Donors Say… :: Carleton College

Keeping Carleton strong for the next generation

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:40:33 -0500

“I am happy to report that my daughter received the same great education that we did. Our support keeps Carleton strong.”

The kindness of strangers

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:39:04 -0500

“As Blanche Dubois said in A Streetcar Named Desire, ‘I have often depended on the kindness of strangers.’ It was the generosity of previous alums that allowed me to attend Carleton. I don’t plan to end up like Blanche (!), but I do feel strongly about paying it forward.”

Carleton gives a professional boost

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:37:27 -0500

"Carleton has provided help in every phase of my professional and personal life. It's fun to give back even more than 50 years out!"

Making space for ethics

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:51:57 -0500

“I wanted to create opportunities for students and faculty members to discuss personal ethics across a whole range of topics, from business to medicine to politics, and more.”

Expanding a tradition of diversity

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:50:35 -0500

“Carleton was one of a very few colleges of its size and stature that had a diverse group of students — even when I first got there."

Carleton values

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:49:37 -0500

“Materialism is not something you see much of at Carleton; it’s not a Carleton value.”

Expanding research opportunities

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:48:02 -0500

“One goal of the fund is to expand research opportunities in areas that are not always well represented at an undergraduate college.”

A proven record of administering an excellent college

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:45:07 -0500

“Carleton’s management and its board have a proven record of administering an excellent college."

The potential of unrestricted gifts

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:43:58 -0500

“Unrestricted gifts are boundless in their potential to contribute to the wide breadth of good that happens at Carleton.”

Making Carleton possible for others

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:42:49 -0500

“It meant the world to us to go to Carleton. Someone made Carleton possible for us, and now we need to make Carleton possible for others.”

Supporting structures of the mind

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:41:44 -0500

“Structures of the mind are very important, just as important as physical structures on a campus. I also know that these types of curricular programs often have a hard time finding funding in their early years.”

Liberal arts: This is where it's done

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:40:47 -0500

“The way we’ll address the difficult times ahead is to continue to educate people in the liberal arts — to think broadly, understand different cultures, and really understand how to read and write. Carleton has an opportunity to do this in an excellent way, to lift our profile, and to let the world know this is where it’s done.”