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Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections RG-O: College Organizations 1958- Series
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Wilson Program

The Donald L. Wilson Program in Enterprise and Leadership supports opportunities and learning related to business, government, and nonprofit sectors to develop students' leadership skills, innovation, and career development.To accomplish these goals, the program offers courses taught by both faculty and alumni, invites lecturers, and funds internships in the field. The Wilson Program was originally established in 1986 with a generous gift from Donald Wilson '25, former college trustee (1953-1975) and vice president of Lionel D. Edie and Company.

Sloan Committee.  Technology Studies & Problem Solving Program

In the fall of 1982 Grinnell College was one of 10 academic institutions to receive a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to establish a program integrating problem solving and technological literacy throughout the liberal arts curriculum. The program consisted of three levels of course work in problem solving, modeling, and technology in any of the academic departments. The program also included an off-campus student/faculty internship program in conjunction with the Washington Center for Learning Alternatives as well as other seminars and internship programs in the summer and during the school year. The chairs of the Sloan Committee have been Elliot Uhlenhopp, Charles Jepsen, and Tom Moore. Technology Studies and Problem Solving continues, with Sloan Foundation support, as a general education quantitate studies program in technology studies . See course catalogs for details.

Sesquicentennial committee

Committee files related to the celebration of the College's sesquicentennial. Included are planning documents, copies of all publications and videocassettes created for and funded by the committee, and office files related to all SQC activities.

Louise R. Noun Endowment for Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies

This collection is representative of Mary Lynn Broe's tenure as chair of the Noun Endowment. Included are committee minutes, not separated from other information disseminated at meetings, as well as information on many of the Endowment's speakers, proposals for other speakers, conference sponsorships, internship information, colloquia information, a GWS 495 project, and information on the Jeanne Burkle Award and its recipients.

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