=7Jp7WmDR)
Students in Leslie Gregg-Jolly’s First-Year Tutorial course, What Makes You You?, are exploring identity formation. To demonstrate the role of relationships, Gregg-Jolly is incorporating a real-life example into the tutorial about a friendship formed in the mid-1970s.
![Students walking under the trees which are covered in fall foliage](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/INSIDE-FRONT-COVER---20191028.fall_.collor.campus.318-%281%29.jpg?itok=W87Y01_d)
For the first time in 50 years, Grinnell faculty have approved a new requirement as part of the individually advised curriculum. The new course, First-Year Experience: Connections, is discussion-based and experiential and introduces students to important ideas about wellness, diversity, and...
![Edith Renfrow Smith](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/BT-Renfrow_BACK-TALK_cmyk.jpg?itok=Ll5E4JqZ)
My summer research with Edith Renfrow Smith ’37, by Feven A. Getachew ’24