Category: CCCE News

Part of the mission of Carleton College is “to develop qualities of mind and character that prepare its graduates to become citizens and leaders, capable of finding inventive solutions to local, national, and global challenges.” It is in that spirit that the CCCE’s Peace, Conflict, and Democracy cohort has organized community conversations for the past several years. What originally started as a space where students could discuss topics that concerned the community has evolved into a series of dialogues on topics as varied as the decolonization of food and the ethics of volunteering.

Palmar Álvarez-Blanco, Broom Fellow for Public Scholarship and professor of Spanish, has been selected for a Presidents’ Civic Engagement Leadership Award. The awards are hosted by Seed Coalition, formerly Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact, which invites a network of colleges and universities to recognize outstanding work in civic and community engagement each year.

Director’s Note, Spring ’24 Having recently returned from the national Campus Compact conference, a network of which Carleton — and thus all of you — is a member, I find…

How applicable is algebra to everyday life? One Carleton Math Comps Group set out to answer this question for two classes of Northfield students this fall and winter. Their Comps…

Spring Term 2021 Newsletter This newsletter features the products of academic civic engagement courses, student-led community collaborations, campus-wide initiatives, and more. Carleton, the Dakota, and the Dakota Homelands stories; Trio…

Grassroots organizer and scholar Ruth Wilson Gilmore will deliver a convocation address on Friday, October 23 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. See our class discussion questions to accompany Gilmore’s address.

The political sociologist Mindy Romero will deliver a convocation address on Friday, October 16 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. See our class discussion questions to accompany Romero’s address. Directly following her convocation…

On October 2, Alexander Heffner, host of PBS’ “The Open Mind,” will deliver a convocation address examining divisiveness in American discourse. See our class discussion questions to accompany Mr. Heffner’s…

Creighton Brown (he/him/his) Where were you before Carleton? What brought you here? Before joining Carleton College, I guided Inclusion Initiatives and LGBTQ+ Programs at North Dakota State University and spent…

We’re excited to introduce three new team members to the Carleton Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE), as of August. Please join us in welcoming Creighton, Ellie, and Alan.…