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Advisers at Grinnell | Grinnell College
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Advising at Grinnell
See it in action
So much will happen during your next four years. What’s important is that, at Grinnell, you’re never going at it alone. In fact, you’ll have three advisers to support your journey every step of the way:
Your Advisers
Crafting a curriculum for you.
Your First-Year Tutorial professor will play a much bigger role than just teaching your first class at Grinnell. They will become your faculty adviser, responsible for developing a program of study that combines your particular interests and long-term goals (the hallmark of the Grinnell curriculum).
Academic Planning for First-Year Students
provides you with space from the very beginning to explore our variety of programs and where you see yourself belonging. So that by late in your second year, you’ll have declared a major and gained a good understanding of what your academic focus can lead to, and exactly how to get there.
Connecting your interests to real opportunities.
As you grow in your studies, you’ll explore larger issues of purpose and responsibility, both on campus and beyond. Your careers, life, and service adviser will provide support for your professional, personal, and civic development through this exploration. You’ll meet with this adviser during New Student Orientation and then every semester following. Along the way you’ll discuss your values and interests, and how you’ll build a career that’s meaningful to you.
A few ways to meet with this adviser:
Call the
Center for Careers, Life, and Service
to set up an appointment
Stop by during “quick-stop” hours
Stop by the CLS Express in the Spencer Grill
Making sure you always feel at home.
Moving into a new environment with an entirely new group of people brings exciting experiences, but may also require some adjustments. Your residence life coordinator (RLC), who lives in your residential community, is the primary resource for you and your neighbors as you navigate your shared space together. RLC’s are available throughout the day, with someone on call 24 hours a day, should you need anything late at night. Your RLC’s role is to support your success at Grinnell academically, socially, and personally, and be there to help you feel at home away from home.
Sarah Lopez Gonzalez ’26 (The Woodlands, Texas)
“Advisers here are proactive. My Spanish professor reached out after my first class and guided me toward a biochemistry professor as my adviser. Together, they’ve helped me navigate course choices, research, and opportunities. Their mentorship has made me feel supported through every transition.”
Mitch Paiva ’27 (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
“My advisers help break the monstrous task of planning my courses and long-term goals into something more manageable. With their expertise, I can focus on what I am actually interested in instead of worrying about requirements.”
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Skip to main content
Advising at Grinnell
See it in action
So much will happen during your next four years. What’s important is that, at Grinnell, you’re never going at it alone. In fact, you’ll have three advisers to support your journey every step of the way:
Your Advisers
Crafting a curriculum for you.
Your First-Year Tutorial professor will play a much bigger role than just teaching your first class at Grinnell. They will become your faculty adviser, responsible for developing a program of study that combines your particular interests and long-term goals (the hallmark of the Grinnell curriculum).
Academic Planning for First-Year Students
provides you with space from the very beginning to explore our variety of programs and where you see yourself belonging. So that by late in your second year, you’ll have declared a major and gained a good understanding of what your academic focus can lead to, and exactly how to get there.
Connecting your interests to real opportunities.
As you grow in your studies, you’ll explore larger issues of purpose and responsibility, both on campus and beyond. Your careers, life, and service adviser will provide support for your professional, personal, and civic development through this exploration. You’ll meet with this adviser during New Student Orientation and then every semester following. Along the way you’ll discuss your values and interests, and how you’ll build a career that’s meaningful to you.
A few ways to meet with this adviser:
Call the
Center for Careers, Life, and Service
to set up an appointment
Stop by during “quick-stop” hours
Stop by the CLS Express in the Spencer Grill
Making sure you always feel at home.
Moving into a new environment with an entirely new group of people brings exciting experiences, but may also require some adjustments. Your residence life coordinator (RLC), who lives in your residential community, is the primary resource for you and your neighbors as you navigate your shared space together. RLC’s are available throughout the day, with someone on call 24 hours a day, should you need anything late at night. Your RLC’s role is to support your success at Grinnell academically, socially, and personally, and be there to help you feel at home away from home.
Sarah Lopez Gonzalez ’26 (The Woodlands, Texas)
“Advisers here are proactive. My Spanish professor reached out after my first class and guided me toward a biochemistry professor as my adviser. Together, they’ve helped me navigate course choices, research, and opportunities. Their mentorship has made me feel supported through every transition.”
Mitch Paiva ’27 (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
“My advisers help break the monstrous task of planning my courses and long-term goals into something more manageable. With their expertise, I can focus on what I am actually interested in instead of worrying about requirements.”
Related Links
Majors and Concentrations
Where the humanities, social studies, and sciences converge.
Areas of Study
Center for Careers, Life, and Service
Your hub of resources for living, learning, and working with meaning and purpose.
Start What's Next
Life at Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa: An unexpected setting for bringing the world together.
Live Grinnellian
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