Students in Carleton's political economy seminar in Beijing will be moved out of China on Wednesday, April 30.

Bob Riess, a leading environmental activism writer, will present the convocation address "The Coming Storm" at 10:50 a.m. on April 25 at Carleton's Skinner Memorial Chapel. A book signing will follow the convocation. The event is free and open to the public.

Carol Johnson, superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools, will speak on the challenges and achievements of urban public schools at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 24 in Leighton Hall, Room 304 at Carleton College. A question and answer session and a reception will follow. The talk is free and open to the public.

Carleton President Robert A. Oden Jr. honored the contributions of retiring employees and those who have completed 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10 and five years of service at a celebration on Tuesday, April 15.

Craig Nelson '77 has been covering the war in Iraq from the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad for the Cox News Service. Over the past week he has been covering the story for National Public Radio and CNN. Yesterday as Baghdad fell he was interviewed for first-hand impressions by NPR's "All Things Considered" and CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Larry King and Lou Dobbs.

Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to serve as principal chief of the Cherokee nation, will present the convocation address "The Challenge Ahead: Protecting Our Land and Life Ways" at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, April 18 at Carleton's Skinner Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.

Ronald Rodman, associate professor of music, and the North Star Cinema Orchestra will demonstrate the components of a typical Vaudeville show of 1903 at Convocation at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, April 11 in the Concert Hall.

Minnesota State Epidemiologist Harry Hull will speak on "Plague, Polio, Measles and Smallpox: Disease Eradication and Bioterrorism" at Carleton College at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9 in Boliou Hall, Room 104. The annual Sigma Xi lecture is free and open to the public and is sponsored by Carleton's biology department.

The College has named Joan M. Soranno and John Cook of Hammel Green and Abrahamson, a Minneapolis-based, full service architecture, engineering and planning firm, to design a new art museum on campus.

Mel White, executive director of Soulforce, will give a talk titled "Stranger at the Gate: To be Gay and Christian in America" at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 3 at Severance Great Hall at Carleton College. The talk is free and open to the public.

John Ramsay, the Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies, was named an American Council on Education Fellow.

M.H. Abrams and David Maybury-Lewis will receive honorary degrees at Commencement on Saturday, June 14.