- June 18, 2009
Carleton Receives Grant from Xcel Energy for Cowling Arboretum
Carleton has received a $10,000 grant from the Xcel Energy Foundation to fund its “Natural Science in Natural Lands: Improving the Carleton Arboretum” project. The grant will fund the College's new project, which will heighten the educational and recreational value of the Cowling Arboretum. The grant will help provide training for Arboretum staff on state-of-the-art restoration methods, will increase opportunities to participate in restoration activities for everyone on campus and in Northfield, and provide new signs to help visitors enjoy the Arboretum.
- June 17, 2009
Carleton College Announces Faculty Appointments to Endowed Chairs
The Carleton College Board of Trustees recently approved the appointments of six professors to endowed chair positions at the College. Deborah Ann Appleman was named the Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies; Becky Boling was named the Stephen R. Lewis Jr. Professor of Spanish and the Liberal Arts; Jack Goldfeather was named the William H. Laird Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science and the Liberal Arts; Fred Hagstrom was named the Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Art; Roger Reid Jackson was named the John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion; and Adeeb Khalid was named the Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies and History.
- June 26, 2009
Annual Garage Sale Raises Over $23,000 for Local Non-Profits
Carleton College recently announced that the proceeds raised from their ninth annual “Lighten-Up” Garage Sale totaled over $23,000 in support of area non-profit organizations. The proceeds will be split evenly between the Northfield Union of Youth (The Key), the Northfield Special Olympics, and Project Friendship.
- June 19, 2009
Carleton Clarifies New York Times Piece on Cost-Cutting Measures
Carleton issued the following clarification to a piece in the Friday, June 19 edition of the New York Times entitled "For Colleges, Small Cuts Add Up to Big Savings" in regards to the College's switch from a six-course to a five-course teaching load for its faculty.
- June 9, 2009
Carleton Announces Major in Environmental and Technology Studies
Deciding to choose what major to declare was a difficult process for Carleton sophomore Kelsea Dombrovski. Biology? Too science-y. History? Not right either. She finally settled on American Studies, reluctantly submitting her orange major declaration form to the registrar. Now, thanks to a recent decision by the College, Dombrovski’s woes are over. Last month, the Carleton faculty voted 76-9 to approve Environmental and Technology Studies (ENTS) as a major, which she promptly declared.
