Last week, the Northfield News featured Carleton's newly formed Center for Community and Civic Engagement...

Josh Woods just finished his first semester at Hamline University with a 3.3 GPA, barely missing the cutoff for the dean’s list...

On November 8th, the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching, Carleton's nexus for faculty development and pedagogical dialogue, hosted an event dedicated to ACE's work in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics...

Prof. Susan Singer, a consistent supporter of ACE's work in the natural sciences, was featured on NPR's Talk of the Nation...

November 8th was the official date for Northfield to decide between raising property taxes or cutting school budgets. But on October 28th the Mayor's Youth Council gave many students a chance to share their opinions on an issue directly affecting them, even though most were not old enough to vote on the referendum...

On Saturday, Nov. 5, approximately 25 Carleton and local high-school students gathered for an all-day Youth Empowerment Workshop, led by Carleton students Mahal Burr '12 and Nick Welna '12 (Evanston, Ill.) at the Weitz Center for Creativity. Sponsored by the Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) office, the workshop taught attendees a wide variety of leadership skills and capped with the formation of working groups to futher examine issues facing young people in our community.

Last March, psychology majors Rebecca Gourevitch ’12 and Colin MacArthur ’12 met with Janet Lewis Muth, the director of Growing Up Healthy, to begin a year-long civic engagement project that would serve as the duo’s senior thesis...

At the Weitz Center for Creativity through Sunday, Oct. 23rd

Beginning Friday, October 14^th, Carleton College is excited to reopen the “Frames of Engagement” photography exhibit in rooms 226 and 229 at the Weitz Center for Creativity. The exhibit premiered on September 17^th and remained on display through the 23^rd, but is now back by popular demand until Sunday, October 23^rd...

Somogyi with Becca Litwin '12, Robin Reich '12, and SCOPE students

Northfield, Minnesota, has more than its share of readers and writers. Countless historians have graduated from the esteemed programs at Carleton and St. Olaf. The Northfield Historical Society claims prime real estate in historic downtown. But, in more than 150 years since its founding, no one has written a comprehensive history of the town of cows, colleges, and contentment...

The latest issue of Growing Up Healthy's newsletter is devoted to collaboration between community groups and higher education institutions...

The highly regarded Minnesota news website MinnPost.com recently published two articles featuring ACE partnerships...

Leading urban sociologist and education advocate, Pedro Noguera will deliver Carleton’s College’s weekly convocation address on Friday, Oct. 7 at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. His presentation, entitled “Creating the Schools We Need: A Broader and Bolder Approach to School Reform,” honors Latino Heritage Month at the College. Noguera will examine the obstacles standing in the way of providing equal education for all, as well as discussing the solutions that are already working to overcome those obstacles. The author of many acclaimed books on public education, Noguera will sign copies of his books, which will be available for purchase at the event, following his presentation. Convocation is free and open to the public.