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I am pleased to report that we have two new members joining the admissions staff shortly. We have concluded our job searches for both the Assistant to the Dean of Admissions and an Assistant Dean of Admissions/Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment.

Joining us in a new position as Assistant to the Dean of Admissions as of June 1, is Karla Duren. Karla currently works as an Assistant in the Annual Fund Office at Carleton. Previously, she worked as an Executive Assistant and Information Coordinator at the University of Minnesota and as an Executive Assistant with other organizations in the greater Twin Cities area. While keeping a busy work schedule, she found time to complete a Master’s degree in Non-Profit and Public Management. She has worked extensively with something we know as “campaign driver” and does enjoy working with databases! Now the only question will be is whether she can handle this Dean . . .

Our new Assistant Dean of Admissions and Coordinator of Multicultural Reruitment is Carla Zelada. Carla joins us after spending the last ten years teaching Spanish at Johnson High School in the St. Paul School District. She has her Masters of Education and has lots of experience working with a diverse student population, exactly the type of students we want to recruit more of to Carleton. She joins us in early July, July 9 to be precise, and has already asked what she can do to learn more specifically about admission work!

Both Carla Zelada and Karla Duren bring a fresh set of perspectives and experiences to our work, which I hope will prove valuable as we continue to seek ways to strengthen our recruiting strategies and our overall effectiveness as an admissions office.

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Convocation Booksigning with Steven D. Levitt
University of Chicago Economics Professor Steven Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious. He is the co-author (with Stephen J. Dubner) of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything which was released last fall in a revised and expanded edition. Mr. Levitt will be presenting a convocation talk titled “Beyond Freakonomics” at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, May 11, in Skinner Memorial Chapel. A booksigning will follow his talk. The books are available with a 15% discount at the Bookstore and at the event.

Food Truth Week at the Carleton Bookstore
The week of May 7 is Food Truth Week on campus. The focus is on raising consciousness concerning various issues related to food, such as locally grown foods, meat production, workers’ rights, ethical eating, and more. Please stop in and browse our display of related books. These titles and more are of interest:

Food to Live By: The Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbook by Myra Goodman with Linda Holland and Pamela McKinstry offers an appealing, casual style of cooking based on using the best ingredients. Over 260 recipes are presented in this full-color cookbook, along with background information about Earthbound Farm and Goodman’s persuasive four food choices to live by. You Are What You Eat: The Plan That Will Change Your Life by Dr. Gillian McKeith offers a simple, yet revolutionary plan to break bad eating habits and improve your health.

Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon decided that for one year they would eat only food produced within 100 miles of their Vancouver home. Plenty: One Man, One Woman and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally describes how the year was transformed from struggle to one of the deepest pleasures of their lives. Thought-provoking and challenging, this book offers a new way of looking at the world. Closely related to this book is Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, mentioned here last week, or Eric Schlosser’s classic Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.

Don’t Forget Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 13 is Mother’s Day. We have some delightful children’s books about mothers. A real favorite in the store is Berkeley Breathed’s Mars Needs Moms! in which Milo learns why his carrot-cuddling, summer-stealing, child-working Mother might be special, after all. We are happy to make gift recommendations from our book section or clothing department.

Crazy Days
Mark your calendars for Crazy Days on May 17 and 18. Look for special sales on bargain books and selected clothing. Visit us in Great Space.

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Mango Fruit Salad

1 lb. diced pineapple
½ lb. diced red apples
½ lb. diced green apples
1 lb. diced mango
½ lc. coconut (toasted)
½ cup sugar

Dice fruit in 3/8” chunks. Toast coconut in oven until slightly golden brown. Toss all ingredients with sugar.

Serve fresh.

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Spring 2007 Brown Bag Series
How is the Visual Ascendant? Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Visual

Tuesday, May 8: Word and Image
Shahzad Bashir, Associate Professor of Religion
Amy Csizmar Dalal, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Linda Rossi, Assistant Professor of Art

Noon to 1 p.m., Sayles-Hill Lounge
Dessert and beverages provided (bring your own lunch)
Co-sponsored by the Visuality Working Group and the Mellon Faculty Life Cycles Grant

Thursday, May 10: Learning in Groups—The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Larry K. Michaelsen, Professor of Management, University of Central Missouri
Co-author of Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups

Noon to 1:30 p.m., Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
Lunch provided for 50
Co-sponsored by Perlman LTC, Mellon FLC, CISMI, HHMI, SERC, Sigma Xi

Friday and Saturday, May 11 though 12
Team-Based Learning Workshops: Getting Beyond Covering Content and Designing Effective Group Assignments

Facilitated by Larry Michaelsen, professor of management, University of Central Missouri and co-author of Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups

Reminder: To sign up for this workshop and receive a free book, please contact Mary Drew (mdrew@carleton.edu or x4383).

Go to the Web for workshop information or the LTC calendar.

Looking ahead:

Tuesday, May 15
Encouraging Student Success in the Intercultural Classroom: What works?

Petra Crosby, Director of International Student Programs; Kathy Evertz, Director for Academic Support Center; Susannah Shmurak, Writing Assistant/Database Manager of TRIO/SSS, and Carleton student presentations

Noon to 1:30 p.m. Gould Library Athenaeum
Bag lunch provided for 50

Tuesday, May 15: Book Discussion Group
Randall Kennedy’s Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word

Facilitated by Harry Williams, David and Marian Adams Bryn-Jones Distinguished Teaching Professor of History and the Humanities
4:30 to 6 p.m., Headley House
Refreshments provided

Thursday, May 24
The Future of Civic Engagement at Carleton: A Conversation
Michael McNally, Associate Professor of Religion
With a panel of faculty members and Carleton students featuring a discussion of Nadinne Cruz's findings

Noon to 1:30 p.m., Alumni Guest House Meeting Room (confirmed)
Lunch provided for 50

See all the Perlman LTC events for spring on the poster in your campus mail or on the Web.