Career Center News

Launched in 2007, the Career Center’s Scholars program has been a great success. The program has taken groups of students to cities across the United States to learn about a variety of professional fields from influential and successful Carleton alumni. One of the latest Scholars trips—public policy in Washington, D.C.—featured a brand new dimension of the Scholars program: Couches for Carls.

It’s been written about in the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Higher Education. It has connected hundreds of students, parents, and alumni. It has even been copied by St. Olaf.

And now it’s back—and bigger than ever.

Carleton’s career center’s mentor externship program is prominently mentioned in an Aug. 11 article in Forbes, authored by Albion College (Mich.) president Donna Randall. She makes the case that a liberal arts education is excellent preparation for a variety of careers, and calls for liberal arts school to stay true to its mission. “We can and should commit ourselves more completely to providing students with education that encompasses both the timelessness of broad-based study in the arts and sciences, and the timeliness of practical preparation–leading to productive careers and satisfying lives.”

The Pioneer Press recently did a piece on the Career Center’s Engagement Wanted program.

Since 2008, Carleton’s Career Center has been working to transform itself and establish a national model in the liberal arts. We need your help to meet that goal!

Greg Marfleet, Associate Professor of Political Science, talks about his experience leading a Washington, D.C., trip as part of the Career Center’s Scholars program.

Why is working in the Career Center so cool? Well for one thing, they have a ton of candy. But that’s just the beginning.

Yes you can!   Check out this video.

Nat Turner ’93 will host two Carleton students this summer in New Orleans, LA at Our School at Blair Grocery where students will help and assist with rebuilding a community…