Carleton College News

27, 1909: The return of St. Olaf College president J.N. Kildahl the day before Thanksgiving made the holiday especially joyous.

T.J. Stiles has won the 2009 National Book Award in the non-fiction category for a oeThe First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt,a his expansive biography of the early American railroad mogul.

The numbers are in, and they're good news for St. Olaf College. The college was the most successful Northfield nonprofit organization in Tuesday's Give to the Max online fundraising day, securing $176,714 from 629 individuals and earning $6,150 from a pool of matching funds.

The Civil Rights and South African movements changed lives for Black Americans and Africans alike by bringing freedom to the horizon.

A sinister black panther, a pen pal who knows more than he should and a young boy with a tough family life.

Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter has been ranked among the top 50 "best values" in higher education by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Last year's stock market crash and recession, which wiped out jobs and slashed incomes, have prompted many to look for new sources of revenue.

A Minnesota author has won a National Outdoor Book Award.    Carleton College professor Laura Goering of Northfield won the children's category for "Whistling Wings."    Goering has taught Russian language and literature at Carleton for the past 20 years.

13, 1909: St. Olaf College is celebrating its 35th anniversary. It has grown and advanced until it is now found in the front ranks of the colleges of Minnesota and of the Northwest.

Northfield's two colleges stand to pay the most under a city proposal to recoup street lighting costs.

Rachel Young: Tell me a little bit about how you got interested in physics and teaching.

Tatum, LLC, the leading executive services firm in the United States, announced that James Dimitriou has joined the firm as Managing Partner of the Chicago office.

Carleton College is Minnesota's best private college value, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.

Students at Carleton College celebrate the traditional Hispanic holiday "El Dia de los Muertos," or The Day of the Dead, on Monday at the college's Great Hall.

A new interpretation of the traumatic Sophocles play "Antigone" opens Wednesday night Off Broadway at Downtown Theater Workshop.

By Chaz Muth Source: Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 A painting of Moses by artist Karen Laub-Novak is displayed Oct.

30, 1909: A local chapter of the Methodist Brotherhood was organized Sunday afternoon.

23, 1909: A.O. Hulberg has bought the interests of his brother, L.O. Hulberg, in a Northfield jewelry store.

Editor's Note: Emily Hartley is a Carleton College student journalist whose work, reprinted here, was first published on Pressville.org, an online newspaper the class created.

Brian Gilbert still isn't sure what he thought when his first journalistic work was posted online.