This year’s calendar is filled with beautiful photos of our beloved campus, and first-hand reflections on the salience of a Carleton education. Across generations, it’s clear that Carleton is more than just a place to earn a degree. It’s a community of caring and curious individuals who challenge and uplift one another; an intellectual playground that starts a journey of lifelong learning; a place to finally be seen and understood; and a second home. 

Carleton molds leaders, develops thinkers, equips innovators, and inspires the inquisitive. Students who learn broadly become graduates who think critically and creatively—that’s what sets Carleton alumni apart. We venture a guess that every student who passes through Carleton is transformed in some way, big or small, by this place, their peers, and the education they received here. 

So, who are you — personally or professionally — because of Carleton?

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wall of vintage mailboxes with flowers sticking out of them
Friday Flowers by Nhi Luong ’25
exterior view of Hasenstab Hall in the winter
Hasenstab Hall by Harry Pound
exterior view of Leighton Hall
Leighton Hall by Harry Pound
flowers blooming outside Gould library
The Libe by Hannah Pietrick
aerial view of the bald spot in the fall
Colorful Bald Spot by Harry Pound
snowy sunset
Winter in the Arb by Answesha Mukherji ’23
aerial view of spring concert
Spring Concert by Harry Pound
a path through a prairie field
Lower Arb Views by Kallie Rollenhagen
frosty morning in a field
Frosty Arb Morning by Kallie Rollenhagen
empty performance hall with a piano on stage
Kracum Performance Hall by Corey Gaffer
faculty lined up outdoors for commencement processional
Faculty at Commencement by Dan Iverson
exterior view of Evelyn. M. Anderson Hall
Anderson Hall by David Sundberg, Esto Photographics
tree covered in snow
In the Blizzard by Kallie Rollenhagen