Winter 2023

In late November, after learning that his friend and mentor Bardwell Smith had passed, author Parker J. Palmer ’61 shared a poem he composed in 2015 after visiting Smith and his wife Charlotte in Northfield.

Students in an archeological methods and lab course researched documents and conducted field excavations to learn about the Olin Farm site.

Thanks to a generous gift from Michael Hasenstab ’95 and his wife, Mary Ann, Old Music Hall was refurbished into the new home to the department of political science and international relations.

Five new members joined the Carleton Board of Trustees in 2022 and attended their second in-person meeting on campus in February.

Student radio station KRLX is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its first broadcast on April 14.

With the newly-formed Northfield Racial & Ethnic Equity Collaborative, Northfield is getting real about uniting for the purpose of achieving equity for all.

Bob Sullivan became Carleton’s head football coach in 1979. At the end of the 2020 season, he retired as its winningest, amassing 102 victories over 22 seasons.

Since 1971, Farm House has consistently attracted students interested in living a more sustainable lifestyle and engaging in a lively debate about what that means.

When college chaplain Carolyn Fure-Slocum ’82 retires at the end of June, she’ll be able to look back on a 25-year career that’s added multiple dimensions to campus life.

An exhibit called “Minneapolis Protest Murals” opened in October for a two-month run in the Hamlin Creative Space at the Weitz Center for Creativity.