Other Items

• Created 2 May 2003; Published 22 May 2003
  Convocation: Julia Alvarez
  Through the mediums of poetry and prose, Julia Alvarez recreates the feelings of loss she experienced after her immigration to the United States, when she was ten years old. Although born in New York City, she spent her early years in the Dominican Republic until political insurrection forced the Alvarez family to flee the country.
• Created 18 April 2003; Published 23 April 2003
  Convocation: Wilma Mankiller
  The first woman to serve as principal chief of the Cherokee nation, Wilma Mankiller compares her job to "running a small country, a medium-size corporation and being a social worker."
• Created 7 February 2003; Published 27 February 2003
  Convocation: Beverly Daniel Tatum
  Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum, a clinical psychologist who focuses her teaching and research on the psychology of racism, presents the Black History Month Convocation. She is the author of the groundbreaking book "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"
• Created 17 January 2003; Published 31 January 2003
  Martin Luther King Convocation
  Speaker: Mary Frances Berry, Chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and lifelong activist for education, gender, equity and civil rights.
• Created 23 May 2002; Published 27 February 2003
  WBEZ profiles Carleton's Posse Group
  A reporter with Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ) attended a training session for Carleton's Posse group, 12 Chicago-area high schoolers bound for Carleton this fall. The reporter talks with the students about their reactions to campus, expectations and hopes. Dean of Admissions Paul Thiboutot is interviewed and the story provides background on the Posse Foundation and successful Posse groups at other colleges. Listen to the May 23, 2002 report courtesy of WBEZ.
• Created 3 May 2002; Published 28 February 2003
  Convocation: Chiqui Cartagna
  Since the mid 1980s, Chiqui Cartagna has gained a prominent role in the creation of Spanish television and journalism. In addition to being producer of a variety of television news and talk shows, she has been a reporter for the Spanish-language version of the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald. She has held positions as the senior editor for People En Espanol and has developed a series of TV Guide products in Spanish. Sponsored by the Carleton Latino American Students Organization (LASO).
• Created 12 April 2002; Published 28 February 2003
  Convocation: Winona LaDuke
  Internationally renowned Native American Indian activist Winona LaDuke spoke at Convocation. She founded and serves as campaign director for the White Earth Land Recovery Project, a reservation-based land acquisition, environmental advocacy and cultural organization. Sponsored by the Carleton American Native Peoples Organization (ANPO).
• Created 18 June 2000; Published 3 March 2003
  Reunion 2000: Sunday Memorial Service
  Reverend Mary Bjorklund McNamara's sermon from the Sunday memorial service entitled "The Hubble and the Color of Paradise".
• Created 10 June 2000; Published 27 February 2003
  Commencement 2000: Listening to the Music of Carleton
  A speech in dialogue by Faisal Mohyuddin '00 and Sachin Patel '00: "Listening to the Music of Carleton: Unlearning and Relearning Ourselves." Transcript
• Created 18 April 1998; Published 17 February 2006
  Multicultural Alumni Network (MCAN) Group Discussion

  A group of Multicultural Alumni from MCAN (Multicultural Alumni Network) discuss what it was like at Carleton when they were students and the role of MCAN now.