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Jonathan Andelson was born in Chicago and earned a B.A. from Grinnell in 1970 and a doctorate in anthropology at the University of Michigan in 1974. His main interests are intentional communities, religion, agriculture, and human-environment interactions.
History. The Black Cultural Center (BCC) has played a significant role in Grinnell's rich and complex history. During the tumultuous years of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Grinnell's Black students were inspired and empowered by the social movements taking place throughout the United States.
- Growing Pains, 1858–1900
- Late-Century Changes, 1883–1900
- Rise of The Residential College, 1901–1931
- Through Depression and Wartime, 1931–1955
- New Gains and New Struggles, 1955–1979
- Rise of The International College, 1979–Present
In 1858, the Trustees of Iowa College decided to move the school westward to Poweshiek County, merging it with what J.B. Grinnellhad imagined as Grinnell University. First to re-open, in September of 1860, was the preparatory academy, which operated into the next century primarily as a feeder for the College. The next fall Iowa College resumed its ...
The remainder of the 19th century was no less undulating for Iowa College’s fortunes. Three replacement buildings — Alumni Hall, Blair Hall and Chicago Hall — were completed in the mid-1880s, followed by Goodnow Hall in 1886, more than making up for the cyclone’s physical wrath. And in 1888 came Mary Mears Cottage, the institution’s first true wome...
The early 20th century saw the College’s founding ideals mesh with the era’s progressive outlook, under the leadership of PresidentJohn Main. Main wanted the College to grow in numbers and in stature but recognized little would happen without successful fundraising, so that became a priority. He also stressed the founders’ challenge to service and ...
President Main died in office in April of 1931, and so John Nollen’s administration began as the worst stretch of the Depression approached, bringing with it faculty and enrollment reductions and salary cuts. Fran Collins James ’34recalled students’ financial realities of her senior year. “As the economy worsened, students were forced to leave the ...
When Howard Bowen came to Grinnell from Williams College in 1955, the College had been through more than three decades of financial struggles as well the tumult of the war years and having hundreds of soldiers and veterans on campus. Bowen saw many areas needing improvement and moved to raise standards. He hired Robert Sauers ’49as Grinnell’s first...
Since 1980, Grinnell College has enjoyed a strong reputation as a liberal arts institution. President George Drake stressed admissions in an administration that began in 1979. “In the fall of 1979,” he notes, “we were getting barely 1,000 applications. And in order to bring in a class of 350 to 400 we were admitting a very high percentage. That did...
1970 Co-winner of 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Chai, May-lee: 1989 Author, professor and American Book Award winner Coleman, Mary Sue: 1965 President of the University of Iowa (1995–2002) and the first female President of the University of Michigan (2002–2014) Evrigenis, Ioannis ...
Hace 5 días · With twelve faculty-led ensembles and private lessons in dozens of instruments as well as voice, the Department of Music offers students of all levels significant opportunities to hone their musical skills and participate in public performances. As of Fall 2017, Grinnell offers all students music lessons covered by the College Comprehensive Fee.
Thomas Cech ( Chemistry /1947- ) is an American chemist known for his studies on the characteristics of RNA within the nucleus of cells. After earning his B.A. from Grinnell College in 1970, the Iowa City native went on to complete his PhD in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.
Grinnell College, a private liberal arts college in Iowa founded in 1846, provides individually advised learning for intellectually engaged students to produce graduates who are prepared to navigate the world’s complexities and responsibly contribute to the common good.
