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The Northfield Community MLK Day Celebration—This Year With a Distinctive Carleton Flair!
The City of Northfield’s 15th annual community-wide Martin Luther King, Jr., Day celebration has a distinctive Carleton feel this year. The event will be held in Skinner Chapel beginning at 7 p.m. on Monday (today).
This year’s Master of Ceremonies will be Charlie Cogan. A welcome will be given by Dan Lugo of the Northfield Human Rights Commission, and Chaplain Carolyn Fure-Slocum will provide the opening invocation.
President Rob Oden will introduce this year’s featured presenter, Mary Easter. Mary is the Carleton Rae Schupak Nathan Professor of Dance and the Performing Arts, Emerita. The title of her presentation will be "From King to President: A View from Northfield."
The 2007 Human Rights Award will be presented to Cheick M. (Cherif) Keita. Cherif Keita is a current Carleton Professor of French and Chair of French and Francophone Studies.
Also included in this year’s celebration will be musical performances by Jamaal Magee, Carleton Class of 2010, who will sing “Make Them Hear You” by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and the Carleton group Intertwining Melodies will offer a musical selection entitled "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
Readings will be presented by Marquita Davis (Carleton Class of 2009) and Ray Nelson (Carleton Class of 2012).
Refreshments, including birthday cake donated by Bon Appétit, will be served following the event. All are invited to attend!
Inauguration Day Celebration
Join us for an early kick-off to African-American History Month as we celebrate the election of the first African-American President, Barack Obama. The Carleton community is invited to watch the Presidential Inauguration LIVE on the big screens in Upper Sayles-Hill beginning at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20. Cake and refreshments will be served.
January Workshops Organized by the DIG Subcommittee
Dear Carleton faculty, students, and staff,
I invite you to attend a series of workshops in January organized by the DIG subcommittee to continue discussions about the campus climate survey. These workshops have been designed to solicit suggestions for improving campus climate and are arranged around the following topic areas: workplace climate; classroom climate; and climate outside the classroom. All members of the community are welcome to attend any of the sessions.
The comments gathered in these workshops will be collected and shared with the newly-formed group, Initiative for Community, Equity, and Diversity, which College Council has commissioned to carry forward the work so ably completed by DIG. More information about the campus climate survey can be found on this Web site. Please read on for more details on the workshop sessions.
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The workshop sessions are being hosted by the DIG subcommittee focused on the campus climate survey and are scheduled as follows:
Tuesday, January 20, noon to 1 p.m.
LDC 104
Topic: workplace climateWednesday, January 21, 8 to 9 a.m.
AGH Meeting Room
Topic: workplace climateTuesday, January 27, noon to 1 p.m.
LDC 104
Topic: classroom climateWednesday, January 28, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
LDC 10
Topic: classroom climateI thank you for your continued engagement around issues of campus climate and for your thoughtful input as we work as a community to improve our campus environment. I also wish to extend special thanks to the DIG subcommittee for their dedication to this important project. Please join me in expressing appreciation to:
Joe Baggot, Associate Dean of Students—Chair
Adriana Estill, Associate Professor of English and American Studies
Steve Kennedy, Professor of Mathematics
Chai Lee ‘09
Dan Lugo ‘91, Development Officer
Kaaren Williamsen, Director of Gender and Sexuality Center and LGBT AdvisorWall Street Journal's Douglas Blackmon to Present the January 23 Convocation
Douglas Blackmon is the Wall Street Journal’s bureau chief in Atlanta. Over the past 20 years, he has written extensively about the American quandary of race, exploring the integration of schools during his childhood in a Mississippi Delta farm town, lost episodes of the Civil Rights movement, and, repeatedly, the dilemma of how a contemporary society should grapple with a troubled past. Many of his stories in The Wall Street Journal have explored the interplay of wealth, corporate conduct, and racial segregation. In 2000, a series of stories revealed the secret role of J.P. Morgan & Co. during the 1960s in funneling funds between a wealthy northern white supremacist and segregationists fighting the Civil Rights Movement in the South. A year later, he revealed how U.S. Steel Corp. relied on forced black laborers in Alabama coal mines in the early 20th century, an article which led to his first book, Slavery By Another Name, which broadly examines how a form of neoslavery thrived in the U.S. long after legal abolition. His presentation titled “A Persistent Past: Reckoning with Our Troubled Racial History in the Age of Obama” will take place at 10:50 a.m. in Skinner Memorial Chapel. If you would like to attend the post-convocation luncheon discussion, please e-mail kraadt@carleton.edu.
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As The Wall Street Journal’s bureau chief in Atlanta, Douglas Blackmon manages the paper’s coverage of airlines and other major transportation companies and publicly traded companies and institutions based in the southeastern U.S. The bureau directly covers the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, and more than 1,200 companies, including Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Bank of America, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, United Parcel Service, and FedEx. The Journal staff in Atlanta also writes about key news and issues in the 11-state region, including race, immigration, poverty, politics, and, in recent years, global warming, and hurricanes.
Blackmon’s stories, or the work of his team, have been nominated by the Journal for Pulitzer Prizes four times, including for coverage of the subprime meltdown, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Florida hurricanes in 2004, and for his 2001 examination of slave labor in the 20th century. His article on U.S. Steel was included in the 2003 edition of Best Business Stories. The Journal’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina received a special National Headliner award in 2006.
Blackmon joined the Journal in October 1995 as a reporter in Atlanta. Prior to joining the Journal, Blackmon was a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he covered race and politics, and special assignments including the fall of the Berlin Wall and the civil war in the former Yugoslavia. Previously, he was a reporter for the Arkansas Democrat, managing editor of the Daily Record in Little Rock, Arkansas, and a writer for weekly newspapers.
Blackmon penned his first newspaper story at the age of 12, for the Progress, in his hometown of Leland, Mississippi. He graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children.
Fridays With Fred
Fred Rogers, Carleton's Vice President and Treasurer, will be holding an open office hour on Friday, January 23, at 8:30 a.m. in Sayles-Hill Great Space. Please stop by to talk with Fred about anything that's on your mind. Come alone or bring others with you, and Fred will spring for a free beverage. See more opportunities to meet with Fred on the Vice President and Treasurer's Web page.
Purchases at the Snack Bar and Thanks to Bon Appétit
Carleton employees who were on campus the third week of December received an early holiday gift from Bon Appétit: a complimentary lunch at the Snack Bar. I’ve heard from many colleagues that the food was great and the gesture was generous. I’d like to publicly thank Bon Appétit for this opportunity to enjoy food and conversation together.
I believe there were some for whom this was their first exposure to the revitalized Snack Bar and new menu. A convenient way to continue to enjoy meals or snacks in Sayles-Hill and lower your cost is to pay for your food with Schillers by using your OneCard. Any purchase with Schillers at the Snack Bar is automatically given a 10% discount at the register. To purchase Schillers online, go to the Add Funds Online page and follow the directions. It’s easy and takes only seconds to complete. All you need is your bank’s routing number and your account number.
This Week's Chaplain's Office Services and Activities
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Service of Celebration and Remembrance—Monday, January 19, 7 p.m., Chapel Main Sanctuary. Guest speaker: Mary Easter, Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Dance and the Performing Arts, Emerita. Musical Guests: Northfield Youth Concert Choir, Intertwining Melodies, and Jamaal Magee ’10. Refreshments will be served after the service. Co-sponsored with the Northfield Human Rights Commission.
- Torah Study—Tuesday, January 20, 5 p.m., Reynolds House. Led by Rabbi Shosh Dworsky.
- Taizé Vespers Service—Wednesday, January 21, 8:30 p.m., Chapel Main Sanctuary.
- Reflections: What Matters to Me and Why—Thursday, January 22, noon, Library Athenaeum. Talk “Does the Cow Jump Over the Moon?: Reflections on Some Experiences of Life in Burma and Beyond” by Tun Myint, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science. Box lunches for first 30 attendees.
- Centering Prayer Meditation—Thursday, January 22, noon, Chapel Lounge. Christian meditation and prayer led by Jill Tollefson.
- Buddhist Meditation—Thursday, January 22, 8:15 p.m., Chapel Main Sanctuary. Led by Bhante Sathi.
- Shabbaton:
- The Bible in the Modern World—Friday, January 23, 5 p.m., Evans Hall Dining Room. Kabbalat Shabbat service is followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and Dr. Mara Benjamin’s lecture “Why We No Longer Believe in the Bible: Spinoza’s Revolution” begins at 7:15 p.m.
- Shabbaton continues—Saturday, January 24, 9:45 a.m., AGH Meeting Room. Morning services are followed by lunch at noon, and Dr. Benjamin’s lecture “The Reinvention of the Bible: Buber and Rosenzweig” at 12:45 p.m.
- Afternoon services begin at 3:45 p.m. and are followed by a reception and lecture “Bible or Torah? The Delicate Enterprise of the Contemporary Commentary” at 4:30 p.m. The Havdallah service begins at 6 p.m.
- Please contact Rabbi Shosh Dworsky at sdworsky@carleton.edu or 651-485-1243 with questions and to RSVP for meals.
- Tibetan Buddhist Teaching and Meditation—Sunday, January 25, 5 p.m., Chapel Main Sanctuary. Led by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe. A soup supper follows meditation.
Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching (LTC) and Mellon Faculty Life Cycles Grant Upcoming Events
Lunch Events:
- Exhibitions: Curating and Curriculum on Thursday, January 22, at noon in Alumni Guest House Meeting Room. Lunch provided for 50.
- The Curriculum Review: Perspectives from New Students on Thursday, January 29, at noon in Alumni Guest House Meeting Room. Lunch provided for 50.
Workshop:
- Race and Class on Campus: A Workshop for Faculty on Friday, February 9, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Alumni Guest House Meeting Room. Space is still available!
Reading Group:
- Faculty Reading Group on Academic Honesty, Mondays—February 9, 16, and March 9, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Headley House.
Click here for a complete schedule of all Winter Term opportunities offered by the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching.
Why Shop at Your Campus-Owned, Independent Bookstore?
We know you have many options when purchasing books, office supplies, or other merchandise offered in the Bookstore.
Before you go online or drive up to the Twin Cities, consider these reasons for shopping at the Carleton Bookstore:
- Spend $100 at your local, independent bookstore and $68 of that stays in the Northfield community (Indiebound.org)
- All of the income at the Carleton Bookstore is returned to the campus and supports student scholarships, organizations, and campus improvements.
- Local businesses such as the Carleton Bookstore create higher-paying jobs within the community.
- Buying local means less packaging, less transportation, and a smaller carbon footprint.
- Shopping locally at the Carleton Bookstore means less infrastructure, less maintenance, and more money to beautify the Northfield and Carleton communities.
- Local staffs are your friends and neighbors—support them and they’ll support you.
- Independent bookstores mean more choice, more diversity, and a truly unique addition to the culture of the Carleton and Northfield community.
Please consider the above the next time you purchase books, supplies, or other items. We appreciate your continued support!
Gould Library Athenaeum Events
- "Does the Cow Jump Over the Moon?: Reflections on Some Experiences of Life in Burma and Beyond," a talk by Tun Myint will be presented on Thursday, January 22, at noon. Guest speaker Tun Myint is a visiting professor in political science. This event, sponsored by the Chaplain’s office, is part of the series titled Faculty Reflections: What Matters to Me and Why, talks on life, work, and meaning.
- An InfoServices Retreat will be held on Friday, January 23, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The Library and ITS have organized this event.
Carleton Toni Award in the Arts
Do you know a junior or senior who may not be an art superstar, but who nonetheless is deeply and joyfully involved in art? If so, nominate this student for a Toni Award!
The Carleton Toni Award Committee is seeking nominations from faculty and staff for a student whose character reflects the values and outlook of a beloved dance and choreography teacher, Antoinette "Toni" Sostek. Those characteristics which best describe the ideal candidate are:
—generosity of self and spirit;
—joy in practicing and sharing in the arts;
—appreciation of the arts and of his/her place in it; and
—eagerness to explore the possibilities of creative expression.
In order to nominate a student, faculty or staff can send the nominee's name to Karen Moldenhauer by campus mail (3-DOC) or e-mail (kmoldenh@carleton.edu). If you have someone in mind, don't wait, send in their name now and send a letter of support by Friday, March 20! We will confirm all nominations with the students.
For more information, click here.