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Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Alicia Prieto Langarica | October 10, 2025Dr. Alicia Prieto Langarica, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Youngstown State University, delivered Carleton’s convocation address on Friday, October 10, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address is titled, “Re-Indigenizing Our Teaching Practices.” Her expertise stems from her experience teaching mathematics and her unique teaching style, which focuses on mentorship and a holistic focus on the student.
After earning her BS in applied mathematics from the University of Texas–Dallas in 2008 and her PhD from the University of Texas–Arlington in 2012, Prieto Langarica has changed the lives of many of her students a...
2025-10-151h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Alicia Prieto Langarica | October 10, 2025Dr. Alicia Prieto Langarica, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Youngstown State University, delivered Carleton’s convocation address on Friday, October 10, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address is titled, “Re-Indigenizing Our Teaching Practices.” Her expertise stems from her experience teaching mathematics and her unique teaching style, which focuses on mentorship and a holistic focus on the student.
After earning her BS in applied mathematics from the University of Texas–Dallas in 2008 and her PhD from the University of Texas–Arlington in 2012, Prieto Langarica has changed the lives of many of her students a...
2025-10-151h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton A&I Convo with Chérif Keïta | September 26, 2025
Chérif Keïta, William H. Laird Professor of French and the Liberal Arts at Carleton, delivered the annual A&I Convocation on Friday, September 26, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. For first-year students, the A&I Convocation is an opportunity to actively engage in the convo tradition at Carleton while incorporating the address into their Argument and Inquiry (A&I) seminars. Moreover, it is an opportunity for some of Carleton’s most senior and beloved professors to share their perspectives on liberal arts education and offer advice on the process of learning. As a celebrated language and lite...
2025-09-3059 minCarleton ConvosCarleton A&I Convo with Chérif Keïta | September 26, 2025
Chérif Keïta, William H. Laird Professor of French and the Liberal Arts at Carleton, delivered the annual A&I Convocation on Friday, September 26, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. For first-year students, the A&I Convocation is an opportunity to actively engage in the convo tradition at Carleton while incorporating the address into their Argument and Inquiry (A&I) seminars. Moreover, it is an opportunity for some of Carleton’s most senior and beloved professors to share their perspectives on liberal arts education and offer advice on the process of learning. As a celebrated language and lite...
2025-09-3059 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Opening Convo with Raul Raymundo ’87 | September 15, 2025The Carleton community gathered in the Chapel on Monday, September 15 at 3 p.m. for Opening Convocation, celebrating the start of a new academic year and recognizing students on the Dean’s List. Opening Convo is the first event in the convocation program and features the Bubble Brigade at the beginning and end, where Carleton seniors blow bubbles from the Chapel balcony over the faculty’s processional and recessional. Read more about the event on Carleton News.
Learn more about Carleton Convos at go.carleton.edu/convocations
2025-09-2258 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Opening Convo with Raul Raymundo ’87 | September 15, 2025The Carleton community gathered in the Chapel on Monday, September 15 at 3 p.m. for Opening Convocation, celebrating the start of a new academic year and recognizing students on the Dean’s List. Opening Convo is the first event in the convocation program and features the Bubble Brigade at the beginning and end, where Carleton seniors blow bubbles from the Chapel balcony over the faculty’s processional and recessional. Read more about the event on Carleton News.
Learn more about Carleton Convos at go.carleton.edu/convocations
2025-09-2258 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Marie Myung-Ok Lee | May 16, 2025Author Marie Myung-Ok Lee delivered Carleton’s convocation address on Friday, May 16, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address is titled, “Acceptance vs. Belonging and the Life You Want to Live.”
Lee’s novel Somebody’s Daughter (2005) was an O. Henry Award nominee and is celebrated as an important contribution to Korean American literature. She more recently published her second novel, The Evening Hero (2022), which The New York Times dubbed a “soulful, melodic, rhapsodic novel.” Beyond her writing for adults, Lee has written many beloved young adult (YA) novels under the name Marie G. Lee. Among these, her nov...
2025-05-201h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Marie Myung-Ok Lee | May 16, 2025Author Marie Myung-Ok Lee delivered Carleton’s convocation address on Friday, May 16, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address is titled, “Acceptance vs. Belonging and the Life You Want to Live.”
Lee’s novel Somebody’s Daughter (2005) was an O. Henry Award nominee and is celebrated as an important contribution to Korean American literature. She more recently published her second novel, The Evening Hero (2022), which The New York Times dubbed a “soulful, melodic, rhapsodic novel.” Beyond her writing for adults, Lee has written many beloved young adult (YA) novels under the name Marie G. Lee. Among these, her nov...
2025-05-201h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Scott Wopata | May 9, 2025Scott Wopata, executive director of the local Community Action Center (CAC) and recipient of the City of Northfield’s 2024 Human Rights Award, delivered the Carleton convocation on Friday, May 9, from 10:50 to 11:30 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. This convocation — titled, “Can we all agree to address food insecurity?” — coincides with Carleton’s annual Empty Bowls event, a community fundraiser for the local food shelf, which is run by the CAC.
In his more than twenty years living in Northfield, Wopata has worn many hats. His roles include community collaborator, economist, soccer coach, carpenter, youth pastor, trail runner (he is the fastest...
2025-05-1337 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Scott Wopata | May 9, 2025Scott Wopata, executive director of the local Community Action Center (CAC) and recipient of the City of Northfield’s 2024 Human Rights Award, delivered the Carleton convocation on Friday, May 9, from 10:50 to 11:30 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. This convocation — titled, “Can we all agree to address food insecurity?” — coincides with Carleton’s annual Empty Bowls event, a community fundraiser for the local food shelf, which is run by the CAC.
In his more than twenty years living in Northfield, Wopata has worn many hats. His roles include community collaborator, economist, soccer coach, carpenter, youth pastor, trail runner (he is the fastest...
2025-05-1337 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Anna McGinn ’18 | May 2, 2025Attorney Anna McGinn ’18 delivered this week’s convocation address at Carleton titled, “In Defense of the Innocent” on Friday, May 2, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. McGinn’s work as a staff attorney at the Great North Innocence Project (GNIP) includes screening, investigating, and litigating cases involving claims of actual innocence in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Since joining GNIP in 2022, McGinn has played a key role in five cases in which individuals secured their freedom after being wrongfully convicted. Collectively, those individuals spent 62 years in prison. McGinn originally joined GNIP as a Bank of America lega...
2025-05-051h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Anna McGinn ’18 | May 2, 2025Attorney Anna McGinn ’18 delivered this week’s convocation address at Carleton titled, “In Defense of the Innocent” on Friday, May 2, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. McGinn’s work as a staff attorney at the Great North Innocence Project (GNIP) includes screening, investigating, and litigating cases involving claims of actual innocence in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Since joining GNIP in 2022, McGinn has played a key role in five cases in which individuals secured their freedom after being wrongfully convicted. Collectively, those individuals spent 62 years in prison. McGinn originally joined GNIP as a Bank of America lega...
2025-05-051h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Emily Ladau | April 25, 2025Activist, writer, speaker, podcaster, and cultural access consultant Emily Ladau delivered Carleton’s convocation address — titled, “How to become an ally to the disability community” — on Friday, April 25, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Due to systemic issues around the treatment of individuals with disabilities during travel, particularly with ensuring safe transportation of wheelchairs, Ladau’s convocation address will be livestreamed. There will still be a Q&A following the address, as well as free treats and drinks in the Chapel beforehand.
Ladau is the author of Demystifying Disability (2021), which covers a broad variety of pertinent topics includin...
2025-04-301h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with David Wright Faladé ’86 | April 18, 2025Award-winning author David Wright Faladé ’86 delivered the Carleton convocation address — titled, “My 4-color Bic and the Constitution” — on Friday, April 18 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel.
Wright Faladé is the author of the novel Black Cloud Rising (2022) and most recently The New Internationals (2025), as well as the co-author of the young adult novel Away Running (2016) and the nonfiction book Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers (2000), which was a New Yorker notable selection and a St. Louis-Dispatch Best Book of 2001. Wright Faladé was also a recipient of the Neale Hurston/Richard...
2025-04-221h 03Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with David Wright Faladé ’86 | April 18, 2025Award-winning author David Wright Faladé ’86 delivered the Carleton convocation address — titled, “My 4-color Bic and the Constitution” — on Friday, April 18 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel.
Wright Faladé is the author of the novel Black Cloud Rising (2022) and most recently The New Internationals (2025), as well as the co-author of the young adult novel Away Running (2016) and the nonfiction book Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers (2000), which was a New Yorker notable selection and a St. Louis-Dispatch Best Book of 2001. Wright Faladé was also a recipient of the Neale Hurston/Richard...
2025-04-221h 03Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Wyna Liu | April 11, 2025Artist and puzzle maker Wyna Liu delivered the Carleton convocation on Friday, April 11 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address is titled, “A Bit About Connections.”
Liu is best known for her work as the writer of The New York Times’s iconic word game Connections, and often writes crosswords for The New Yorker. An avid puzzler and creator, Liu began constructing crossword puzzles in 2018 and published her first crossword in 2019 for the American Values Club Crossword, where she now serves as assistant editor. A year after her first publication, she became a games editor with The...
2025-04-1558 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Wyna Liu | April 11, 2025Artist and puzzle maker Wyna Liu delivered the Carleton convocation on Friday, April 11 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address is titled, “A Bit About Connections.”
Liu is best known for her work as the writer of The New York Times’s iconic word game Connections, and often writes crosswords for The New Yorker. An avid puzzler and creator, Liu began constructing crossword puzzles in 2018 and published her first crossword in 2019 for the American Values Club Crossword, where she now serves as assistant editor. A year after her first publication, she became a games editor with The...
2025-04-1558 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Chance York | April 4, 2025Chance York delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, April 4 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Among his many distinctions, York is a regional Academy Award-winning entertainer, co-founder of the program Peace in Practice, yoga instructor, rapper, student, and teacher. York has studied yoga for over 20 years, viewing it as an “art science,” which he studies in tandem with personal development. Through this line of work, York co-founded Peace In Practice, a nonprofit working to promote access and services to yoga, as well as wellness and mindfulness practices for the Black and brown communities of the Twin Cities area...
2025-04-0957 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Chance York | April 4, 2025Chance York delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, April 4 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Among his many distinctions, York is a regional Academy Award-winning entertainer, co-founder of the program Peace in Practice, yoga instructor, rapper, student, and teacher. York has studied yoga for over 20 years, viewing it as an “art science,” which he studies in tandem with personal development. Through this line of work, York co-founded Peace In Practice, a nonprofit working to promote access and services to yoga, as well as wellness and mindfulness practices for the Black and brown communities of the Twin Cities area...
2025-04-0957 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Mariela Shaker | February 28, 2025Syrian-American violinist Mariela Shaker delivered Carleton’s convocation address on Friday, February 28 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address is titled, “Tragedy and Triumph: My Bow Bends for Peace.” An internationally recognized violinist and motivational speaker, Shaker was named a Champion of Change for World Refugees by U.S. President Barack Obama in 2015. Shaker strongly believes in music as a tool to bring people from different backgrounds together and to foster peace and love in the world. She uses her music to build bridges, promote peace, and raise awareness for the plight of refugees and vulnerable children around...
2025-03-0450 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Mariela Shaker | February 28, 2025Syrian-American violinist Mariela Shaker delivered Carleton’s convocation address on Friday, February 28 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address is titled, “Tragedy and Triumph: My Bow Bends for Peace.” An internationally recognized violinist and motivational speaker, Shaker was named a Champion of Change for World Refugees by U.S. President Barack Obama in 2015. Shaker strongly believes in music as a tool to bring people from different backgrounds together and to foster peace and love in the world. She uses her music to build bridges, promote peace, and raise awareness for the plight of refugees and vulnerable children around...
2025-03-0450 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Claire McFadden ’13 | February 21, 2025Comedy writer and performer Claire McFadden ’13 delivered Carleton’s convocation address on Friday, February 21, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her talk is titled, “Make it Yourself: How to Pursue a Creative Career After Carleton Even If You Majored in Something Completely Unrelated Like ENTS and the Path Forward Seems Shrouded in Mystery and Fear (A Convocation Speech).”
McFadden has performed her improv and sketch comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s largest performance arts festival; San Francisco Sketchfest; Out of Bounds; and Chicago Sketchfest. She has also starred repeatedly in the Mainstage Revue at The Sec...
2025-02-251h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Claire McFadden ’13 | February 21, 2025Comedy writer and performer Claire McFadden ’13 delivered Carleton’s convocation address on Friday, February 21, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her talk is titled, “Make it Yourself: How to Pursue a Creative Career After Carleton Even If You Majored in Something Completely Unrelated Like ENTS and the Path Forward Seems Shrouded in Mystery and Fear (A Convocation Speech).”
McFadden has performed her improv and sketch comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s largest performance arts festival; San Francisco Sketchfest; Out of Bounds; and Chicago Sketchfest. She has also starred repeatedly in the Mainstage Revue at The Sec...
2025-02-251h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Dr. Bryant Simon | February 14, 2025Dr. Bryant Simon, an American historian and professor at Temple University, delivered the convocation address at Carleton on Friday, February 14 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. His speech, “The history of public bathrooms: A story of American inequality,” is based on a book he is currently writing on the topic, which is set to be published by University of Chicago Press.
Simon has previously published four books — The Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, Cheap Lives (2017); Everything But the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks (2009); Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban...
2025-02-181h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Dr. Bryant Simon | February 14, 2025Dr. Bryant Simon, an American historian and professor at Temple University, delivered the convocation address at Carleton on Friday, February 14 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. His speech, “The history of public bathrooms: A story of American inequality,” is based on a book he is currently writing on the topic, which is set to be published by University of Chicago Press.
Simon has previously published four books — The Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, Cheap Lives (2017); Everything But the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks (2009); Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban...
2025-02-181h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. | February 7, 2025Printmaker Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. delivered the Carleton convocation on Friday, February 7, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. His address is titled, “A Tirade Against Boomers.” Visit the convo website for an introductory poem Kennedy provided before his address.
As a self-described “humble negro printer,” Kennedy harnesses his printmaking abilities to produce social and political commentaries, often through posters. Kennedy’s passion for books and letters began at the age of four, yet it wasn’t until the age of 40, when Kennedy visited the living history museum of Colonial Williamsburg, that he was captivated by an eighteenth-ce...
2025-02-111h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. | February 7, 2025Printmaker Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. delivered the Carleton convocation on Friday, February 7, from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. His address is titled, “A Tirade Against Boomers.” Visit the convo website for an introductory poem Kennedy provided before his address.
As a self-described “humble negro printer,” Kennedy harnesses his printmaking abilities to produce social and political commentaries, often through posters. Kennedy’s passion for books and letters began at the age of four, yet it wasn’t until the age of 40, when Kennedy visited the living history museum of Colonial Williamsburg, that he was captivated by an eighteenth-ce...
2025-02-111h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Bob Daily ’82 | January 31, 2025Screenwriter and producer Bob Daily ’82 delivered convocation at Carleton College on Friday, January 31 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Through his address “On Creativity: Nine lessons I’ve learned, stolen and ignored,” Daily highlighted his path from Carleton to the entertainment industry.
Daily began his television career as a writer and producer on the famed NBC series Frasier, for which he was awarded back-to-back Writers Guild Awards for Outstanding Script in Television Comedy in 2003 and 2004. Daily wrote 15 episodes of Frasier — one of which was included in the book, Very Best of Frasier — over the course of five seasons. Duri...
2025-02-041h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Bob Daily ’82 | January 31, 2025Screenwriter and producer Bob Daily ’82 delivered convocation at Carleton College on Friday, January 31 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Through his address “On Creativity: Nine lessons I’ve learned, stolen and ignored,” Daily highlighted his path from Carleton to the entertainment industry.
Daily began his television career as a writer and producer on the famed NBC series Frasier, for which he was awarded back-to-back Writers Guild Awards for Outstanding Script in Television Comedy in 2003 and 2004. Daily wrote 15 episodes of Frasier — one of which was included in the book, Very Best of Frasier — over the course of five seasons. Duri...
2025-02-041h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Noah Tarnow ’97 | January 24, 2025
Noah Tarnow ’97 delivered convocation at Carleton College on Friday, January 24 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Tarnow detailed his unique path from Carleton alum to senior quizmaster in an address titled, “The Trivial Benefits of a Carleton Education (or, How One Alum Made Himself a Game Show Host),” which, of course, included trivia questions throughout.
Originally a biweekly nightlife event, Tarnow’s The Big Quiz Thing (BQT) evolved from a DIY quiz program into the nationwide customizable trivia event company that it is today, for which Tarnow serves as CEO, creative director, and senior quizmaste...
2025-01-2856 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Noah Tarnow ’97 | January 24, 2025
Noah Tarnow ’97 delivered convocation at Carleton College on Friday, January 24 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Tarnow detailed his unique path from Carleton alum to senior quizmaster in an address titled, “The Trivial Benefits of a Carleton Education (or, How One Alum Made Himself a Game Show Host),” which, of course, included trivia questions throughout.
Originally a biweekly nightlife event, Tarnow’s The Big Quiz Thing (BQT) evolved from a DIY quiz program into the nationwide customizable trivia event company that it is today, for which Tarnow serves as CEO, creative director, and senior quizmaste...
2025-01-2856 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Lawrence R. Jacobs | January 17, 2025Political scientist Lawrence R. Jacobs delivered convocation at Carleton College on Friday, January 17 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Jacobs’ address, “American Democracy in Fractured Times,” stemmed from his expertise in American political science and was informed by the content of his latest book, Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History.
Jacobs is the founder and director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance (CSPG) at the University of Minnesota. He also serves as the Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies at the University of Minnesota’s Humphr...
2025-01-211h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Lawrence R. Jacobs | January 17, 2025Political scientist Lawrence R. Jacobs delivered convocation at Carleton College on Friday, January 17 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Jacobs’ address, “American Democracy in Fractured Times,” stemmed from his expertise in American political science and was informed by the content of his latest book, Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History.
Jacobs is the founder and director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance (CSPG) at the University of Minnesota. He also serves as the Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies at the University of Minnesota’s Humphr...
2025-01-211h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Abby Kiesa | November 1, 2024Abby Kiesa, deputy director of CIRCLE, delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, November 1 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her talk was titled, “Including youth in ‘we the people’: Youth voice in U.S. democracy.”
CIRCLE (Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) is part of Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life. The Center conducts research and collaborates on systems change initiatives to build what’s needed for more young people and young adults in the United States to have a voice in community decision-making and democracy.
Kiesa joined CIRCL...
2024-11-051h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Abby Kiesa | November 1, 2024Abby Kiesa, deputy director of CIRCLE, delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, November 1 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her talk was titled, “Including youth in ‘we the people’: Youth voice in U.S. democracy.”
CIRCLE (Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) is part of Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life. The Center conducts research and collaborates on systems change initiatives to build what’s needed for more young people and young adults in the United States to have a voice in community decision-making and democracy.
Kiesa joined CIRCL...
2024-11-051h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Family Weekend Convo with Pat Sukhum ’96 | October 18, 2024Pat Sukhum ’96, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities, delivered the Carleton convocation address for Family Weekend on Friday, October 18 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel.
After 25 years in the bustling world of health tech startups, Sukhum found himself — somewhat unexpectedly — as the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities, the largest Minnesota arm of the nationwide nonprofit youth mentoring organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. While the timing might have seemed sudden, the journey leading him there was anything but. It all began 25 years ago when he became a mentor (a “Big”) in the ver...
2024-10-2238 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Family Weekend Convo with Pat Sukhum ’96 | October 18, 2024Pat Sukhum ’96, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities, delivered the Carleton convocation address for Family Weekend on Friday, October 18 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel.
After 25 years in the bustling world of health tech startups, Sukhum found himself — somewhat unexpectedly — as the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities, the largest Minnesota arm of the nationwide nonprofit youth mentoring organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. While the timing might have seemed sudden, the journey leading him there was anything but. It all began 25 years ago when he became a mentor (a “Big”) in the ver...
2024-10-2238 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Francis Su | October 11, 2024Francis Su, Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and former president of the Mathematical Association of America, delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, October 11 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. His address was titled, “Seeing the unseen: the enchantment of mathematical beauty.”
In his talk, Su tackled multiple questions, including: What is the nature of beauty? How does it make us feel? Surprisingly, he says, mathematics can help us understand beauty, because math is about seeing the unseen, and such beauty can draw us to experiences of joy in much the same way that...
2024-10-1655 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Francis Su | October 11, 2024Francis Su, Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and former president of the Mathematical Association of America, delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, October 11 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. His address was titled, “Seeing the unseen: the enchantment of mathematical beauty.”
In his talk, Su tackled multiple questions, including: What is the nature of beauty? How does it make us feel? Surprisingly, he says, mathematics can help us understand beauty, because math is about seeing the unseen, and such beauty can draw us to experiences of joy in much the same way that...
2024-10-1655 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Senator Patricia Torres Ray | October 4, 2024Patricia Torres Ray — a former member of the Minnesota Senate, where she represented District 63 — delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, October 4 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address was titled, “Immigration as Statement of Conscience.”
After working in public service for 20 years, Torres Ray ran for office in 2006 and became the first Latina elected to the Minnesota Senate. She held multiple leadership roles there, including majority whip, chair of the Parks and Trails Legacy Committee, chair of the New Immigration Policy Commission, chair of the Education Policy Committee, and chair of the State and Local Go...
2024-10-0856 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Senator Patricia Torres Ray | October 4, 2024Patricia Torres Ray — a former member of the Minnesota Senate, where she represented District 63 — delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, October 4 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address was titled, “Immigration as Statement of Conscience.”
After working in public service for 20 years, Torres Ray ran for office in 2006 and became the first Latina elected to the Minnesota Senate. She held multiple leadership roles there, including majority whip, chair of the Parks and Trails Legacy Committee, chair of the New Immigration Policy Commission, chair of the Education Policy Committee, and chair of the State and Local Go...
2024-10-0856 minCarleton ConvosCarleton A&I Convo with Deborah Appleman | September 27, 2024Deborah Appleman — Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies, associate program director of American studies, and chair of educational studies — delivered the address for Carleton’s annual Argument & Inquiry (A&I) Convocation on Friday, September 27 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. In her address, “Academic Freedom and Necessity of Discomfort: The Trouble with Cancel Culture and Content Warnings,” Appleman drew from her most recent book, Literature and the New Culture Wars.
Appleman taught high school English for nine years before receiving her doctorate from the University of Minnesota. She has been a visiting professor at Syracuse University...
2024-09-301h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton A&I Convo with Deborah Appleman | September 27, 2024Deborah Appleman — Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies, associate program director of American studies, and chair of educational studies — delivered the address for Carleton’s annual Argument & Inquiry (A&I) Convocation on Friday, September 27 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. In her address, “Academic Freedom and Necessity of Discomfort: The Trouble with Cancel Culture and Content Warnings,” Appleman drew from her most recent book, Literature and the New Culture Wars.
Appleman taught high school English for nine years before receiving her doctorate from the University of Minnesota. She has been a visiting professor at Syracuse University...
2024-09-301h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Opening Convo with Rep. Dean Phillips | September 16, 2024Dean Phillips, U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s Third Congressional District, delivered the address for Carleton's Opening Convocation on Monday, September 16 starting at 3 p.m. in Skinner Chapel.
Phillips was raised in Edina, Minnesota, attended Brown University, and earned his MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Business. After being employed at a variety of small startups, he worked his way up and eventually led his family’s business, Phillips Distilling, in addition to starting other small businesses. Phillips is active in the philanthropic community in Minnesota through the Edward J. Phillips Family Foundation, which...
2024-09-1947 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Opening Convo with Rep. Dean Phillips | September 16, 2024Dean Phillips, U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s Third Congressional District, delivered the address for Carleton's Opening Convocation on Monday, September 16 starting at 3 p.m. in Skinner Chapel.
Phillips was raised in Edina, Minnesota, attended Brown University, and earned his MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Business. After being employed at a variety of small startups, he worked his way up and eventually led his family’s business, Phillips Distilling, in addition to starting other small businesses. Phillips is active in the philanthropic community in Minnesota through the Edward J. Phillips Family Foundation, which...
2024-09-1947 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Honors Convo | May 24, 2024The Carleton community gathered in Skinner Chapel on Friday, May 24 at 3 p.m. for Honors Convocation, a celebration of Carleton students’ academic excellence and the culmination of the 2023–24 academic year. Honors Convo is the final event in the convocation program. Honors Convo also features the Bubble Brigade at the beginning and end of the program, where Carleton seniors blow bubbles from the Chapel balcony over the faculty’s processional and recessional. Read the full program from the event at carleton.edu/convocations/honors/
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2024-05-2809 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Honors Convo | May 24, 2024The Carleton community gathered in Skinner Chapel on Friday, May 24 at 3 p.m. for Honors Convocation, a celebration of Carleton students’ academic excellence and the culmination of the 2023–24 academic year. Honors Convo is the final event in the convocation program. Honors Convo also features the Bubble Brigade at the beginning and end of the program, where Carleton seniors blow bubbles from the Chapel balcony over the faculty’s processional and recessional. Read the full program from the event at carleton.edu/convocations/honors/
Learn more about Carleton Convos at go.carleton.edu/convocations
2024-05-2809 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Pipo Nguyen-duy ’83 | May 3, 2024Pipo Nguyen-duy ’83, professor of studio art and photography at Oberlin College, delivered the Carleton convocation address titled, “A Dust of Life,” on Friday, May 3 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel.
Nguyen-duy was born in Hue, Vietnam. Growing up within thirty kilometers of the demilitarized zone near the 18th parallel, he describes hearing gunfire every day of his early life. He immigrated to the United States as a political refugee.
Nguyen-duy has taken on many things in life in pursuit of his diverse interests. He has competed as a national athlete in table tennis, spent time l...
2024-05-071h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Pipo Nguyen-duy ’83 | May 3, 2024Pipo Nguyen-duy ’83, professor of studio art and photography at Oberlin College, delivered the Carleton convocation address titled, “A Dust of Life,” on Friday, May 3 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel.
Nguyen-duy was born in Hue, Vietnam. Growing up within thirty kilometers of the demilitarized zone near the 18th parallel, he describes hearing gunfire every day of his early life. He immigrated to the United States as a political refugee.
Nguyen-duy has taken on many things in life in pursuit of his diverse interests. He has competed as a national athlete in table tennis, spent time l...
2024-05-071h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Brian Sostek ’90 | April 26, 2024Teaching artist Brian Sostek ’90 delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, April 26 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. His address, “Fear, Failure, and Catastrophe: How To Talk with Strangers,” pulled from his experience as a writer, choreographer, director, performer, and teacher who brings the best practices of his performing arts career to bear on academic research, writing, and interpersonal communication.
Currently, Sostek works with undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota through faculty members in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, the School of Nursing, the School of Medicine, the University Honors Program, the Clinical and Tr...
2024-04-291h 03Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Brian Sostek ’90 | April 26, 2024Teaching artist Brian Sostek ’90 delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, April 26 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. His address, “Fear, Failure, and Catastrophe: How To Talk with Strangers,” pulled from his experience as a writer, choreographer, director, performer, and teacher who brings the best practices of his performing arts career to bear on academic research, writing, and interpersonal communication.
Currently, Sostek works with undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota through faculty members in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, the School of Nursing, the School of Medicine, the University Honors Program, the Clinical and Tr...
2024-04-291h 03Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Fiona Hill | April 19, 2024Foreign policy expert Fiona Hill delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, April 19 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address, “Navigating a World in Turmoil,” pulled from her years of experience, extensive research, and multiple publications on issues related to Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, regional conflicts, energy, and strategic issues.
Hill is a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution, and in November 2022, was appointed chancellor of Durham University, U.K., a high-profile ceremonial and ambassadorial role. Hill is also currently a Ric...
2024-04-221h 06Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Fiona Hill | April 19, 2024Foreign policy expert Fiona Hill delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, April 19 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address, “Navigating a World in Turmoil,” pulled from her years of experience, extensive research, and multiple publications on issues related to Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, regional conflicts, energy, and strategic issues.
Hill is a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution, and in November 2022, was appointed chancellor of Durham University, U.K., a high-profile ceremonial and ambassadorial role. Hill is also currently a Ric...
2024-04-221h 06Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Françoise Baylis | April 5, 2024Françoise Baylis CM, ONS, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS, FISC delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, April 5 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address, “Altered Inheritance: The Era of Designer Babies,” discussed the ethics surrounding human genome editing and delved into her work on the subject.
Baylis is distinguished research professor, emerita at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. She is a philosopher whose innovative work in bioethics, at the intersection of policy and practice, has stretched the boundaries of the field. Her work challenges people to think broadly and deeply about the direction of healt...
2024-04-081h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Françoise Baylis | April 5, 2024Françoise Baylis CM, ONS, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS, FISC delivered the Carleton convocation address on Friday, April 5 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Skinner Chapel. Her address, “Altered Inheritance: The Era of Designer Babies,” discussed the ethics surrounding human genome editing and delved into her work on the subject.
Baylis is distinguished research professor, emerita at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. She is a philosopher whose innovative work in bioethics, at the intersection of policy and practice, has stretched the boundaries of the field. Her work challenges people to think broadly and deeply about the direction of healt...
2024-04-081h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Mayor Jaylen Smith | February 23, 2023Jaylen Smith, the youngest African American mayor in U.S. history, delivered the final winter term convocation at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, February 23. Smith was elected as mayor of Earle, Arkansas in December 2022 at just 18 years old, making him one of a select few teenagers to take office in U.S. history, and the youngest African American to ever become a mayor. A lifelong resident of Earle, Smith based his campaign on revitalizing the economy and infrastructure, in particular attracting a supermarket to the small city and increasing safety resources throughout the police and fire departments. Smith’s tr...
2024-02-261h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Mayor Jaylen Smith | February 23, 2023Jaylen Smith, the youngest African American mayor in U.S. history, delivered the final winter term convocation at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, February 23. Smith was elected as mayor of Earle, Arkansas in December 2022 at just 18 years old, making him one of a select few teenagers to take office in U.S. history, and the youngest African American to ever become a mayor. A lifelong resident of Earle, Smith based his campaign on revitalizing the economy and infrastructure, in particular attracting a supermarket to the small city and increasing safety resources throughout the police and fire departments. Smith’s tr...
2024-02-261h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Gin Hammond ’93 | February 16, 2024Actress and author Gin Hammond ’93 delivered convocation at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, February 16. Hammond’s address, “Returning the Bones,” covered her award-winning play turned novel by the same name. In its theatrical format, Returning the Bones is a one-woman show, with the protagonist inspired by the extraordinary life of Hammond’s aunt, Carolyn Beatrice Hammond Montier, whom she affectionately refers to as Bebe. In the play, Hammond portrays the ups and downs of Bebe’s life as a pioneering Black doctor in the mid-twentieth century, facing racism and prejudice to pursue her passion for helping others. In an interview wi...
2024-02-231h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Gin Hammond ’93 | February 16, 2024Actress and author Gin Hammond ’93 delivered convocation at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, February 16. Hammond’s address, “Returning the Bones,” covered her award-winning play turned novel by the same name. In its theatrical format, Returning the Bones is a one-woman show, with the protagonist inspired by the extraordinary life of Hammond’s aunt, Carolyn Beatrice Hammond Montier, whom she affectionately refers to as Bebe. In the play, Hammond portrays the ups and downs of Bebe’s life as a pioneering Black doctor in the mid-twentieth century, facing racism and prejudice to pursue her passion for helping others. In an interview wi...
2024-02-231h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Dudley Edmondson | February 9, 2024Dudley Edmondson—nature photographer, filmmaker, author, and advocate for nature—delivered the convocation address, “My Career Working with the Natural World,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, February 9. His talk detailed his unique personal experiences sharing and living in nature.
Edmondson has spent more than three decades as a photographer of nature and wildlife. His passion and love for the outdoors motivated him to create his groundbreaking book, Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places (2006), which profiles the lives of many African Americans who are deeply connected to nature. Edmondson’s work highlighting Black outdoor role models contr...
2024-02-1359 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Dudley Edmondson | February 9, 2024Dudley Edmondson—nature photographer, filmmaker, author, and advocate for nature—delivered the convocation address, “My Career Working with the Natural World,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, February 9. His talk detailed his unique personal experiences sharing and living in nature.
Edmondson has spent more than three decades as a photographer of nature and wildlife. His passion and love for the outdoors motivated him to create his groundbreaking book, Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places (2006), which profiles the lives of many African Americans who are deeply connected to nature. Edmondson’s work highlighting Black outdoor role models contr...
2024-02-1359 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Ben Raines | February 2, 2024Environmental journalist, researcher, and filmmaker Ben Raines delivered the convocation address, “Finding Clotilda – The Last Slave Ship,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, February 2. Raines’s talk detailed his discovery of Clotilda, the last known slave ship carrying enslaved Africans to the United States, and how the histories of those on the ship continue to be profoundly important. His presentation is connected with his book, The Last Slave Ship – The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning (2022), which stems from his discovery of the wrecked remains of the slave ship in 2018.
While the A...
2024-02-051h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Ben Raines | February 2, 2024Environmental journalist, researcher, and filmmaker Ben Raines delivered the convocation address, “Finding Clotilda – The Last Slave Ship,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, February 2. Raines’s talk detailed his discovery of Clotilda, the last known slave ship carrying enslaved Africans to the United States, and how the histories of those on the ship continue to be profoundly important. His presentation is connected with his book, The Last Slave Ship – The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning (2022), which stems from his discovery of the wrecked remains of the slave ship in 2018.
While the A...
2024-02-051h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Francis Fukuyama | January 26, 2024Stanford professor and author Francis Fukuyama delivered the convocation, “The Global Challenge of 2024,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, January 26. Fukuyama’s talk addressed the major setbacks the world has seen to liberal democracy, including the outbreak of two large wars, and asked the question: What are possible global outcomes that will emerge in the year 2024?
Fukuyama is best known for his scholarship and his work advancing political theory. His book, The End of History and the Last Man (1992), argued that Western democracy and free-market capitalism could indicate the end of sociocultural evolution. The book has been met wi...
2024-01-2959 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Francis Fukuyama | January 26, 2024Stanford professor and author Francis Fukuyama delivered the convocation, “The Global Challenge of 2024,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, January 26. Fukuyama’s talk addressed the major setbacks the world has seen to liberal democracy, including the outbreak of two large wars, and asked the question: What are possible global outcomes that will emerge in the year 2024?
Fukuyama is best known for his scholarship and his work advancing political theory. His book, The End of History and the Last Man (1992), argued that Western democracy and free-market capitalism could indicate the end of sociocultural evolution. The book has been met wi...
2024-01-2959 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Jerron Herman | January 19, 2024Award-winning dancer, writer, model, and disability rights advocate Jerron Herman delivered the convocation address, “EMBRACE: On kinship,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, January 19.
Herman’s artistic process is supported by his personal history with disability as well as the social legacies of disability aesthetics; this process leads him to create art that undermines notions of production—the simple facts of how the art is made—in favor of creating something welcoming. Herman views art as a form of empowerment, reflecting in a feature video by Great Big Story that he has “always been an advocate for those to pur...
2024-01-191h 03Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Jerron Herman | January 19, 2024Award-winning dancer, writer, model, and disability rights advocate Jerron Herman delivered the convocation address, “EMBRACE: On kinship,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, January 19.
Herman’s artistic process is supported by his personal history with disability as well as the social legacies of disability aesthetics; this process leads him to create art that undermines notions of production—the simple facts of how the art is made—in favor of creating something welcoming. Herman views art as a form of empowerment, reflecting in a feature video by Great Big Story that he has “always been an advocate for those to pur...
2024-01-191h 03Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Lis Frost ’99 | January 12, 2024Lis Frost ’99 delivered the convocation address at Carleton College on Friday, January 12 in Skinner Chapel. Frost is a lawyer with expertise in voting and constitutional law, particularly protecting and defending voting rights. In her talk, “Fighting for Democracy in Court: The Rise of Election Litigation, and Some of the More Hidden Threats to Voting Rights,” Frost spoke on the threats to American democracy present in 2024, and shared her experiences on the front lines protecting and expanding the right to vote in the U.S.
Frost’s work played a significant role in the 2020 election cycle through her endeavor...
2024-01-1559 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Lis Frost ’99 | January 12, 2024Lis Frost ’99 delivered the convocation address at Carleton College on Friday, January 12 in Skinner Chapel. Frost is a lawyer with expertise in voting and constitutional law, particularly protecting and defending voting rights. In her talk, “Fighting for Democracy in Court: The Rise of Election Litigation, and Some of the More Hidden Threats to Voting Rights,” Frost spoke on the threats to American democracy present in 2024, and shared her experiences on the front lines protecting and expanding the right to vote in the U.S.
Frost’s work played a significant role in the 2020 election cycle through her endeavor...
2024-01-1559 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Staffan Ingemar Lindberg | October 27, 2023Staffan Ingemar Lindberg is a professor of political science, one of five principal investigators for Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), and the founding director of the V-Dem Institute through the University of Gothenburg. He delivered the convocation address, “Democracy and Autocracy Worldwide: 3rd Wave of Autocratization Escalating,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, October 27. His address focused on threats to democracy in the world and in the U.S., based on data analysis of current trends and the spread of far-right, anti-pluralist/liberal parties around the world.
V-Dem is a highly utilized source of democracy data thanks to its...
2023-10-3059 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Staffan Ingemar Lindberg | October 27, 2023Staffan Ingemar Lindberg is a professor of political science, one of five principal investigators for Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), and the founding director of the V-Dem Institute through the University of Gothenburg. He delivered the convocation address, “Democracy and Autocracy Worldwide: 3rd Wave of Autocratization Escalating,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, October 27. His address focused on threats to democracy in the world and in the U.S., based on data analysis of current trends and the spread of far-right, anti-pluralist/liberal parties around the world.
V-Dem is a highly utilized source of democracy data thanks to its...
2023-10-3059 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Adam Minter | October 20, 2023Bloomberg Opinion columnist and author Adam Minter delivered the convocation address, “How We Think About Waste is a Waste,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, October 20. Minter predominantly writes on technology, emerging markets, and waste, among other topics.
Over the course of his career, Minter has been a correspondent across the globe. From 2004 to 2014, he was based in Shanghai, where he covered transatlantic recycling. He continued his correspondence on the issue while in Kuala Lumpur from 2014 until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aside from Bloomberg, Minter’s work has been published in a variety of publications, includ...
2023-10-2349 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Adam Minter | October 20, 2023Bloomberg Opinion columnist and author Adam Minter delivered the convocation address, “How We Think About Waste is a Waste,” at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, October 20. Minter predominantly writes on technology, emerging markets, and waste, among other topics.
Over the course of his career, Minter has been a correspondent across the globe. From 2004 to 2014, he was based in Shanghai, where he covered transatlantic recycling. He continued his correspondence on the issue while in Kuala Lumpur from 2014 until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aside from Bloomberg, Minter’s work has been published in a variety of publications, includ...
2023-10-2349 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Gregg Colburn P ’26 | October 13, 2023
Gregg Colburn P ’26, associate professor for the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington College of Built Environments, delivered the Family Weekend convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, October 13. He spoke about the book he recently co-authored, Homelessness is a Housing Problem, which looks to statistically examine the conventional beliefs about what drives homelessness.
Colburn’s work is primarily focused on topics related to housing and homelessness. He is a member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness Research Council—an organization dedicated to the eradication of homelessness and a key provider of dat...
2023-10-171h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Gregg Colburn P ’26 | October 13, 2023
Gregg Colburn P ’26, associate professor for the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington College of Built Environments, delivered the Family Weekend convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, October 13. He spoke about the book he recently co-authored, Homelessness is a Housing Problem, which looks to statistically examine the conventional beliefs about what drives homelessness.
Colburn’s work is primarily focused on topics related to housing and homelessness. He is a member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness Research Council—an organization dedicated to the eradication of homelessness and a key provider of dat...
2023-10-171h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Xiuhtezcatl Martinez | October 6, 2023Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, environmental activist and hip hop artist, delivered convocation at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, October 6. He spoke on how climate change is influencing the migration of people in South and Latin America. Martinez is known for his talent for connecting people through popular culture and sharing the message of his Indigenous roots in order to protect the planet and re-imagine the future of the next generation. He is also a founder of Earth Guardians, an organization for empowering and organizing youth to protect the future of the planet.
Since the age of six, Martinez has...
2023-10-101h 06Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Xiuhtezcatl Martinez | October 6, 2023Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, environmental activist and hip hop artist, delivered convocation at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, October 6. He spoke on how climate change is influencing the migration of people in South and Latin America. Martinez is known for his talent for connecting people through popular culture and sharing the message of his Indigenous roots in order to protect the planet and re-imagine the future of the next generation. He is also a founder of Earth Guardians, an organization for empowering and organizing youth to protect the future of the planet.
Since the age of six, Martinez has...
2023-10-101h 06Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Jazz Hampton | September 29, 2023Jazz Hampton is CEO and general counsel at TurnSignl, a Minnesota-based company that provides real-time legal guidance and de-escalation from attorneys to drivers who have been stopped by law enforcement or were involved in a car crash. Hampton delivered the convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, September 29.
TurnSignl is a proudly Black-owned tech company with an app that allows users to initiate a video call with an attorney at the moment of a traffic stop or car crash. The app also features automatic front-camera recording of the interaction, which is stored and encrypted in the u...
2023-10-0353 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Jazz Hampton | September 29, 2023Jazz Hampton is CEO and general counsel at TurnSignl, a Minnesota-based company that provides real-time legal guidance and de-escalation from attorneys to drivers who have been stopped by law enforcement or were involved in a car crash. Hampton delivered the convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, September 29.
TurnSignl is a proudly Black-owned tech company with an app that allows users to initiate a video call with an attorney at the moment of a traffic stop or car crash. The app also features automatic front-camera recording of the interaction, which is stored and encrypted in the u...
2023-10-0353 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Susan Jaret McKinstry | September 22, 2023Dr. Susan Jaret McKinstry, Helen F. Lewis Professor of English, delivered the Argument & Inquiry Convocation on Friday, September 22. The A&I convocation is a key aspect of the first-year A&I seminars—a class crafted for first-year students to get a grasp of college-level classes through the lens of a liberal arts school. In her address, “The Whole Story,” Jaret McKinstry highlighted the nature of liberal arts and the liberal arts approach to learning.
Over the course of her time at Carleton, Jaret McKinstry has taught courses on a variety of subjects, from prose to poetry, memoir, and jo...
2023-09-281h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Susan Jaret McKinstry | September 22, 2023Dr. Susan Jaret McKinstry, Helen F. Lewis Professor of English, delivered the Argument & Inquiry Convocation on Friday, September 22. The A&I convocation is a key aspect of the first-year A&I seminars—a class crafted for first-year students to get a grasp of college-level classes through the lens of a liberal arts school. In her address, “The Whole Story,” Jaret McKinstry highlighted the nature of liberal arts and the liberal arts approach to learning.
Over the course of her time at Carleton, Jaret McKinstry has taught courses on a variety of subjects, from prose to poetry, memoir, and jo...
2023-09-281h 00Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Arjun Singh Sethi | May 12, 2023Community activist, civil rights lawyer, and writer Arjun Singh Sethi delivered the convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, May 12. Sethi works closely with Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and Sikh communities and is an expert in policing and counter terrorism reform, racial and religious profiling, and the best practices to combat hate violence. He is also actively involved in domestic and international surveillance issues and pre-arrest police civilian encounters, which include consensual stops, location tracking, predictive policing, biometric data collection, and countering violent extremist programs.
Sethi is co-chair of the American Bar Association’s National Committee on...
2023-05-161h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Arjun Singh Sethi | May 12, 2023Community activist, civil rights lawyer, and writer Arjun Singh Sethi delivered the convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, May 12. Sethi works closely with Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and Sikh communities and is an expert in policing and counter terrorism reform, racial and religious profiling, and the best practices to combat hate violence. He is also actively involved in domestic and international surveillance issues and pre-arrest police civilian encounters, which include consensual stops, location tracking, predictive policing, biometric data collection, and countering violent extremist programs.
Sethi is co-chair of the American Bar Association’s National Committee on...
2023-05-161h 01Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Steven Levitsky | May 5, 2023Steven Levitsky delivered the convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, May 5. Levitsky is the David Rockefeller professor of Latin American studies and professor of government at Harvard University. Levitsky also serves as director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard, which works to increase awareness of the histories, cultures, economics, and environment of contemporary Latin America. His research focuses on democratization and authoritarianism, political parties, and weak and informal institutions.
Levitsky is an award-winning author and has written or edited 12 books, published guest essays, and featured in media publications such as T...
2023-05-091h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Diana Fraser ’14 | April 28, 2023Award-winning creator Diana Fraser ’14 delivered the convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, April 28. Fraser values critical thinking, social dialogue, and uplifting systemically marginalized and excluded communities. She leads savvy, relevant content creation for audiences with effective, streamlined, data-informed systems.
Fraser manages and designs multimedia projects, documentaries, digital series, broadcast programs, and advertising spots for PBS Digital Studios, where she drives a $5.5 million grant portfolio that creates original digital-first series, workshops, and events. She previously served as a line producer for Twin Cities PBS, where her programs received 20 Midwest Regional Emmy Award nominations and nine wins.
2023-05-021h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Diana Fraser ’14 | April 28, 2023Award-winning creator Diana Fraser ’14 delivered the convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, April 28. Fraser values critical thinking, social dialogue, and uplifting systemically marginalized and excluded communities. She leads savvy, relevant content creation for audiences with effective, streamlined, data-informed systems.
Fraser manages and designs multimedia projects, documentaries, digital series, broadcast programs, and advertising spots for PBS Digital Studios, where she drives a $5.5 million grant portfolio that creates original digital-first series, workshops, and events. She previously served as a line producer for Twin Cities PBS, where her programs received 20 Midwest Regional Emmy Award nominations and nine wins.
2023-05-021h 02Carleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Gaelynn Lea | April 14, 2023Violinist, songwriter, and disability rights advocate Gaelynn Lea delivered the convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, April 14. Lea is a renowned public speaker and advocate for disability rights and accessibility in the arts. She has shared her perspective on many platforms, including PBS NewsHour, On Being with Krista Tippett, The Moth Radio Hour, NowThis, The Science of Happiness Podcast, and through two TEDx talks.
Most recently, Lea composed and performed the music for Macbeth on Broadway starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, which was nominated for three Tony Awards, including Best Sound Design.
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2023-04-1959 minCarleton ConvosCarleton Convo with Matthew MacWilliams | April 7, 2023Matthew MacWilliams—scholar, award-winning practitioner of American politics and recognized expert on authoritarianism—delivered the convocation address at Carleton's Skinner Chapel on Friday, April 7. Among MacWilliams’ more prominent works are his articles published in Politico, the London School of Economics Blog, and Vox, which sparked an international political debate that defined Donald Trump and his political tactics as authoritarian. Before a vote had been cast in the 2016 presidential primaries, MacWilliams warned liberals, moderates, and conservatives alike that his polls revealed the near-unstoppable nature of Trump’s political campaign, attributing its power to Trump’s appeal to authoritarianism.
MacWilliams...
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The Carleton Pathway PodcastBuilding Inclusive CommunitiesCarleton University is committed to supporting equity, diversity and inclusion within all aspects of the university. With four years of studying at Carleton and now working in the Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities (EIC), no one is more qualified to talk about the transition to university and the importance of inclusion and safe spaces on campus than Jaime. In the fifth episode of the Pathways Podcast, Jaime discusses how they earned their position at the EIC, the numerous resources available through Carleton, and the next steps on the journey for equity and inclusion!
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The Carleton Pathway PodcastE1 - From Firefighter to Renowned Researcher with Alicia GalOur first guest on the podcast is one of the proudest members of the Carleton community, but also one of the busiest. Alicia Gal is a Carleton PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering, an award winning scholar, an NSERC CREATE READi Trainee and member of Carleton’s Chan Lab. Her research focuses on the study of motion for the purpose of performance enhancement. Specifically, she studies the physics of body motion and how bone placement throughout a task affects performance. Since joining the Carleton community, Alicia has taken on roles with the Carleton Ravens football team, before joining Carleton soccer wh...
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Carleton Sheets CommunityCarleton Interview - KCUE AM in MinneapolisListen to Carleton's recent interview with Jack Colwell on KCUE AM out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carleton will talk about the current real estate market and dispel the misconceptions that turn novice real estate investors away from making serious money. Carleton puts the myths to rest and lets you in on his valuable real estate investment secrets.
2012-01-2900 minCarleton Sheets CommunityCarleton Interview - Cable Radio Network-Nationally SyndicatedCarleton discusses the history of his real estate career and how he has been successful for 36 years with host Jack Roberts. Carleton will shed light on the creative financing techniques from his No Down Payment course. Listen as Carleton writes off the myths and misconceptions surrounding the real estate bubble and the current real estate market.
2012-01-2900 minCarleton Sheets CommunityCarleton Interview - KFNN PhoenixListen as Carleton discards the myths and misconceptions surrounding the real estate bubble and the current real estate market. Carleton will give sound advice about becoming a successful real estate investor in today's buyers market. Carleton will advise listeners where an investor should look to buy real estate and what a new investor needs to do to start an investment business. He stresses his program is about investing in Real Estate and not on speculation. Visit www.carleton2006.com for more helpful real estate tips.
2012-01-2913 minCarleton Sheets CommunityCarleton Interview - WMC79 AM MemphisListen as Carleton briefly explains some of the techniques he has proven to work time and time again. He will dispel the myths and misconceptions that are associated with the "real estate bubble" and the current real estate market. Carleton will reveal some of his real estate secrets to help the new investor get started in the business. It's not what you know about real estate it's what you don't know that can cause you to make a mistake and cost you money, Carleton cannot stress enough that education is a key factor in becoming successful. Visit www.carlton2006.com...
2012-01-2900 minCarleton Sheets CommunityCarleton Interview - Michigan Talk Radio NetworkListen to Carleton as he explains the mistaken beliefs associated with the "real estate bubble." He will compare the similarities of the current "real estate bubble" to the Florida market he dealt with 10-12 years ago. Carleton will reveal what he learned about the real estate bubble from personal experience and divulge his secrets on how he was able to make money when other investors struggled. He will speak about the myths associated with real estate investing and provide creative ways of buying in the 'Buyers' market we currently face. Carleton also mentions his new website carleton2006.com where you...
2012-01-2905 minCarleton Sheets CommunityCarleton Interview - WKBV Richmond, IndianaListen to Carleton as he talks about the misconceptions people have with the current real estate market due to negative media coverage. Carleton will give sound advice about becoming a successful real estate investor in today's buyers market. Carleton will advise listeners where an investor should look to buy real estate and what a new investor needs to do to start an investment business.
2012-01-2900 minCarleton Sheets CommunityCarleton Interview - WZEZ Richmond, VirginiaCarleton is interviewed on Mark in the Morning and talks about the benefits of becoming a real estate investor. Carleton mentions how the real estate market in Richmond - like many cities around the country - is a great place to invest. He'll discuss the difference between speculators and investors, the importance of gaining the knowledge of real estate investing, as well as the importance of getting to know your own neighborhood. Finally, Carleton talks about his future and how investing has impacted his life.
2012-01-2909 minCarleton Sheets CommunityCarleton Interview - Metro News Network in St. LouisListen as Carleton speaks with host Jill Endraske about the current housing market. Carleton will discuss why the perfect time to buy real estate is now and how to get into the real estate investment business. Learn how to become a successful real estate investor with Carleton's No Down Payment techniques.
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