Liberal Arts in Prison Program

Emily Guenther ’07, director of Grinnell College’s Liberal Arts in Prison Program, has been awarded a $60,000 grant from Bard College and the Open Society University Network. The grant was used to support the hiring of Gabriel Ferguson ’22 to serve as a postbaccalaureate fellow; Ferguson will provide academic support for courses offered at the Newton Correctional Facility and a pilot program at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women.