Arika Garg

The October 25, 2007 edition of the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education published an article on black students’ six-year graduation rates in colleges and universities nationwide. It showed that there remained a wide gap between the graduation rates of African-American students and those of majority students despite the slight…

Since 1913, Carleton College has been accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA). The process includes a self-study and an on-site review by the NCA. As the status needs to be renewed every 10 years, Carleton has already begun preparing for the next review, scheduled for…

On November 15 last year, tragedy struck the family of two Carleton students, Margarita Cruz ’07 and Michele Cruz ’11. A fire broke out in the abandoned apartment by their house in Chicago and spread to three surrounding buildings. While no one was injured, the family’s house was completely burned…

“Volunteer for Carleton” is an annual stewardship event hosted by the Alumni Annual Fund (AAF) Office. Carleton students are encouraged to volunteer as much of their time as they would like to participate in the many activities organized; these include making calls to alumni for fundraising purposes, writing postcards to…

Steve Richardson ’86, is back at Carleton—not as a student this time, but as the new Director of the Arts. After graduating from Carleton as a philosophy major, Richardson first worked in the theater industry in Richmond, VA and for the past 17 years has worked in Minneapolis with Theatre…

Carleton students are known to be intelligent and involved; it is commonly believed that these traits should, and do, translate automatically into an immense interest in world affairs and issues that might not directly affect us as Carleton students. We have various student organizations on campus that serve the interest…