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Thursday, Jul 17, 2025 - Thursday, Jul 16, 2026

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Summer Send-Offs: various locations—in person & virtual • Jul 15, 2025 - Aug 27, 2025 Hybrid • various locations • from Regional Carls Program

July 2025

Sun 20

12:30pm Carleton Sunday Afternoon Gathering at Presidio Tunnel Tops - 4h 30m In-Person • Tunnel Tops at the Presidio 210 Lincoln Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94129 • from Regional Carls Program

Tue 22

6:00pm C'YA Seattle - 2h In-Person • Gasworks Brewing, 2441 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103 • from Carleton Young Alumni

Wed 30

4:00pm Colorado Springs Social at Phantom Canyon Brewing Company - 2h In-Person • Phantom Canyon Brewing Company 2 E Pikes Peak Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80903 • from Regional Carls Program

August 2025

Sun 3

4:00pm C'YA Los Angeles - 2h In-Person • LA Ale Works, 8809 Washington Blvd, Suite #132, Culver City, CA 90232 • from Carleton Young Alumni

September 2025

Thu 11

11:00am Deeply Honored: The Frank Shigemura Story, with Professor Fred Hagstrom - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Sun 14

4:00pm Local talk with Thomas Nelson '98 - 1h 30m In-Person • Content Bookstore 314 Division St. Northfield, MN • from Regional Carls Program

Mon 15

3:00pm Opening Convo with Raul Raymundo '87 - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Thu 25

9:30am Carleton Connects: Laura Hartpence and new directions for the Career Center - 1h Virtual • from Carleton Connects

Fri 26

10:50am A&I Convo with Chérif Keita: Northfield and/in Africa in the 19th century. - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

October 2025

Fri 3

10:50am Convocation with Jonathan Mooney: Normal Sucks and the Right to be Different. - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sun 5

2:00pm Duluth Fall Gathering - 3h In-Person • Home of Jill Baum ’92 4706 Oakley St Duluth, MN 55804-1231 • from Regional Carls Program

Tue 7

12:00pm Alumni Luncheon in NYC for Classes of 1940–1975 - 2h In-Person • The Century Association 7 W 43rd St New York, NY 10036

Wed 8

5:30pm The Boston Massacre: A Family History with Professor Serena Zabin - 1h In-Person • The University of Akron Simmons Hall Auditorium 277 E. Buchtel Avenue Akron, OH 44325-0701 • from Regional Carls Program
6:00pm C'YA Brooklyn - 3h In-Person • Brooklyn Brewery, 79 N 11th St, Brooklyn, NY, 11249 • from Carleton Young Alumni

Thu 9

10:00am A view from the frontlines: Fighting the tyranny of corporate agriculture in rural America, with Sonja Trom Eayrs '81 - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 10

10:50am Convocation with Alicia Prieto Langarica: Re-indigenizing our teaching practices. - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations
6:00pm Tim Lloyd to host solo exhibition at Northfield Arts Guild - 2h In-Person • Northfield Arts Guild 304 Division St. Northfield, MN 55057 • from Regional Carls Program
8:00pm Soweto Gospel Choir at the Strathmore Music Center - 2h In-Person • The Strathmore Music Center 5301 Tuckerman Lane North Bethesda, MD 20852 • from Regional Carls Program

Thu 16

5:00pm Twin Cities Business Alumni Network at Forgotten Star Brewing—all are welcome - 1h 30m In-Person • Forgotten Star Brewing 38 Northern Stacks Drive Fridley, MN 55421 • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 17

Family Weekend 2025 (begins) In-Person • Campus Wide • from Campus Scheduling
Homecoming / All Day All Knights: October 17-18, 2025 (begins) In-Person • Campus Wide • from Campus Scheduling
10:50am Convocation with Maya Warren '07: For the Love of Ice Cream. - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 18

Homecoming / All Day All Knights: October 17-18, 2025 (ends) In-Person • Campus Wide • from Campus Scheduling
11:00am Homecoming: Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Intersquad/Alumni Meet - 2h In-Person • Thorpe Pool in West Gym
1:00pm Homecoming: Football - 2h 30m In-Person • Laird Stadium
1:00pm Homecoming: Men's Soccer - 2h In-Person • Bell Field
3:30pm Homecoming: Women's Soccer - 1h 30m In-Person • Bell Field
5:00pm Homecoming: Women's Volleyball - 2h In-Person • West Gym

Sun 19

Family Weekend 2025 (ends) In-Person • Campus Wide • from Campus Scheduling

Wed 22

6:00pm C'YA Minneapolis - 2h In-Person • La Doña Cervezeria, 241 Fremont Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55405 • from Carleton Young Alumni

Thu 23

7:00pm Local talk with Jonathan Capehart '89 - 1h 30m In-Person • Grand Event Center 316 Washington Street Northfield, MN 55057 • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 24

10:50am Convocation with Brandon Blackwell: Adventures in Quizzing, Apology of a Tryhard - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Mon 27

1:00pm Carleton Connects: Joel Schlosser ’03 on the entanglement of democracy and the environment - 1h Virtual • from Carleton Connects

Fri 31

10:50am Convocation with Marc Schulz: The Good Life, Lessons for Living from the World’s Longest Study of Well-Being - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

November 2025

Wed 5

3:00pm Reading Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux, with Professor Cathy Yandell - 14d (begins) In-Person • University of New Mexico Continuing Education South Building, 204 1634 University Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 • from Regional Carls Program
5:30pm Rum and Coffee with Jordan B. Smith '10 - 2h In-Person • The Library Company of Philadelphia 1314 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 US • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 7

10:50am Convocation with Danielle Boyer: From Bytes to Bright Futures, Robots Changing the World - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations
11:00am Detroit Historical Society talk with Thomas Nelson '98 - 1h In-Person • Dossin Great Lakes Museum 100 Strand Drive, Belle Isle Detroit, MI 48207 • from Regional Carls Program

Sat 8

Art and the American Experience: Philadelphia welcomes Professor Fred Hagstrom (begins) In-Person • Various locations in Philadelphia, PA • from Regional Carls Program

Sun 9

Art and the American Experience: Philadelphia welcomes Professor Fred Hagstrom (ends) In-Person • Various locations in Philadelphia, PA • from Regional Carls Program

Thu 13

3:00pm Carl Talks: The Impact of the Trump Administration on the Renewable Power Industry with John Clapp '91 - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Mon 17

11:00am Carleton Connects: Wes Sundquist '81 on how to stop a pandemic - 1h Virtual • from Carleton Connects

Wed 19

5:00pm Reading Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux, with Professor Cathy Yandell (ends) In-Person • University of New Mexico Continuing Education South Building, 204 1634 University Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 • from Regional Carls Program

December 2025

Sat 6

Winter Gatherings (begins) In-Person • various locations around the globe • from Regional Carls Program

Thu 11

12:00pm Carl Talks: "Oops this Old Show is a Little Racist — Now What?" with Phil Chan '06 - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 12

10:00am Carleton Connects: The College and the local community - 1h Virtual • from Carleton Connects

Fri 19

7:00pm An Evening of Children's Literature with Kao Kalia Yang '03 and Friends - 2h In-Person • Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 345 Washington Street Saint Paul, MN 55102 • from Regional Carls Program

January 2026

Fri 9

10:50am Convocation with Louie McGee | Guiding Access to Change - 1h In-Person • Skinner Chapel • from Convocations

Mon 12

7:00pm Meet Carleton's Athletic Director *cancelled* - 1h 30m In-Person • AC Hotel National Harbor 156 Waterfront St National Harbor, MD 20745 • from Regional Carls Program

Wed 14

6:00pm Carleton Business Alumni (CBA) Meet Up @ JPM Week SF - 3h In-Person • Fang Restaurant 660 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94105

Fri 16

10:50am Convocation with Aaron Golub | Achieving Goals Through Adversity - 1h In-Person • Skinner Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 17

7:00pm Gao Hong Live with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra - 2h In-Person • Temple Church Temple, London EC4Y 7BB, United Kingdom • from Regional Carls Program

Tue 20

11:00am Carleton Connects: Cindy Nichol ’80 and how to run an airport (or four) - 1h Virtual • from Carleton Connects
5:30pm Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home, with Jonathan Capehart '89 - 3h 30m In-Person • The Wyncote NW Forum, Town Hall Seattle 1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.) Seattle, WA 98101 • from Regional Carls Program

Thu 22

2:00pm Carl Talks: Insights for Wellbeing & Resilience from the Science of Positive Emotions with Barbara Fredrickson ’86 - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 23

10:50am Convocation with James Kakalios | The Physics of Superheroes Goes Hollywood - 1h In-Person • Skinner Chapel • from Convocations

Fri 30

10:50am Convocation with Brian Klaas '08 | Fluke: How Chance, Luck, and Chaos Theory Explain Our World - 1h In-Person • Skinner Chapel • from Convocations

February 2026

Sun 1

Winter Gatherings (ends) In-Person • various locations around the globe • from Regional Carls Program

Tue 3

1:00pm The Art of Living Well: Montaigne's Essays, with Professor Cathy Yandell - 28d (begins) In-Person • University of New Mexico Continuing Education South Building, 204 1634 University Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 6

10:50am Convocation with Steve Grove | Tech, Media, Government: The Power of Going Local to Make Change - 1h In-Person • Skinner Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 7

3:00pm Nationwide Trivia Challenge - 1h 30m Virtual • virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Tue 10

2:00pm Carl Talks—Trump 2.0: Making Tariffs Great Again? with Warren Maruyama ’76 - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Thu 12

10:00am Carleton Connects: Jazz at Carleton with Laura Caviani and Rebecca McCartney '21 - 1h Virtual • from Carleton Connects

Fri 13

10:50am Convocation with the Honorable Alan Page - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Thu 19

6:00pm Reception with Carleton President Alison Byerly - 2h In-Person • Culinary Dropout, Tempe 149 S Farmer Ave Tempe, AZ 85281 • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 20

10:50am Convocation with Sven Sundgaard | Climate Change: a global & local perspective - 1h In-Person • Skinner Chapel • from Convocations

Fri 27

10:50am Convocation with Spike Carlsen | Writing with Dirt Under your Fingernails … in a Well-Manicured AI World - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 28

3:00pm Learn to Curl with Chicago area Carls - 2h In-Person • Chicago Curling Club 555 Dundee Road Northbrook, IL 60062 • from Regional Carls Program

March 2026

Sun 1

5:00pm DC Carleton Social at Board Room - 2h In-Person • Board Room 1737 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009 • from Regional Carls Program

Tue 3

3:00pm The Art of Living Well: Montaigne's Essays, with Professor Cathy Yandell (ends) In-Person • University of New Mexico Continuing Education South Building, 204 1634 University Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 • from Regional Carls Program

Thu 5

4:00pm The Boston Massacre: A Family History with Professor Serena Zabin - 1h 30m In-Person • Florida Atlantic University S. E. Wimberly Library, 5th floor 777 Glades Road Boca Raton, FL 33431 • from Regional Carls Program

Thu 19

3:00pm How Big Food Stifles Competition and Raises Prices with Claire Kelloway ’16 - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Tue 24

6:00pm C'YA Bay Area - 2h In-Person • Spark Social SF, 601 Mission Bay Blvd N, San Francisco, CA 94158 • from Carleton Young Alumni

Thu 26

7:00pm Raise Our Voice: A Night of Joyful Solidarity Through Song - 1h 30m In-Person • First Baptist Church of Austin 901 Trinity Street Austin, TX 78701 • from Regional Carls Program

April 2026

Fri 3

10:50am Convocation with Andrew Little '06 | The Case Against Pessimism About Democracy - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Thu 9

Maize & Blue Daize 2026 (begins) In-Person • Great Hall • from Maize & Blue Daize

Fri 10

10:00am Maize & Blue Daize 2026: HQ Open - 7h In-Person • Great Hall • from Maize & Blue Daize
10:50am Convocation with Peter Gwinn '93 | How to Be a Comedian When Nothing is Funny. - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations
1:00pm SWA Dog: Maisy - 1h 30m In-Person • Office of Health Promotion, Sayles Hill 162 • from Maize & Blue Daize

Sat 11

Worldwide Coffee with Carls In-Person • Various locations around the world. • from Regional Carls Program

Mon 13

10:00am Maize & Blue Daize 2026: HQ Open - 7h In-Person • Great Hall • from Maize & Blue Daize
4:30pm POSTPONED: Everything Must Go: Property, Uncertainty, and Freedom in the 1776 Evacuation of Boston, with Professor Serena Zabin - 1h In-Person • Marquette University Raynor Library, Beaumier Suites B&C 1355 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53233 • from Regional Carls Program
6:30pm A Look at Carleton Today: A Webinar with President Byerly - 1h Virtual • from Maize & Blue Daize

Tue 14

Maize & Blue Daize 2026 (ends) In-Person • Great Hall • from Maize & Blue Daize
10:00am Maize & Blue Daize 2026: HQ Open - 7h In-Person • Great Hall • from Maize & Blue Daize
12:00pm POSTPONED: The Bloody Massacre: A Lunchtime Talk with Professor Serena Zabin - 1h In-Person • Haggerty Museum of Art Marquette University Campus, 1234 W. Tory Hill Street Milwaukee, WI 53233 • from Regional Carls Program
12:00pm Who We Are: An Indigenous 2SLGBTQIA+ Perspective to Culture, Education, and Politics - 1h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from LGBTQIA+ Carleton Collective

Thu 16

3:00pm Carl Talks—Reducing global lead exposure at the source: a spotlight on spices with Jenna Forsyth ’07 - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 17

10:50am Convocation with Joel Simon | Protests and Press Freedom: From Mexico City to Minneapolis - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Tue 21

7:00pm The Carleton Liberal Arts Education Meets Entrepreneurship - 1h 15m Virtual • virtual via Zoom • from Regional Carls Program

Wed 22

6:30pm YoungISH Alumni Social at Sociable - 2h In-Person • Sociable Cider Werks 1500 Fillmore St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413 • from Carleton Young Alumni

Thu 23

3:00pm Filming (for) SPIRITS: Tracking South African Liberation History in 19th-century Northfield with Professor Cherif Keita - 1h 15m Virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 24

10:50am Convocation with Fred de Sam Lazaro | Storytelling to Make the Foreign Less Foreign. - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Chapel • from Convocations

May 2026

Fri 1

10:50am Convocation with Jana Shortal | The Surge. - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Fri 8

10:50am Convocation with Aarti Shahani | Here We Are! - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Tue 12

5:00pm Carls in Law Twin Cities Networking Event - 2h In-Person • Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Century Room, 21st Floor 2200 Wells Fargo Center 90 S Seventh St Minneapolis, MN 55402 • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 15

10:50am Convocation with Ladonna Sanders Redmond | Food + Justice = Democracy: The Table, the Ballot, and the Future. - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 16

4:00pm Carleton Missoula Area Alumni Potluck - 2h In-Person • The home of Thomas Carroll '81 and Elena Carroll Miller Creek area (address to follow) • from Regional Carls Program

Mon 18

2:00pm Carl Talks—America’s Dying Death Penalty? with Daniel LaChance '01 - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 29

3:00pm Honors Convocation - 1h Hybrid • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sat 30

2:30pm An exclusive tour of Dieu Donné in Brooklyn, NY - 2h In-Person • Dieu Donné Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 3, Suite 602 63 Flushing Ave, Unit 112 Brooklyn, NY 11205 • from Regional Carls Program

Sun 31

5:30pm Carleton Alumni Social in Nashville - 2h In-Person • Monday Night Brewing - Preservation Co. 1308 Adams St, Nashville, TN 37208 • from Regional Carls Program

June 2026

Thu 11

3:00pm Carl Talks—25 Years of the GSC and the Future of Queer Life at Carleton - 1h virtual • from Regional Carls Program
4:30pm Colorado Springs Happy Hour and Social - 2h In-Person • Goat Patch Brewing Company 2727 North Cascade Ave, #123, Colorado Springs, 80907 (in the Lincoln Center). • from Regional Carls Program

Fri 19

Reunion 2026 (begins)

Sun 21

Reunion 2026 (ends)

July 2026

Wed 1

5:30pm Out After Carleton (OAC) and the LGBTQIA+ Carleton Collective Happy Hour - 2h In-Person • Urban Growler Brewing Company 2325 Endicott St. St. Paul, MN 55114 • from Out After Carleton

Sat 4

7:30pm Strings Across Worlds with Gao Hong - 2h In-Person • St John the Baptist Hoxton, London, N1 6NP, UK • from Regional Carls Program

Sun 12

3:00pm DC Carleton Washington Mystics Game - 2h In-Person • CareFirst Arena 1100 Oak Dr SE, Washington, DC 20032 • from Regional Carls Program

Wed 15

Summer Send-Offs: various locations—in person and virtual (begins) Hybrid • various locations • from Regional Carls Program

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