Members of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams with their coach Erin Hurley, came to dinner last night (January 15th) in The Mayflower Community. Coach Hurley has been at the helm for 25 seasons! As has been our 15-year tradition, Mayflower hosts on-campus students and athletes during winter break when the dining services…
Guess who came to dinner last night? On Tuesday evening, January 14th, a group of Grinnell College international students led by Molly Ullestad, International Student Advisor, and hosted by Mayflower residents dined on a scrumptious taco bar prepared by the Mayflower Food Service staff. With the College dining services closed for winter break, the night…
During Winter Break at Grinnell College, both the Market Place Dining Hall and the Spencer Grill located in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center are closed. Therefore, the athletic teams and international students staying in Grinnell through the holiday do not have dining access. The teams include Pioneer men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming…
Pictured above: second class of Grinnell students in unique College/Mayflower program. Ten Grinnell College students began a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) training program on Monday, January 6th in The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA). This will be the second class of College CNAs trained by Mayflower with the first having graduated in June 2019. Under this…
On Sunday, December 15th, men’s and women’s swimmers from Grinnell College spent time enjoying games with Mayflower Community Health Center residents. As the students readied for the first-semester finals week, they found time to let down and have some fun. Especially interesting was watching resident Connie Osborn, author of a children’s book about the effects…
Two Grinnell College students conducted focus groups of residents on the Mayflower Community campus to explore residents’ spirituality needs. This is a follow-up project to a wellness study performed during the spring semester 2019, both studies for the Advanced Anthropology class taught by Professor Monty Roper. The goal of the recent study was to dig…
Professor Ann Ellis, PhD brought 13 Grinnell College students back to The Mayflower Community on Monday, December 9th to again participate in small group discussions with Mayflower residents. They previously worked with residents last October. As an assignment for Professor Ellis’ Adult Development class, the students gathered information about social and family changes in the…
On Thursday, December 5th, The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) presented the annual “Prelude to Christmas” dinner. The event featured the delicious food for which Mayflower is known plus resident and guest congeniality. In addition, the event was buoyed by the striking holiday décor in the Buckley Dining Room and outside, through the tall patio windows…
On Saturday, November 16th, six residents of Grinnell College’s Food House prepared a meal in the MultiCulture House and in their Food House. The students then delivered and served the free buffet dinner to a group of 25 Mayflower Community residents, after which the students joined the Mayflower folk to eat and talk. The evening’s…
Residents of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) have the luxury of being supported by young technical minds as they work with their electronic devices. Involved in a Mayflower program called “Tekkie Tutors,” Grinnell College students and Mayflower residents get paired up so that the former can assist the latter use cell phones and computers to…