Japan Study Colleges

Grinnell College
Grinnell, Iowa
1,500 students
Number of Waseda Placements: 2
TOEFL Minimum: 550 Paper / 80 IBT

Academic Calendar
Fall Semester: late August - mid December (on campus)
Spring Semester: late January - mid May (on campus)

Orientation Programs
International Students: 5 days
New Students: 5 days

Course Catalogue
http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/catalog/courses/
Note: Some of the courses listed in the catalog are offered each semester; others are offered less frequently.

Grinnell Website for International Students
- Office of International Student Services: http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/studentaffairs/oiss/
- International Student Organization: http://web.grinnell.edu/groups/iso/

Campus Highlights
Founded in 1846, Grinnell College is known for its intensive mentoring of students by the faculty and an education based on active experience. Grinnell classes generally are small, with an average enrollment of 17 and fewer than 3% of classes above 35 students.
- History of Grinnell: http://www.grinnell.edu/aboutinfo/history/

Community and Volunteer Opportunities
At Grinnell College, there are a variety of opportunities to get involved within the local community and become active in student organizations on campus.
- Community Service Center: http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/communityservice/
- Handbook: http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/communityservice/volunteer/

Host Stay Programs
Waseda students live in campus dormitories. Grinnell's host family program matches international students with an individual or family in Grinnell. This may include a brief homestay when you first arrive. The program offers you the support of a "family away from home" and the chance to experience American culture outside of the campus culture. Please ask the international student office for a list of participating families in the area.

Surrounding area
The city of Grinnell, is a community rooted in agriculture. Thirteen sites in town are listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The city of Grinnell offers members of the campus a chance to enjoy the quality of life that has earned it a place among the 25 "Best Small Towns in America" in the book of that title. Outdoor recreational activities include lakes, prairie preserves, cross country ski trails, and a new bicycle path that will connect Grinnell and Rock Creek State Park.

From Grinnell, it is less than an hour’s drive to Des Moines and about an hour to Iowa City; the metropolitan attractions of Minneapolis-St. Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Chicago are all accessible within a four- to five-hour drive.

- Grinnell Community website: http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/communityenhance

Grinnell Mission Statement
When Grinnell College framed its charter in the Iowa Territory of the United States in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for the different professions and for the honorable discharge of the duties of life." The College pursues that mission by educating young men and women in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas. As a teaching and learning community, the College holds that knowledge is a good to be pursued both for its own sake and for the intellectual, moral, and physical well-being of individuals and of society at large. The College exists to provide a lively academic community of students and teachers of high scholarly qualifications from diverse social and cultural circumstances. The College aims to graduate women and men who can think clearly, who can speak and write persuasively and even eloquently, who can evaluate critically both their own and others' ideas, who can acquire new knowledge, and who are prepared in life and work to use their knowledge and their abilities to serve the common good.

Read the full statement here (http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/president/missionstatement/).

Famous Alumni

• Robert N. Noyce, '49, the co-inventor of the computer microchip and the co-founder of Intel Corportation.