Grinnell College’s Early Chinese Alumni
Project Lead: Prof. Jin Feng (Professor of Chinese and Japanese, and Orville and Mary Patterson Routt Professor of Literature) Vivero Fellow (2025-2026): Chikako I. Link: https://chinesealumni.sites.grinnell.edu/ Part of my long-term research project titled “Grinnell-in-China, China in Grinnell,” I seek to work with a Vivero Fellow to use digital storytelling to share findings on Grinnell College’s […]
Seasonal Stories and Snapshots of Ecological Stewardship and Education at CERA
Project Lead: Jake Hill (CERA Horticulturalist) Vivero Fellow (2025-2026): Steph Kama-Kama The Fellow will select a digital medium that best illustrates how land stewardship and educational activities vary seasonally during a year at CERA, the Conard Environmental Research Area, and use that medium to integrate GIS data, photos, and other information provided by the project […]
Best Practices for Science Education
Project Lead: Minna Mahlab (Director of Science Learning Center) Vivero Fellow (2025-2026): Zachary Rusli This project is envisioned as an opportunity to annotate and digitize an existing collection of peer reviewed references informing best practices in science education to create an easily accessible, searchable, and vetted database for anyone: students wanting to learn more about […]
Sites @ Grinnell Web Literacy
Project Lead: Dr. Mo Pelzel (Director of Academic Technology) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025): David Nguyen This Vivero project will support the campus web hosting and digital publishing platform, Sites @ Grinnell. The Fellow will collaborate with Sites administrators to: promote the engagement of students and student organizations on the platform, including providing support for a […]
Student Activism at Grinnell Digital Exhibit and Walking Tour
Project Lead: Libby Cave (Digital Humanities & Instruction Librarian) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025): Chika Inoue Grinnell College, with its social justice focus, has historically been an incubator for activists and experienced several waves of social movements and protest that are emblematic of the social movements that affected the rest of the country. Today, it is […]
Map the System Digital Repository
Project Lead: Vicki Nolton (Assistant Director for Social Innovation Partnerships and Education, CLS) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025): Isaiah Schlimm Project Need: Map the System (MTS) is a global research challenge that empowers students to use a systems thinking approach to examine a social or environmental issues and learn how to tackle deeper root causes of […]
3D Printing in the Digital Studio
Project Lead: Max Schafer (Digital Library Services Specialist) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025, Fall 2025): Ngoc Ta Burling Library’s Digital Studio is a growing space with semi-professional tools, technology, and support for digital projects across many disciplines. There are several opportunities that could use additional support from the Fellow in 2025-2026, according to their interests, which […]
Georgia Dentel Project
Project Lead: Prof. Sarah Purcell (L. F. Parker Professor of History) Vivero Fellow (Spring 2025): Zachary Bressler Georgia Dentel’s work at Grinnell College was remembered fondly by many alumni, who wanted to honor her by creating a research fund for current students at Grinnell College. Despite Dentel’s large role in student life, there is yet […]
Updating Grinnell Guide to Writing, Research, and Speaking
Project lead: Dr. Tisha Turk (Director of Academic Support for Writing & Speaking) Vivero Fellow (2024-2025): Rowan M I’d like to take the Grinnell Guide to Writing, Research, and Speaking (GG) online. The original project is “online” in the sense that it exists as a PDF that can be downloaded, but this format is both […]
OER Toolkit
Project lead: Kayla Reed (Discovery, Systems, & Digital Strategy Librarian) Vivero Fellow (Fall 2024): Karolina Calleros Website Link: https://openpedagogytoolkit.sites.grinnell.edu/ The focus of this project is building an “Open Pedagogy Toolkit,” which will involve creating a website that will act as a guide for helping faculty get started on building a course with open pedagogy. Open […]
