Audio/Video Archives
Beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year, convocation audio files are archived separately from video files. View the audio archives.
Convocation: George Will on Prosperity and Volatility
Created 29 October 1999; Published 28 February 2003
See also: Campus Speakers: George Will, 10/29/99
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Other Items
- Created 26 April 2002; Published 27 February 2003Convocation: Jamie MonsonCarleton Associate Professor of History Jamie Monson discusses her current project, funded by the Carnegie Foundation. The project's focus is the history of a railway built by the Chinese in Tanzania in the 1970s. The project has a number of rich dimensions including environmental history, rural development, African-Chinese relations, and cultural change.
- Created 12 April 2002; Published 28 February 2003Convocation: Winona LaDukeInternationally 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 19 October 2001; Published 27 February 2003Convocation: Bill RichardsonBill Richardson, former secretary of energy and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, gave a convocation address titled "New Challenges."
- Created 29 October 1999; Published 28 February 2003Convocation: George Will on American Creed and GovernmentSee also: Campus Speakers: George Will, 10/29/99
- Created 29 October 1999; Published 28 February 2003Convocation: George Will on Expansion of the Federal GovernmentSee also: Campus Speakers: George Will, 10/29/99
- Created 29 October 1999; Published 28 February 2003Convocation: George Will on Prosperity and VolatilitySee also: Campus Speakers: George Will, 10/29/99
- Created 13 September 1999; Published 3 March 2003Convocation: Jesse VenturaHighlight from Govenor Ventura's speech: "Earning It"
- Created 13 September 1999; Published 3 March 2003Convocation: Jesse VenturaHighlight from Govenor Ventura's speech: "Education." See also: Campus Speakers: Jesse Ventura, 9/13/99
- Created 13 September 1999; Published 3 March 2003Convocation: Jesse VenturaHighlight from Govenor Ventura's speech: "Having Fun." See also: Campus Speakers: Jesse Ventura, 9/13/99
- Created 13 September 1999; Published 3 March 2003Convocation: Jesse VenturaHighlight from Govenor Ventura's speech: "Life Advice." See also: Campus Speakers: Jesse Ventura, 9/13/99
- Created 5 February 1999; Published 6 November 2008Convocation: Barack Obama: Politics, Race and the Common Good
Barack Obama is a civil rights attorney, author, lecturer, community development specialist, the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, and an Illinois state senator. He was the Convocation Speaker for Black History Month at Carleton College's Skinner Memorial Chapel on February 5, 1999.