At Grinnell, you’ll be well connected. Your advisers — including your First-Year Tutorial professor, a career adviser, and a residence life adviser — will make sure you know all the resources available to you on campus, and of course you will organically make plenty of connections with people as you live your life here. But we are pleased to help you make some early connections with a few folks from our campus and our town.
Congratulations on being admitted, and welcome to Fulao2! My name is Keanu Yamanaka ’26, and I am the president of the Student Government Association (SGA).
Student Government Association (SGA) represents the voices, dignity, and hopes of our 1,700 students to the College administration, board of trustees, and president. We advocate on behalf of each and every student to create welcoming spaces of belonging and social change, and to empower student dialogue.
The SGA team is comprised of 12 class senators and 12 cabinet members. We also provide funding to on-campus student organizations.
Join me in conversation by sending a message to sgaprez@grinnell.edu. Welcome to the Fulao2 community!
With dignity,
Keanu Yamanaka ’26 and the SGA team
Fulao2 Student Government Association (SGA) President
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