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Grinnell, Iowa is a small, rural town of under 10,000 that encompasses 5 square miles. In 2005, the city initiated a renovation project including new water mains, two-way streets, crosswalks, and parking spaces. Grinnell isn’t much of a college town—students’ biggest complaint about the school—and it’s far from cities (the nearest, Des Moines and Iowa City, are each about an hour away). Instead of relying on the town for entertainment, Grinnellians create their own fun on campus.

Grinnell’s campus covers 120 acres and is divided into North Campus, East Campus, and South Campus. The sixty-three buildings represent a range of architectural styles, from Collegiate Gothic to Bauhaus.. The dorms appropriate Oxford and Cambridge’s use of loggias, or corridors, that run between buildings and are open-air on one side. The Joe Rosenfeld ’25 Center, Grinnell’s student center, is central not just nominally, but also physically: it’s in the middle of Grinnell’s campus. Academic and residential buildings take up most of the campus; athletic facilities lie along a strip on Grinnell’s northern border.

Grinnell’s dorms are divided into three complexes: North Campus, East Campus, and South Campus. The dorms on each campus are connected by a corridor called a loggia—similar to Oxford and Cambridge’s designs. Grinnell recently constructed four new residential halls, but the older buildings (like Norris, which houses many of Grinnell’s freshmen) often don’t have air conditioning. Grinnell has two dining halls: Cowles, on North Campus, and Quad, on South Campus. Both feature typical college fare (main courses, hot sides, salad bar, sandwich bar, cereal bar, desserts, bagels, bread, tortillas, fruit, a sundae bar, and vegan dishes), though Quad has a more bohemian vibe than Cowles. All students living in residence halls are required to purchase meal plans.

Grinnell’s 18 athletic teams, the Pioneers, participate in the Midwest Conference of the NCAA’s Division III. Grinnell also offers club teams in sports including water polo, Ultimate Frisbee, and rugby. Almost a third of Grinnellians play varsity sports during their four years at school. Grinnell has had the most Academic All-Conference honorees of any college in the Midwest Conference for the past six years. Grinnell’s basketball team, under Coach David Arseneault, has been noted for its playing style, called “The System,” which involves full-court press, intense offense and three-point shots, and five-player substitutions every 35 to 40 seconds. The basketball team has won three conference championships in the last 10 years.