When Simran Kadam ’23 came to Carleton, she did not come with dance in mind. “I grew up as a competitive danc- er for most of my life,” Kadam said. “While I considered dance a passion, I found it to be an all-consuming and often toxic environment. Coming to college,…
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Nina Kaushikkar ’22 grew up just outside of Chicago. While the greater Chicago area has pockets of South Asian communities, this wasn’t the case in Kaushikkar’s hometown. Still, as the daughter of two Indian immigrants, Kaushikkar had always felt a strong connection towards her cultural background. “When I came to…
Core to Carleton is caring. For each other, for our education, for our communities and for our planet. We each have our own unique ways of contributing to the collective good. Yet our actions are only as valuable as our institutional impact. Our college is funded by a roughly 1.3…
Since 1981, Carleton’s federally-funded TRIO/SSS (Student Support Services) Program has provided a community for 140 students who either are low-income, first-generation college students and/or have a documented disability. Gathering at the TRIO House at 216 College Street, students have access to academic support in the form of specialized academic advising,…
The Carleton Mutual Aid Fund was created to foster a community of support on campus. Mutual aid projects work to meet survival needs and build shared understandings about the realities of wealth inequality. While Carleton, a small and tight-knit campus, comes together in times of urgent need, the community often…
When Imani Kindness-Coleman ’22, a member of the Apsàalooke Nation, arrived at Carleton, there was no support or community for her as an Indigenous student. “I didn’t notice anything, and nobody reached out,” she said. “I can say the same thing: we came in and there wasn’t anything there,” added…
The Latin American Student Organization (LASO) seeks to provide cultural and social support to Latine-identifying students. We do this through weekly meetings, socials, and other community-building events. Although LASO mainly focuses on the Latine audience at Carleton, we host events involving all of campus as well as the Northfield community.…