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Feven Getachew `24 did not prepare for the Iowa cold. When she arrived at the Des Moines airport from Ethiopia in January 2021, she said, “I thought, ‘Okay, I will just wear a hoodie and something underneath and that will be good enough.’” Luckily, she said John Edwards, director of international admission, brought her plenty...
First-Year Tutorial, a defining feature of Grinnell’s individually-advised curriculum for 52 years, still plays an essential role in initiating first-year students into the campus community while developing their academic skills. Tutorial 100, a shared requirement among all first-years, was created in 1971 as part of the college’s step back from general education requirements. According to...