Bucket Courses is a free educational program sponsored by the Community Education Cooperative (CEC) and designed for the “life-long learner.”
This series of weekly classes explores specific topics taught by experts in their fields, including Grinnell College professors, medical professionals, and career scientists. Topics have included history, psychiatry, music, science, biotechnology, philosophy, theatre, astronomy, religion, and classics.
"What is Writing For?"
Dr. Tisha Turk, Director of Academic Support for Writing and Speaking, Grinnell College
"Teaching In a Pandemic: A Pedagogy of Trust"
Dr. Karla Erickson, Professor of Sociology, Grinnell College
Class 1 of 2: "What Do We Really Owe the Future? Nature, Community, and the Climate Emergency"
Dr. Liz Queathem, Professor of Biology and American Studies, Grinnell College
Class 2 of 2: "What Do We Really Owe the Future? Nature, Community, and the Climate Emergency"
Dr. Liz Queathem, Professor of Biology and American Studies, Grinnell College
"The History and Future of the Book"
Dr. Erik Simpson, Professor of English, Grinnell College
"Two Agricultural Vignettes"
Jonathon Andelson, Rosenfield Professor of Social Science, Grinnell College
"Technology Trumps Tradition - How The Early Phonograph Industry Transformed Human Musical Experience Worldwide"
Roger Vetter, Professor of Music, Grinnell College
"Century of DNA"
Gene Wubbels, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska at Kearney
"No Runs, No Hits, No Errors: Marilynne Robinson's Deferral of Perfection from Gilead to Home"
Stephen Andrews, Professor of English, Grinnell College
“Anthropocene Fictions: How Novels Depict Climate Change"
Shuchi Kapila, Professor of English, Grinnell College
“The Renfrow Story: Edith Renfrow Smith and her deep roots in Poweshiek County” Class 1 of 2
Monique Shore, Drake Community Library IT, Grinnell, Iowa
“The Renfrow Story: Edith Renfrow Smith and her deep roots in Poweshiek County” Class 2 of 2
Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant, Professor of Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Grinnell College
"Is History in the Past?”
Caleb Elfenbein, Professor of History and Religious Studies, Grinnell College
"Food Stories"
Todd Armstrong, Professor of Russian, Grinnell College
A memorial book fund has been established at the Drake Community Library.