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Carleton Connects: Learning Around the World through Carleton’s OCS (Off-Campus Studies)

21 May 2026

Carleton has offered a rich menu of global learning experiences for students for decades, and the vibrancy of the Off-Campus Studies opportunities continues unabated. Hear from the director and three faculty directors about their programs and the experiences available to current students.

Zoom screen with Helena Kaufman, Eleanor Jensen, Bob Carlson, and Nancy Cho

Carleton Connects: Jazz at Carleton with Laura Caviani and Rebecca McCartney ’21

20 February 2026

If life is an improvisation, Carleton’s jazz program teaches you how to live. Join program director and jazz pianist Laura Caviani for a conversation with singer/songwriter Rebecca McCartney ’21 about the breadth and depth…

Carleton Connects: Cindy Nichol ’80 and how to run an airport (or four)

29 January 2026

Security, legislation, finances, labor, safety, politics — just how complicated is it to keep an airport up and running these days? Cindy Nichol ’80, who directs four of them, has the…

Carleton Connects: The College and the local community

15 December 2025

Carleton and its local community are deeply interconnected, and the College not only cultivates but thrives on good relations with its neighbors. From the economic impact on Rice County to…

Three Carleton students walking in downtown Northfield

Carleton Connects: Wes Sundquist ’81 on how to stop a pandemic

1 December 2025

The research lab of Wes Sundquist ’81 made discoveries that helped Gilead Sciences create lenacapavir, a drug that protects individuals at risk from HIV infection and that offers the potential…

Carleton Connects: Joel Schlosser ’03 on the entanglement of democracy and the environment

29 October 2025

What would a sustainable democracy look like? How do politics and ecology shape one another? And what does conscious mythmaking have to do with it all? Join political science professor…

Carleton Connects: Laura Hartpence and new directions for the Career Center

7 October 2025

As today’s job market continues to fluctuate, Carleton is focused more than ever on helping students chart their career path. Join Career Center director Laura Hartpence to hear how Carleton,…

Carleton Connects: Jack El-Hai ’79 on how to tell stories and make movies

26 May 2025

Jack El-Hai ’79 is the award-winning author of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist (the basis of the forthcoming movie Nuremberg), Face in the Mirror (published this month), and many other works…

Carleton Connects: Pete Cowdin ’85 and bringing books to life

5 May 2025

There’s nothing quite like it. The Rabbit hOle, a new immersive museum experience in Kansas City dedicated to children’s literature, is the singular brainchild of Pete Cowdin ’85 and his partner Deb Pettid.…

Carleton Connects: Toni Carter ’75 and public service

29 March 2025

Communities thrive when their leaders make room for the voices of the disempowered. Join Toni Carter ’75 for a conversation on her experience as a public servant dedicated to improving the lives…