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Tucked behind Game House on the south side of campus lies an oasis that tells a unique tale. At the Grinnell College Garden, it’s not only lemon cucumbers, walking onions and new girl tomatoes that thrive, but also a deep-rooted bond between nature, life and community, according to Jonathan Andelson `70, professor of anthropology. “City...
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The mural depicts the laying of Heelan Hall's first cornerstone back in 1930.
“But how can we connect this to antiracism on campus?” Sophia Unzicker `26 posed this question to the five other students attending the antiracist agriculture reading group on Wednesday afternoon in the Humanities and Social Studies Center. The group comprised several Farm House residents and two other Grinnell College students. Phil Tyne `24 got the...
Grinnell College students Tommy Hexter and Jacy Highbarger describe the Herbicide-Free Campus initiative and a prairie restoration project.
May 11, 2021 A student-led initiative will fill in an area of Mac Field with native prairie plants. Photo by Kaya Matsuura. By MJ Old oldmadel@grinnell.edu A patch of tallgrass prairie is coming to North Campus. Since the beginning of spring, a group of students supported by the Center for Prairie Studies has planned to replace the sod on a patch of Mac Field, the triangle where the sidewalks meet outside of Harris Center, with 6,200 prairie plants. “The fact that it’s surrounded on all sides by sidewalk makes it easier to maintain and prevent invasive species from getting up inside the ...