Category: Courses & Independent Study

Winter Term ACE Gathering – February 20, 4-6pm Please join us for the winter gathering of faculty and staff involved in Academic Civic Engagement. These gatherings are intended to provide…

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…

Assistant Professor and Andersen Fellow of American Studies and History Meredith McCoy has been at Carleton since fall 2019. This term, she developed a new Academic Civic Engagement class, Introduction…

A spring 2020 political science course constructed an online experiment to explore the effectiveness of various public messages regarding the COVID-19 crisis.

The CCCE is suspending in-person community and civic engagement activities as of today until further notice.

The CCCE is suspending in-person community and civic engagement activities as of today until further notice.

A chorus of snapping rubber bands fills Leighton 426, followed by a long pause as seventeen students carefully reposition their faux bows for another practice shot. Embodied understanding of kyudo is integrated into RELG 282 – Samurai: Ethics of Loyalty and Death, a course which combines lecture and discussion facilitated by Asuka Sango, Associate Professor and Chair of Religion and Director of Asian Studies, with in-depth kyudo practice taught by Carly Born, a dedicated kyudo practitioner and Carleton Academic Technologist.

This year Carleton offered a biology course on agroecology as part of the CCCE’s ACE courses. The class, which is taught by Professor David Hougen-Eitzman, focuses on the scientific aspects of food production, including the application of principles of ecosystem and population ecology to agricultural systems. Alongside learning the science of food production, students also have the chance to visit local farms and create projects that will engage with food production in the local community and provide services to farmers or community organizations.

The CCCE currently has seven of our fellows spread across the globe on various OCS programs. Find out about their experiences and what they are looking forward to about returning to campus.

With the ideal of reciprocity at its core, civic engagement is one of the many directions Carls take their skills in collaboration, both during and after college.

Read about how 2015 alum Vayu Rekdal developed the Young Chefs program and how he has continued this work.