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#MyCarletonSummer: Kait Libbey ’19
19 September 2018How did Carls spend their summers? We chat with Kait Libbey, a senior biology major from San Francisco.
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On Friday, May 11, Lillie Schneyer ’18 and Gray Babbs ’18 released a document called “Being Not-Rich at Carleton.” The 24-page guide, which is broken into categories “Emergencies,” “Living,” “Health,” “Academics” and “Employment,” lists campus resources that can make Carleton more affordable.
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Since this past January, students and faculty in a wide variety of academic departments and programs have been benefiting from the recently created Center for Global and Regional Studies (CGRS). According to its website, the CGRS aims “to promote programs and experiences that connect the education students receive on the Carleton campus with communities beyond campus—locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.” So far, it incorporates eighteen departments and programs, all of which include a focus on language or area studies. While some of these departments are also connected to the Language Center, others—such as American studies—are not.
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The Career Center’s Scholars Program is an experiential learning opportunity for students to explore career options, make connections with alumni, and hone their networking and professional skills. Students from all majors are introduced to a specific industry area by incorporating skills acquired through the career readiness component (weekly assignments leading up to the site visits and a networking workshop led by Lee Caraher ’86) prior to attending an on-campus symposium, exploratory site visits to a variety of companies/organizations, and an alumni networking event during spring break. This year, students explored careers in public policy and sustainability.
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Our German student Eavan Donovan ’19 gives you a little insight into her abroad experience in Germany. She went on the 2017 Carleton OCS Program in Berlin and did an…
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Career Center visits provide access to valuable resources, most notably: Carleton alumni
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Career Center visits provide access to valuable resources, most notably: Carleton alumni
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From Fellowship to Career
8 December 2017“When you think of museums, you think of the main galleries—but this fellowship helped illuminate that curation has so many different facets,” Fiona Fraser ’18 says. “I had the opportunity to talk to a lot of curators and look at hundreds of prints, and it was really eye-opening. Curation rooms are so valuable to students, professors, and researchers.” Now Fraser thinks her career might be museum curation.
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Worldwide Campus
8 December 2017Coming to Carleton from San Francisco, Lisa Au ’18 knew she wanted to have an international experience. Little did she know she’d have five.
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The Career Center Gets Promoted to Johnson House
8 November 2017While the end of August is typically a busy time for the Career Center, this past August was particularly so due to the office’s relocation from the lower level of Sayles-Hill Campus Center to its new location in Johnson House, the former location of the Office of Admissions (Admissions is now located in Scoville Hall). The move became official on August 23rd.