GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Pioneer Summer Internships

Monday, July 13, 2009

Pioneer Summer Internships

Every summer, Pioneer football players disperse across the country for their exciting summer internships. Throughout the course of the summer, they will share their experiences here. Today's entry comes from linebacker Ryan Fletcher '11:

This summer I am working an internship in Dubuque, Iowa. I am working for Heartland Investments, a firm that offers financial advising and sells life insurance, among other things. My job, technically, is to sell life insurance, which is interesting for me, being an economics major. In terms of my daily activities, I am reviewing old clients for my boss and attempting to update their policies. I am in charge of setting up appointments and gathering as much information on the clients as possible. Along with my internship, I am also playing in a summer baseball league in Dubuque, as I am also on the team here at Grinnell. The combination of a job and baseball, to go along with football workouts, ensures no day is uneventful.

The Honor G

The Honor G, the official emblem of Grinnell College athletics, was first used at the Iowa state track championship in 1892. Designed by Earnest "Skip" Atherton, class of 1895, the original Honor G consisted of a scarlet maltese cross with a black "I and "C" (for Iowa College) superimposed on the cross. Two years later in 1894, the "I" and "C" were replaced by a black gothic "G", and the modern day Honor G was born. The gothic "G", which was also used on letter sweaters and is now used on letter jackets, was replaced by an Old English "G" in the mid-1930's. After some protest, it was quickly changed back to the gothic "G", and it has remained unchanged since that time.