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Carleton College is a private liberal arts college located in Northfield, Minnesota. It has about 2,000 students and is consistently ranked in the top 10 U.S. News and World Report Best Liberal Arts Colleges. Named for benefactor William Carleton shortly after its founding in 1866, it has risen from the small congregational school that Thorstein Veblen attended to become what the Chicago Daily Tribune described in 1961 as a "little Harvard."

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• ...that Carleton named Steven G. Poskanzer as its next president?
• ...that the DVD Fest was renamed for 2010 as The Golden Schillers?
• ...that Julia Larson '14 organized a chapter of The Long Now Foundation on campus?
• ...that T. J. Stiles' latest book, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, won the National Book Award for nonfiction?
• ...that The Lens Magazine received the Gold Medalist ranking from Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)?
• ...that Northfield Metro Express has replaced the Co-op bus and offers $10.00 round trips to many stops in the Twin Cities on buses with free wi-fi connections?
• ...that Carleton College and WeCar, a car-sharing program, announced a new partnership in September 2009?
• ...that workers on a shoreline reconstruction project drained Lower Lyman Lake during the summer of 2009 as part of the island restoration project?
• ...that Stadium 110 was a quint in Laird Stadium that allegedly had the biggest common room on campus?

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• The Gods of Plastic (GOP) ultimate team won the UPA Division III championship for the second year in a row. They beat a team from Whitman College, 11-9 for the title. Carletonian report
• CUT nearly repeated as national champions at the 2010 USA Ultimate College Championships, open division. CUT lost the championship this year to Florida 15-12. Official news release
• Carleton College Board of Trustees named Steven G. Poskanzer, president of the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, as the next President of Carleton Official announcement
• T. J. Stiles '86 won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. His book, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, won a National Book Award last November. Pulitzer announcement
• The Carleton College Science Education Resource Center and director Dr. Cathryn Manduca have been awarded the Science magazine Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) for their website creation, On the Cutting Edge. Carleton news release On the Cutting Edge
• Carleton has received a grant of  $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of an endowment for the Postdoctoral Fellows Program in the Humanities. Carleton news release
• Eiler Henrickson ‘43, Charles L. Denison Professor of Geology emeritus, passed away on Dec. 10, 2009. (There will be a memorial service during reunion in June.) Carleton news release
• CarlWiki now features over 500 articles. The 500th article was on Faculty Club, an off-campus house located near Watson Hall.

• Thursday and Friday, September 2 and 3, New Faculty Orientation
• Tuesday, September 7, New students arrive
• Monday, September 13, Classes begin for Fall Term 2010
• Monday, September 13, Convocation: Jimmy Kolker '70, Chief of UNICEF's HIV/AIDS Section. Topic: Why Carleton Is a Good Place to Start Your International Career, 3:00pm, Skinner Memorial Chapel
• Friday, September 17, Student Organization Fair, 4:30-6:30pm, Bald Spot