Beginnings • The Post-War Years • The New Millennium • Student Work Off-Campus
At the dawn of the new millennium, Carleton reaffirmed and advanced its commitment to global engagement, with crucial grants fueling a surge in the number of international students and the launch of the Cross-Cultural Studies minor. The Office of Intercultural and International Life and a constellation of cultural student organizations and performing arts ensembles foster a sense of community through an array of cultural programming and events.
Faculty continue to work with students on critical global issues through coursework, field research, and off-campus study. Students study, research, volunteer, and intern around the world through programs facilitated by the Career Center, Center for Community and Civic Engagement, Off-Campus Studies, Student Fellowships, academic departments, and the Mellon-funded Global Engagement Initiative.
Student researchers in Myanmar
Until recent democratic reforms, Myanmar/Burma had been under tight control of an authoritarian military regime for half a century. Since 2013, political science professor Tun Myint and Carleton students have visited Myint’s home country, conducting field research to document stories of people’s lives and experiences of the dictatorship that often run counter to official state narratives. Their findings have been used to launch a digital archive, Public Memory of Myanmar.