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Featured Article 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." Did you know... From CarlWiki's newest articles: ...that Carleton got its name because the carriage of its first president James W. Strong was hit by a train in Boston? ...that when Horace Goodhue, Jr. began teaching at Northfield College, he taught 14 classes a day? ...that Deanna Haunsperger, professor of mathematics, received the M. Gweneth Humphreys Award? tt Carleton wind turbines ...that Carleton's second wind turbine was dedicated in 2011? ...that Carleton named Steven G. Poskanzer as its president in 2010? ...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 Northfield Metro Express has replaced the Co-op bus and offers $22.00 round trips to many stops in the Twin Cities on buses with free wi-fi connections?

Carleton news All four Carleton Ultimate Frisbee teams: CUT (D1), Syzygy (D1), Gods of Plastic (D3), and Eclipse (D3) have qualified for nationals. Courtney Dufford ‘14, a political science and environmental studies major has been selected as one of 50 Udall Scholarship winners for 2013. Carleton news release Sophie Daudon ‘13, Molly Rapaport ‘13, Shantrice King ’13, and Milan Cvitkovic ’13 have been announced as Fulbright Scholars for 2013-2014 Charlie Bentley, '13 and Robin Wonsley, '13 have won Watson Fellowships. Bentley will study the isolation and marginalization of deaf communities in South Africa, Togo, Ghana, and Indonesia. Wonsely will work with prison programs to help women re-enter society in Norway, Ireland, Canada, Ghana, and Rwanda. Carletonian article Roy Grow, Frank B. Kellogg Professor of International Relations, announced his retirement, effective in June 2013. Steven Schier, Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, was awarded the Fulbright Chair at Uppsala University by the Swedish Institute for North American Studies. He will be in residence in Uppsala from January to June of 2014. Noah Salomon, assistant professor of religion, has been awarded a Fellowship for Scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) School of Social Science in Princeton. This residential fellowship supports the completion of Salomon’s ethnography "The People of Sudan Love You, Oh Messenger of God," which explores the Sudanese experiment with Islamic statehood. Thomas Callister '13, won a Churchill Scholarship to study gravitational wave astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University. CarlWiki now features over 500 articles. The 500th article was on Faculty Club, an off-campus house located near Watson Hall. Coming up on campus Friday, 10 May, Convocation: Bob Beckel and Cal Thomas, A liberal Democratic strategist and a conservative columnist, 10:50am, Skinner Memorial Chapel Friday, 10 May, Knightlife Campfire and Stargazing with astronomer Joel Weisberg, 8:30pm, Hill of Three Oaks Friday, 17 May, Convocation: Randy Cohen, Former ethics columnist for New York Times Magazine, 10:50am, Skinner Memorial Chapel Saturday, 25 May, Spring Concert, 3:00pm, Rec Center Fields Official events and academic calendar

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