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Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA | September 26, 2003

This year in tutorials
The tutorial is a rite of passage for new Grinnellians. Designed specifically to improve students’ writing and reading skills, tutorials introduce first-years to Grinnell’s rigorous academic expectations in a concentrated learning environment. [more]

Doing the math
“I haven’t worked this hard since I was in college myself,” said Professor Chris French about his teaching responsibilities at Grinnell. “Students expect a lot of you. That’s what I was told would happen, and that’s what I expected and that’s what I want.” French is one of three new professors in the math department, along with his fiancée Karen Shuman and Shona Kuiper. [more]