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.
Chris Griffin ’17 at his internship site in Paris
Off-campus study has always helped blur the border between classrooms and the world, but the advent of internships and service learning on OCS programs has had a multiplier effect. Here, Chris Griffin ’17 tries his hand at custom shoemaking in Paris during a two-month summer internship at Crockett & Jones Paris following the Carleton French Studies seminar in Paris. Griffin’s experience was supported by the Larson International Fellowship, which, founded in 1986, was among the first of many donor-funded fellowships for Carleton students to engage in research and experiential projects.