New initiative will bring world-class innovators to campus to inspire students and promote civic engagement.
Summer 2023
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![Norris Hall with etched black stone frontage](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/CAMPUS_Norris_975x455.jpg?itok=1qDc6402)
The Norris Hall renovations completed last fall created more comfortable space for students. New ADA rooms and an elevator make the building accessible for all.
![Gates Tower as seen from across Mac Field in the summer](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20230620.macfield.prairie.254.jpg?itok=l7iewV9C)
$250,000 from the John M. Campbell Trust will help the GEP expand from exclusively youth-based projects to economic empowerment interventions aimed at the whole family.
![black and red text on grey says Scarlet and Give Back Day with red squirrell shape on the right](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/CAMPUS_SGBD_975x455.jpg?itok=uRlCMAxe)
Grinnellians demonstrated the power of collective impact during Scarlet & Give Back Day when more than 2,550 donors made gifts totaling over $1,250,000.
![Christina Cutlip with Rogers and Josephine Gurira](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/NEWS_Giving_975x455.jpg?itok=7Os57K5i)
Christina Cutlip ’83 and her husband, Mark Cutlip, made a lead gift to establish The Gurira Family Scholarship Fund. The scholarship will be awarded to students with financial need, with preference given to international students from Africa.