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Voice article: "Living and Learning Together"
March 11, 2008Presiden Oden’s "Laird 100" column from the Winter 2008 issue of Carleton's alumni magazine, the Voice.
An American College President in Egypt – with Thirty-Two Students
January 25, 2008President Robert A. Oden Jr. wrote an essay for Inside Higher Ed describing his and his students' experiences during their winter term 2008 off-campus studies experience, "Middle East Mosaics." President Oden led 32 students for the first portion of the experience to Egypt, and he reflects on returning to his roots as a teacher and professor and how learning about Ancient Egypt is relevant for 21st-century college students.
Voice article: "Time Travel"
November 20, 2007Presiden Oden’s "Laird 100" column from the Fall 2007 issue of Carleton's alumni magazine, the Voice.
President Oden's Speech, "Reflections on Liberal Learning–Putting Things in Context," Given at University of South Dakota
October 30, 2007President Robert A. Oden Jr. delivered the keynote address at the University of South Dakota's president's lecture series on teaching and learning entitled "Reflections on Liberal Learning–Putting Things in Context."
Teresa Johnston Oden, the wife of Carleton College president Robert A. Oden Jr., has published Spousework: Partners Supporting Academic Leaders. During her first year as an academic’s leader’s spouse Oden found a surprise around almost every corner. “It all added up to something like culture shock,” she says. That’s when she started thinking that someone should write a book about the partner’s experience.
President Rob Oden Appears on NPR's "On Point"
September 24, 2007Carleton President Robert A. Oden Jr. appeared on National Public Radio's On Point on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The show, entitled "What Is College For," discussed former Yale Law School dean Anthony Kronman's new book, "Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life."
President's Article on Kinnickinnic River from KinniKeeper Newsletter
September 18, 2007President Rob Oden, an avid and renowned fly fisherman, penned an article for the KinniKeeper, a newsletter produced by the Kinnickinnic River Land Trust.
President's Report to Alumni at Reunion 2007
June 16, 2007President Rob Oden addresses alumni gathered in Skinner Memorial Chapel for Reunion 2007.
President's Letter Regarding Hurricane Katrina Response
September 9, 2005The enormity of the devastation brought about by Hurricane Katrina has compelled us all to act and to act quickly to do all we can to assist our own students and their families from the Gulf Coast region...
Reunion Convocation Remarks
June 18, 2005Remarks to alumni at Reunion Convocation, June 19, 2005.
Commencement Welcome Address
June 11, 2005President Robert A. Oden Jr.'s speech at the 2005 Commencement ceremony.
Speech to Northfield Downtown Development Committee
October 5, 2004A talk about Carleton's ties to Northfield, given to the Northfield Downtown Development Committee