On Thursday, March 28, Assistant Director of the Student Activities Office (SAO) Miiko Taylor announced through a campus-wide email that New Student Week (NSW) leaders will be paid during the Fall 2019 NSW. The NSW leader role was previously a volunteer position while other Peer Leaders working during NSW have…
Karen Wang
A proposal for a new interdisciplinary minor titled Digital Arts and Humanities (DGAH) has been approved by the Education and Curriculum Committee (ECC) and now awaits two rounds of faculty readings. DGAH, according to its proposal, aims to “provide students with a framework for studying, understanding and actively participating in…
Carleton’s Convocation Dialogue pilot program reached its end last week. The organizing committee plans to evaluate participant feedback to determine future steps. The program, which was announced late fall term, aims to facilitate campus dialogue with regular group reflections on Convocations. Participants attended Convocation in the first, third and fifth…
Max Lyonga is a painter from Cameroon. But he’s not just a Cameroonian painter. Lyonga served as Carleton’s artist-in-residence from January 27 to February 9. In addition to an artist talk, office hours and class visits, Max spent a great deal of his residency painting—completing five works over the course…
Max Lyonga is a painter from Cameroon. But he’s more than just a Cameroonian painter. Lyonga served as Carleton’s artist-in-residence from Sunday, January 27, to Saturday, February 9. He plans to return to campus in April. In addition to an artist talk, office hours and class visits, Max spent much…
Carleton’s science departments are adjusting their funded summer research offerings as migration into the new Integrated Science Facility will prevent access to functional labs and research spaces. While equipment is transferred into the Integrated Science Facility, Olin and Hulings will both be closed. The main departments affected are Chemistry, Biology…
Cherlon Ussery, Associate Professor of Linguistics, recently received a prestigious grant from the Icelandic Research Council (RANNIS) to fund a three-year project titled “Ditransitives in Insular Scandinavian.” The overall research objectives include tracing the evolution of ditransitives in Icelandic and Faroese—both of which evolved from Old Norse—and assessing the legitimacy…
Cherlon Ussery, Associate Professor of Linguistics, recently received a prestigious grant from the Icelandic Research Council (RANNIS) to fund a three-year project titled “Ditransitives in Insular Scandinavian.” Her research objectives include tracing the evolution of ditransitives in Icelandic and Faroese — both of which evolved from Old Norse — and…