Your Gifts at Work

This fall Carleton will dedicate its first building named in honor of a class. With its record-breaking gift of more than $65 million, the Class of 1974 Center will revolutionize…

This internship opened my eyes to an interest in policy. With immigration policy constantly changing, I saw the tangible effects that policy has on people.

Thanks to the Robert J. Kolenkow and Robert A. Reitz Endowed Fund for Student Scientific Research, Matt Murashige ’27 gained hands-on research experience in the psychology of aging–a special interest of his.

Throughout this internship, I gained a new perspective on the world of public radio, learned hard skills that are important to the trade, and created valuable connections with amazing people in the world of public media.

Last summer I had the invaluable opportunity to intern at Stanford University as part of the Cardiovascular Institute Summer Research Program, co-funded by the Class of 1970 Endowed Internship Fund.

Thanks to the collaborative nature of working in a lab, Emily learned how to discuss her research with other scientists, working directly with one postdoctoral researcher and cooperating more informally with other researchers. Through this hands-on experience, Emily gained a sense for how research works in practice. “I definitely learned a lot more about the research process in general and how it’s conducted at a big institution,” she said.

Members of the Joseph Lee Heywood Society preserve Carleton’s breadth and depth of excellence, not matter where they direct their planned giving.

Thanks to the generosity of the Carleton community, exciting research is happening all across campus. This year at the annual Joseph Lee Heywood Society Luncheon, geology professor Dan Maxbauer shared a special look into his project on enhanced weathering as a pathway for permanent carbon removal.

“Carleton meant so much to me and set my life in a direction it wouldn’t have otherwise taken. I attach a great deal of importance to Carleton, and that’s why I’ve made a significant legacy provision for Carleton. This is one more way I can give back.”

Alongside major townhouse renovations and construction, Student Health and Counseling services will be moving into a brand-new facility soon. Plans call for increased rooms for medical treatment as well as more space for solo and group therapy.